Alert archive / New York / Winter Storm Warnings in 2005
Winter Storm Warning 2, NWS Albany, NY
NWS Albany, NY issued this winter storm warning at Dec 15, 2005, 5:29 PM EST for 6 counties in New York. It took effect at Dec 16, 2005, 12:00 AM EST. It was in force for 13 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 15, 2005, 5:29 PM EST (22:29 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 16, 2005, 12:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Dec 16, 2005, 1:18 PM EST
- In force
- 13 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Albany, NY
Counties Fulton County, NY, Greene County, NY, Hamilton County, NY, Herkimer County, NY, Ulster County, NY, Warren County, NY
The radar
The Albany radar (KENX), 50 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:26 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 54 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1211 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 26 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 86 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS41 KALY 152230 WSWALY URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 529 PM EST THU DEC 15 2005 NYZ058-063-161030- /O.UPG.KALY.WW.Y.0005.051216T0500Z-051216T2100Z/ /O.NEW.KALY.WS.W.0002.051216T0500Z-051216T1700Z/ WESTERN GREENE-WESTERN ULSTER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HUNTER...TANNERSVILLE...WINDHAM... SUNDOWN...ELLENVILLE...WOODSTOCK...WEST HURLEY...KERHONKSON... NAPANOCH...PHOENICIA 529 PM EST THU DEC 15 2005 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 12 PM EST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 12 PM EST FRIDAY WESTERN GREENE AND WESTERN ULSTER COUNTIES. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A COMPLEX STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING A WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION TO EASTERN NEW YORK AND WESTERN NEW ENGLAND. THE PRECIPITATION WILL START OUT AS SNOWFALL BETWEEN 8 PM AND MIDNIGHT...AS ONE AREA OF LOW PRESSURE MOVES THROUGH THE WESTERN GREAT LAKES REGION...AND ANOTHER MOVES ALONG THE MID ATLANTIC STATES REGION OVERNIGHT. MOISTURE WILL OVER RIDE SUB FREEZING AIR TRAPPED AT THE SURFACE FRIDAY MORNING. SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL MIX WITH THE SNOW TOWARDS SUNRISE. THE COASTAL LOW WILL MOVE EAST OF THE CONNECTICUT RIVER VALLEY BY NOONTIME ON FRIDAY. COLDER AIR WILL WRAP BACK IN OVER THE REGION... CHANGING THE PRECIPITATION BACK TO SNOW SHOWERS IN THE LATE AFTERNOON...AS THE STORM MOVES INTO THE GULF OF MAINE FRIDAY EVENING. TOTAL SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OVER THE LOWER CATSKILLS WILL RANGE FROM 5 TO 10 INCHES...WITH ICE ACCUMULATIONS UP TO A QUARTER OF AN INCH. SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 3O MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH MAY BRING SOME TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES DOWN THAT ICE ACCUMULATES ON. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ NYZ032-033-042-082-161030- /O.UPG.KALY.WS.A.0004.051216T0500Z-051216T2100Z/ /O.NEW.KALY.WS.W.0002.051216T0500Z-051216T2100Z/ NORTHERN HERKIMER-HAMILTON-NORTHERN WARREN-NORTHERN FULTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATWELL...BIG MOOSE...EAGLE BAY... MCKEEVER...NOBLEBORO...NORTHWOOD...OLD FORGE...SPECULATOR... WARRENSBURG...NORTHVILLE...MAYFIELD 529 PM EST THU DEC 15 2005 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 4 PM EST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 4 PM EST FRIDAY FOR THE SOUTHERN ADIRONDACKS INCLUDING NORTHERN WARREN AND NORTHERN FULTON COUNTIES. