Forecast of the Day • A National Weather Forecasting Contest

The forecast contest for Friday will be to forecast the max temperature for Syracuse NY. The main challenge for the forecaster will be very similar to Friday challenge in Columbus Ohio, which is the timing of the passage of first a warm front and then the cold front that is expected to occur On Saturday. Go to Link to see NWS’s expected frontal position for 8 AM EDT on Saturday. Again, if the warm front passes early the temperature will be very warm well above average. On the other hand if the warm front moves slowly there will be lots of clouds and a cooler air mass in the Syracuse area tomorrow. If the warm front moves slowly the max temperature would be much lower than for an early warm frontal passage. If the warm front moves slow enough it is even possible that it never makes it through the Syracuse area before the cold front sweeps through the area.