I need the blue sky. It seems to limit the black flies to only 80% unbearable versus 100% unbearable. Once we get that thin alto or cirrostratus with a little warmth it's like they come out with an even more voracious appetite. Give me skeeters over those other little annoying buggers any day.
On the flip side, it’d be interesting to find which higher elevations do relatively worst with snowfall. Out here you probably need to be downwind of the Whites with NE flow with no westerly upslope.
OK the black flies are unbearable. So we went from being stuck in the house in Aprilary and Maycember to being stuck in the house because you risk being eaten alive. I'm sure the black flies will let up just in time for 70F dews to keep us inside too.