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. SNOW WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE SOUTHERN ADIRONDACK REGION BETWEEN 10 PM AND 2 AM...AS ONE AREA OF LOW PRESSURE MOVES THROUGH THE WESTERN GREAT LAKES REGION...AND ANOTHER MOVES ALONG THE MID ATLANTIC STATES REGION OVERNIGHT. THE SNOW ON FRIDAY MAY MIX WITH SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN FOR A BRIEF PERIOD OF TIME IN THE LATE MORNING...AS THE LOW MOVES FROM NORTHERN NEW JERSEY TO CENTRAL NEW ENGLAND. SNOWFALL RATES MAY EXCEED AN INCH AN HOUR DURING THE MID MORNING. TOTAL SNOWFALL WILL RANGE FROM 5 TO 10 INCHES. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ VTZ013>015-161030- /O.UPG.KALY.WS.A.0004.051216T0500Z-051216T2100Z/ /O.EXA.KALY.WW.Y.0005.051216T0500Z-051216T2100Z/ BENNINGTON-WESTERN WINDHAM-EASTERN WINDHAM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BENNINGTON...JACKSONVILLE...NEWFANE... BRATTLEBORO...WEST BRATTLEBORO...BELLOWS FALLS 529 PM EST THU DEC 15 2005 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 4 PM EST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 4 PM EST FRIDAY FOR SOUTHERN VERMONT. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. SNOW WILL DEVELOP ACROSS SOUTHERN VERMONT BETWEEN 9 PM AND 1 AM...AS ONE AREA OF LOW PRESSURE MOVES THROUGH THE WESTERN GREAT LAKES REGION...AND ANOTHER MOVES ALONG THE MID ATLANTIC STATES REGION OVERNIGHT. MOISTURE WILL OVER RIDE SUB FREEZING AIR TRAPPED AT THE SURFACE FRIDAY MORNING. THE SNOW ON FRIDAY WILL MIX WITH AND CHANGE TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN DURING THE MORNING COMMUTE...AS THE LOW MOVES FROM NORTHERN NEW JERSEY TO CENTRAL NEW ENGLAND BY NOONTIME. SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES WILL OCCUR...WITH THE GREATER AMOUNTS OVER THE GREEN MOUNTAINS. ALSO...ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF A TENTH OF AN INCH OR SO WILL BE POSSIBLE IN SOME LOCATIONS. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ MAZ001-025-NYZ038>041-043-047>054-083-084-161030- /O.CON.KALY.WW.Y.0005.051216T0500Z-051216T2100Z/ NORTHERN BERKSHIRE-SOUTHERN BERKSHIRE-SOUTHERN HERKIMER- SOUTHERN FULTON-MONTGOMERY-NORTHERN SARATOGA-NORTHERN WASHINGTON- SCHOHARIE-WESTERN SCHENECTADY-EASTERN SCHENECTADY- SOUTHERN SARATOGA-WESTERN ALBANY-EASTERN ALBANY- WESTERN RENSSELAER-EASTERN RENSSELAER-SOUTHEAST WARREN- SOUTHERN WASHINGTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PITTSFIELD...NORTH ADAMS... GREAT BARRINGTON...LEE...LENOX...HOUSATONIC...ILION...HERKIMER... LITTLE FALLS...MOHAWK...FRANKFORT...DOLGEVILLE...GLOVERSVILLE... JOHNSTOWN...AMSTERDAM...WELLSVILLE...SARATOGA SPRINGS... WHITEHALL...GRANVILLE...COBLESKILL...MIDDLEBURGH...DELANSON... ESPERANCE...DUANESBURG...SCHENECTADY...ROTTERDAM...BALLSTON SPA... MECHANICVILLE...WATERFORD...ALTAMONT...ALBANY...TROY... HOOSICK FALLS...GLENS FALLS...WEST GLENS FALLS...HUDSON FALLS... FORT EDWARD...CAMBRIDGE...GREENWICH 529 PM EST THU DEC 15 2005 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 4 PM EST FRIDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 4 PM EST FRIDAY FOR THE CENTRAL MOHAWK VALLEY...THE LAKE GEORGE SARATOGA REGION...GREATER CAPITAL REGION...NORTHERN TACONICS...BERKSHIRES...AND HELDERBERGS... A COMPLEX STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING A WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION TO EASTERN NEW YORK AND WESTERN NEW ENGLAND OVERNIGHT. THE PRECIPITATION WILL START OUT AS SNOWFALL BETWEEN 9 PM AND MIDNIGHT...AS ONE AREA OF LOW PRESSURE MOVES THROUGH