TRR photo by David Hulse Sullivan County Department of Public Works employees are pictured last week servicing the traffic signal at the New York end of the Narrowsburg interstate bridge. (Click for larger image)

MONTICELLO - Colder tempertatures and more snow is the long-term weather forecast received by the Sullivan County Department of Public Works.

DPW Commissioner Peter Lilholt said a private forecasting firm his department uses, The National Weather Station, recently issued its six-month forecast "based on previous long-term and current weather patterns."

Generally, the forecast is for colder-than-average temperatures and above-normal snowfall.

The forecast calls for a colder October with some flurries, but no significant snow. November is expected to be markedly colder and produce the season's first significant snow storm in the latter half of the month.

Three snow and ice "events" are predicted in December, in the first and second weeks, and again toward the end of the month, while January is expected to be an above-normal snow producer. Temperatures are predicted to be near normal in both months, but "drastic temperature swings" are predicted in January.

We're to get a break in February, with lower-than-normal snowfall and higher-than-normal temperatures. March is expected to be "near normal" in precipitation and temperatures, with "a few major events possible."