If you've never been in the Empire State during a massive winter storm, especially one with Lake effect snow, there are some things you just won't understand.
If you're a winter enthusiast, the latest prediction for the upcoming season is snow big deal - a wetter winter for Central New York but with warmer temperatures.
Winter started early in 2020 with an October 30 snow of course right before Halloween. Not fun for kids who wanted to show off their costumes. Will it be like that this year too?
Get the coats and shovels out. Winter may be making an early arrival in Central New York with cold temperatures and plowable snow expected next month. And if that's not bad enough, the winter weather is expected to hang around a little longer than normal too.
The good news is we should have a typical winter in Central New York. The bad news is, the snowstorms may come all at once in what the Farmers' Almanac is calling a 'Winter Whopper.'
In the case of any storm considered to be severe enough to be "destructive" in nature, a Wireless Emergency Alert (WEA) will be sent out to residents' smartphones in the vicinity of such a storm system.