THE WESTERN GREAT LAKES REGION...AND ANOTHER MOVES ALONG THE MID ATLANTIC STATE REGION THIS EVENING. MOISTURE WILL OVER RIDE SUB FREEZING AIR TRAPPED AT THE SURFACE FRIDAY MORNING. THE PRECIPITATION WILL TRANSITION TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WELL AFTER MIDNIGHT...AND WILL CONTINUE INTO THE MORNING COMMUTE. THE COASTAL LOW WILL MOVE EAST OF THE BERKSHIRES BY NOONTIME ON FRIDAY. ENOUGH WARM AIR MAY CREEP IN AT THE SURFACE UP TO THE GREATER CAPITAL REGION...TURNING THE ICY MIX TO RAIN FOR A BRIEF PERIOD OF TIME. COLDER AIR WILL WRAP BACK IN OVER THE REGION... CHANGING THE PRECIPITATION BACK TO SNOW SHOWERS IN THE LATE AFTERNOON...AS THE STORM MOVES INTO THE GULF OF MAINE FRIDAY EVENING. TOTAL SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS WILL GENERALLY BE 2 TO 6 INCHES...WITH 4 TO 8 INCHES OVER THE HELDERBERGS AND CENTRAL MOHAWK VALLEY. ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM A LIGHT COATING TO A TENTH OF AN INCH WILL BE COMMON...WITH A FEW ISOLATED AREAS GETTING UP TO A QUARTER OF AN INCH. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ CTZ001-013-NYZ059>061-064>066-161030- /O.CON.KALY.WW.Y.0005.051216T0500Z-051216T1500Z/ NORTHERN LITCHFIELD-SOUTHERN LITCHFIELD-EASTERN GREENE- WESTERN COLUMBIA-EASTERN COLUMBIA-EASTERN ULSTER-WESTERN DUTCHESS- EASTERN DUTCHESS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TORRINGTON...OAKVILLE...NEW MILFORD... TERRYVILLE...CATSKILL...COXSACKIE...ATHENS...CAIRO... JEFFERSON HEIGHTS...HUDSON...CHATHAM...KINGSTON...NEW PALTZ... POUGHKEEPSIE...BEACON...ARLINGTON...PAWLING...DOVER PLAINS... MILLBROOK...PINE PLAINS...AMENIA...MILLERTON 529 PM EST THU DEC 15 2005 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 10 AM EST FRIDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 10 AM EST FRIDAY FOR THE MID HUDSON VALLEY...SOUTHERN TACONICS...AND LITCHFIELD COUNTY CONNECTICUT. A COMPLEX STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING A WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION TO EASTERN NEW YORK AND WESTERN NEW ENGLAND. THE PRECIPITATION WILL START OUT AS SNOWFALL BETWEEN 8 PM AND 11 PM...AS ONE AREA OF LOW PRESSURE MOVES THROUGH THE WESTERN GREAT LAKES REGION... AND ANOTHER MOVES ALONG THE MID ATLANTIC STATES REGION THIS EVENING. MOISTURE WILL OVER RIDE SUB FREEZING AIR TRAPPED AT THE SURFACE AROUND MIDNIGHT. THE PRECIPITATION WILL TRANSITION TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN IN THE EARLY MORNING AND WILL GRADUALLY CHANGE TO RAIN...AS TEMPERATURES RISE ABOVE FREEZING TOWARD SUNRISE. TOTAL SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 2 TO 4 INCHES...WITH ICE ACCUMULATIONS UP TO A QUARTER INCH POSSIBLE. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$
6 follow-up statements
000 WWUS41 KALY 160328 WSWALY URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 1028 PM EST THU DEC 15 2005 NYZ032-033-042-082-161100- /O.CON.KALY.WS.W.0002.051216T0500Z-051216T2100Z/ NORTHERN HERKIMER-HAMILTON-NORTHERN WARREN-NORTHERN FULTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATWELL...BIG MOOSE...EAGLE BAY... MCKEEVER...NOBLEBORO...NORTHWOOD...OLD FORGE...SPECULATOR... WARRENSBURG...NORTHVILLE...MAYFIELD 1028 PM EST THU DEC 15 2005 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST FRIDAY FOR THE SOUTHERN ADIRONDACKS. SNOW WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE SOUTHERN ADIRONDACK REGION BY AROUND MIDNIGHT...AS ONE AREA OF LOW PRESSURE MOVES THROUGH THE WESTERN GREAT LAKES REGION...AND ANOTHER MOVES ALONG THE MID ATLANTIC STATES REGION OVERNIGHT. THE SNOW ON FRIDAY MAY MIX WITH SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN FOR A PERIOD OF TIME IN THE MORNING...AS THE LOW MOVES FROM NORTHERN NEW JERSEY TO CENTRAL NEW ENGLAND. SNOWFALL RATES MAY EXCEED AN INCH AN HOUR DURING THE MID MORNING. TOTAL SNOWFALL WILL RANGE FROM 5 TO 10 INCHES. