You may still be sporting a summer tan, but don't be shocked if you see a few snow flurries next week.
That's at least a possibility, according to Scott Rochette, associate professor of meteorology at the College at Brockport.
"One of the parameters we look at is indicating that it could be cold enough to support some localized snow flurries; probably more in the way of some lake effect-type of precipitation where the water is fairly warm but the air is colder above it," Rochette said.
But since that's a long-range forecast, it could change. Rochette said the cold snap-bringing temperatures in the upper 30s to low 40s, if it happens, should be short-lived. And it’s not necessarily a harbinger of a harsh winter.
"The long range predictions from the (National Weather Service) Climate Prediction Center are indicating that it looks like the Eastern United States, for the first part of winter, anyway, has a possibility of slightly higher than normal temperatures and about equal chances of getting normal precipitation as abnormal amounts of precipitation," said Rochette.
