Whether you call them Woolly Bears, Woolly Worms, or Fuzzy Bear Caterpillars if you listen to the old wives' tale they can predict the upcoming winter weather.
Well, if you thought the snow in 2020 was impressive, just wait until the snow starts piling up this year. Early forecasters are predicting a REALLY snowy winter will have a lot of lake effect snow.
I know we have been experiencing a heatwave and not thinking of winter in the Capital Region. But if I could find a way to scrape together hundreds of thousands of dollars, I would buy this new snowplow that the Albany Airport has just bought. It removes snow in seconds and it throws snow hundreds of feet.
Could the Capital Region get a blast of winter weather this week? Yes and possibly snow! According to Accuweather.com the temps will be dropping as the week continues and those April showers could turn to snow by Thursday night into Friday.
10-year-old kid Christian Stone came up with the idea about a month ago, and was just waiting for the next big snowstorm. So he spent Monday night cleaning snow off cars at his local hospital, just to be nice.
According to Weather.com there are currently 3 features in the weather pattern that could create more storms and cold temperatures for the Capital Region for late January and into February. Here are the 3 features to keep an eye on.
Here's another crazy story from Thursday's snowstorm. First, we had the crazy story of the 12-year-old girl that was buried by a family member that was plowing snow, and now a story about a man's car was buried in the snow by a plow with him in it.