Parts of Upstate NY see first accumulating snowfall of the season [Video]

Syracuse, N.Y. — Snow season has officially begun in Upstate New York.

A couple of inches of wet snow stuck to the ground today in parts of the Adirondacks and North Country, mostly at elevations of 1,800 feet or higher.

“Parts of northern New York are seeing their first accumulating snow of the year!,” the State Weather Risk Communication Center posted on the social media platform X.

The center also posted photos taken from the New York state Mesonet, a network of 126 automated weather stations around the state. Both the weather center and the mesonet are based at the University of Albany.

Some snow was also expected on the Tug Hill plateau. The National Weather Service in Buffalo, which forecasts for counties along Lake Ontario, issued a special weather alert late this morning for sloppy snow in Jefferson, Lewis and Oswego counties.

“Snow accumulations of a coating to 2 inches will be possible through the morning, mainly on grassy and elevated …