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ NYZ058-063-161100- /O.CON.KALY.WS.W.0002.051216T0500Z-051216T1700Z/ WESTERN GREENE-WESTERN ULSTER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HUNTER...TANNERSVILLE...WINDHAM... SUNDOWN...ELLENVILLE...WOODSTOCK...WEST HURLEY...KERHONKSON... NAPANOCH...PHOENICIA 1028 PM EST THU DEC 15 2005 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM EST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM EST FRIDAY FOR THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN CATSKILLS. A COMPLEX STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING A WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION TO EASTERN NEW YORK AND WESTERN NEW ENGLAND. SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN...OCCASIONALLY MIXED WITH SNOW WILL FALL OVERNIGHT. THE COASTAL LOW WILL MOVE EAST OF THE CONNECTICUT RIVER VALLEY BY NOONTIME ON FRIDAY. COLDER AIR WILL WRAP BACK IN OVER THE REGION... CHANGING THE PRECIPITATION BACK TO SNOW SHOWERS IN THE LATE AFTERNOON...AS THE STORM MOVES INTO THE GULF OF MAINE FRIDAY EVENING. TOTAL SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OVER THE LOWER CATSKILLS WILL RANGE FROM 3 TO 5 INCHES...WITH ICE ACCUMULATIONS A QUARTER TO A HALF AN INCH. SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 3O MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH MAY BRING SOME TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES DOWN THAT ICE ACCUMULATES ON. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ MAZ001-025-NYZ038>041-043-047>054-083-084-VTZ013>015-161100- /O.CON.KALY.WW.Y.0005.051216T0500Z-051216T2100Z/ NORTHERN BERKSHIRE-SOUTHERN BERKSHIRE-SOUTHERN HERKIMER- SOUTHERN FULTON-MONTGOMERY-NORTHERN SARATOGA-NORTHERN WASHINGTON- SCHOHARIE-WESTERN SCHENECTADY-EASTERN SCHENECTADY- SOUTHERN SARATOGA-WESTERN ALBANY-EASTERN ALBANY- WESTERN RENSSELAER-EASTERN RENSSELAER-SOUTHEAST WARREN- SOUTHERN WASHINGTON-BENNINGTON-WESTERN WINDHAM-EASTERN WINDHAM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PITTSFIELD...NORTH ADAMS... GREAT BARRINGTON...LEE...LENOX...HOUSATONIC...ILION...HERKIMER... LITTLE FALLS...MOHAWK...FRANKFORT...DOLGEVILLE...GLOVERSVILLE... JOHNSTOWN...AMSTERDAM...WELLSVILLE...SARATOGA SPRINGS... WHITEHALL...GRANVILLE...COBLESKILL...MIDDLEBURGH...DELANSON... ESPERANCE...DUANESBURG...SCHENECTADY...ROTTERDAM...BALLSTON SPA... MECHANICVILLE...WATERFORD...ALTAMONT...ALBANY...TROY... HOOSICK FALLS...GLENS FALLS...WEST GLENS FALLS...HUDSON FALLS... FORT EDWARD...CAMBRIDGE...GREENWICH...BENNINGTON...JACKSONVILLE... NEWFANE...BRATTLEBORO...WEST BRATTLEBORO...BELLOWS FALLS 1028 PM EST THU DEC 15 2005 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST FRIDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST FRIDAY FOR THE MOHAWK VALLEY...THE LAKE GEORGE SARATOGA REGION...GREATER CAPITAL DISTRICT...NORTHERN TACONICS...HELDERBERGS...BERKSHIRES AND SOUTHERN VERMONT. A COMPLEX STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING A WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION TO EASTERN NEW YORK AND WESTERN NEW ENGLAND OVERNIGHT. THE PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN AS A MIXTURE OF SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN BY MIDNIGHT...AS ONE AREA OF LOW PRESSURE MOVES THROUGH