It's Happening!

29 degrees F. / -1.66 C.


It's already snowed two or three inches and ............

WKTV predicts that: ........ lake effect snow showers across the area with some additional snow accumulations through the morning. A break this afternoon and evening before more snow arrives before tomorrow morning. Details below...

**WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FOR ONEIDA, MADISON, OTSEGO, AND CHENANGO COUNTIES FOR LATE TONIGHT AND TOMORROW***

**HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FOR LEWIS COUNTY***

**WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN HERKIMER AND HAMILTON COUNTIES***

Snow will continue to fall through parts of the area through the morning hours. Most areas will only pick up about a trace to an inch of additional accumulation through the early afternoon. Some areas, especially closer to the lake shore, will pick up a bit more. Here's a look at your snowfall forecast for today:

High pressure will attempt to build in later today, and will serve to end the lake effect snow showers. Mostly cloudy, with highs in the low 30s.

A large storm system will develop across the center of the US over the next few days and move into Central New York Wednesday morning. The parent storm moves to the west, with a secondary storm developing along the Atlantic Coast. This means there is a high probability that we'll be dealing with a mixed bag of precipitation. At this point it appears that a 2"-4" of snow could accumulate before a change to sleet and freezing rain, and then plain rain, during the day Wednesday. We'll keep you posted.

Behind this storm, our first taste of arctic air for Thursday through Saturday. High temperatures likely only in the 20s on Friday and Saturday! With the cold weather will come some heavy lake effect snow. At this point it's too early to pinpoint where that will happen, but the current thinking is across the Tug Hill and North Country."

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Everyone who has seen this picture on Facebook seems to think that I just invented and drew/painted the whole thing: No! I "Photoshopped" a photograph. That really is the long-awaited "Memorial Bandstand in the Park" and although it's not completely finished, it looks awfully nice - especially since DPW Superintendent Jamie Bechy and Kevin Kelley put up the tree, yesterday morning!

The Bandstand Committee had already tied greenery to the posts, but big Thanks go to Jamie, who said, "I thought it would be nice to have a tree there, so I asked the Masons to get an extra large tree when they went on Saturday to get trees for their Annual Christmas Tree Sale."

(Not only did they get it, but I understand that the grower donated it!) The Masons brought it back to Waterville, put it in the Bandstand, and at seven o'clock Monday morning Jamie and Kevin took over.

The way I look at it, they all had a part in making a Christmas Present for all of us!

Thank you!

Right next to the Park, new strings of LED lights trace the arches of the bell tower on the Masonic Temple and when I went to take this picture, at 5:45 yesterday afternoon, Nancy Ayala was playing Christmas music on the bells.

That's two more presents: two more "Thank Yous!"

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There are SO MANY wonderful displays of lights!

On Putnam Street.

East Main Street.

Babbott Avenue.

White Street.



On Madison Street.


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Out on Burnham Road, next to the old O & W rail bed - now "The Marshall Trail" -

someone has even added a Christmas touch to the beaver dam!


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I'll be taking snow pictures, today, just to make our "snow birds" happy!

Have a great day, everyone!