THE WESTERN GREAT LAKES REGION...AND ANOTHER MOVES ALONG THE MID ATLANTIC STATE REGION THIS EVENING. MOISTURE WILL OVER RIDE SUB FREEZING AIR TRAPPED AT THE SURFACE FRIDAY MORNING. THE PRECIPITATION WILL TRANSITION TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN AFTER MIDNIGHT...AND WILL CONTINUE INTO THE MORNING COMMUTE. THE COASTAL LOW WILL MOVE EAST OF THE BERKSHIRES BY NOONTIME ON FRIDAY. ENOUGH WARM AIR MAY CREEP IN AT THE SURFACE UP TO THE GREATER CAPITAL REGION... TURNING THE ICY MIX TO RAIN FOR A BRIEF PERIOD OF TIME. COLDER AIR WILL WRAP BACK IN OVER THE REGION... CHANGING THE PRECIPITATION BACK TO SNOW SHOWERS IN THE LATE AFTERNOON...AS THE STORM MOVES INTO THE GULF OF MAINE FRIDAY EVENING. TOTAL SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS WILL GENERALLY BE 2 TO 5 INCHES...WITH ICE ACCUMULATIONS UP TO A QUARTER OF AN INCH. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ CTZ001-013-NYZ059>061-064>066-161100- /O.CON.KALY.WW.Y.0005.051216T0500Z-051216T1500Z/ NORTHERN LITCHFIELD-SOUTHERN LITCHFIELD-EASTERN GREENE- WESTERN COLUMBIA-EASTERN COLUMBIA-EASTERN ULSTER-WESTERN DUTCHESS- EASTERN DUTCHESS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TORRINGTON...OAKVILLE...NEW MILFORD... TERRYVILLE...CATSKILL...COXSACKIE...ATHENS...CAIRO... JEFFERSON HEIGHTS...HUDSON...CHATHAM...KINGSTON...NEW PALTZ... POUGHKEEPSIE...BEACON...ARLINGTON...PAWLING...DOVER PLAINS... MILLBROOK...PINE PLAINS...AMENIA...MILLERTON 1028 PM EST THU DEC 15 2005 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST FRIDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST FRIDAY FOR THE MID HUDSON VALLEY...SOUTHERN TACONICS...AND LITCHFIELD HILLS IN CONNECTICUT. A COMPLEX STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING A WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION TO EASTERN NEW YORK AND WESTERN NEW ENGLAND. A MIXTURE OF SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL FALL THROUGH MIDNIGHT...AS ONE AREA OF LOW PRESSURE MOVES THROUGH THE WESTERN GREAT LAKES REGION... AND ANOTHER MOVES ALONG THE MID ATLANTIC STATES REGION THIS EVENING. MOISTURE WILL OVER RIDE SUB FREEZING AIR TRAPPED AT THE SURFACE AROUND MIDNIGHT. THE PRECIPITATION WILL TRANSITION TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN AFTER MIDNIGHT AND GRADUALLY CHANGE TO RAIN...AS TEMPERATURES RISE ABOVE FREEZING TOWARD SUNRISE. TOTAL SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 2 TO 4 INCHES...WITH ICE ACCUMULATIONS UP TO A QUARTER INCH. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$
000
WWUS41 KALY 161011
WSWALY
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
511 AM EST FRI DEC 16 2005
NYZ032-033-042-082-161730-
/O.CON.KALY.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-051216T2100Z/
NORTHERN HERKIMER-HAMILTON-NORTHERN WARREN-NORTHERN FULTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATWELL...BIG MOOSE...EAGLE BAY...
MCKEEVER...NOBLEBORO...NORTHWOOD...OLD FORGE...SPECULATOR...
WARRENSBURG...NORTHVILLE...MAYFIELD
511 AM EST FRI DEC 16 2005
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THIS
AFTERNOON...
A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THIS
AFTERNOON IN THE SOUTHERN ADIRONDACKS.
A MIX OF SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN FELL OVERNIGHT AND WILL
CONTINUE THIS MORNING. BY LATE THIS MORNING PRECIPITATION WILL
CHANGE BACK TO SNOW...BEFORE TAPERING TO SNOW SHOWERS THIS
AFTERNOON. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION WILL BE VARIABLE BUT AVERAGE 4
TO 8 INCHES. SOME AREAS WILL PICK UP A QUARTER INCH OF ICE ON TOP
OF THE SNOW.
A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...OR ICE ARE EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS.
$$
NYZ058-063-161700-
/O.CON.KALY.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-051216T1700Z/
WESTERN GREENE-WESTERN ULSTER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HUNTER...TANNERSVILLE...WINDHAM...
SUNDOWN...ELLENVILLE...WOODSTOCK...WEST HURLEY...KERHONKSON...
NAPANOCH...PHOENICIA
511 AM EST FRI DEC 16 2005
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST TODAY...
A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST TODAY IN
THE SOUTHERN CATSKILLS.
SNOW CHANGED TO FREEZING RAIN OVERNIGHT. FREEZING RAIN WILL BE
HEAVY AT TIMES THIS MORNING. TEMPERATURES WILL RISE SLOWLY AND MAY
REACH ABOVE FREEZING FOR A FEW HOURS LATER THIS MORNING. COLDER
AIR WILL WORK BACK IN THIS AFTERNOON WITH SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS.
ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE LESS THAN AN INCH...BUT UP TO
A HALF INCH OF ICE MAY ACCUMULATE. THE ICE LOAD IN COMBINATION
WITH STRONG GUSTY WINDS MAY RESULT IN DOWNED TREE LIMBS AND POWER
LINES. YOU SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR POWER OUTAGES.
A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...OR ICE ARE EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS.
$$
MAZ001-025-NYZ038>040-047>054-161700-
/O.EXT.KALY.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-051216T1700Z/
NORTHERN BERKSHIRE-SOUTHERN BERKSHIRE-SOUTHERN HERKIMER-
SOUTHERN FULTON-MONTGOMERY-SCHOHARIE-WESTERN SCHENECTADY-
EASTERN SCHENECTADY-SOUTHERN SARATOGA-WESTERN ALBANY-
EASTERN ALBANY-WESTERN RENSSELAER-EASTERN RENSSELAER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PITTSFIELD...NORTH ADAMS...
GREAT BARRINGTON...LEE...LENOX...HOUSATONIC...ILION...HERKIMER...
LITTLE FALLS...MOHAWK...FRANKFORT...DOLGEVILLE...GLOVERSVILLE...
JOHNSTOWN...AMSTERDAM...WELLSVILLE...COBLESKILL...MIDDLEBURGH...
DELANSON...ESPERANCE...DUANESBURG...SCHENECTADY...ROTTERDAM...
BALLSTON SPA...MECHANICVILLE...WATERFORD...ALTAMONT...ALBANY...
TROY...HOOSICK FALLS
511 AM EST FRI DEC 16 2005
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST TODAY...
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY CONTINUES IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST
TODAY IN THE MOHAWK VALLEY...THE CAPITAL DISTRICT AND THE
BERKSHIRES.
SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN FELL OVERNIGHT WITH SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOW
ACCUMULATING. PRECIPITATION WILL CONTINUE TO CHANGE TO FREEZING
RAIN THIS MORNING. AS TEMPERATURES SLOWLY RISE...THE FREEZING RAIN
MAY CHANGE TO RAIN IN PLACES BEFORE IT TAPERS OFF AROUND NOON.
COLDER AIR WILL WORK BACK IN THIS AFTERNOON WITH SCATTERED SNOW
SHOWERS. ICE ACCUMULATIONS AROUND A QUARTER OF AN INCH ARE LIKELY.
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR
FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.
$$
NYZ041-043-083-084-VTZ013>015-161730-
/O.CON.KALY.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-051216T2100Z/
NORTHERN SARATOGA-NORTHERN WASHINGTON-SOUTHEAST WARREN-
SOUTHERN WASHINGTON-BENNINGTON-WESTERN WINDHAM-EASTERN WINDHAM-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SARATOGA SPRINGS...WHITEHALL...
GRANVILLE...GLENS FALLS...WEST GLENS FALLS...HUDSON FALLS...
FORT EDWARD...CAMBRIDGE...GREENWICH...BENNINGTON...JACKSONVILLE...
NEWFANE...BRATTLEBORO...WEST BRATTLEBORO...BELLOWS FALLS
511 AM EST FRI DEC 16 2005
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THIS
AFTERNOON...
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THIS
AFTERNOON IN THE LAKE GEORGE SARATOGA REGION AND SOUTHERN VERMONT.
SNOW WILL CHANGE TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN THIS MORNING.
PRECIPITATION WILL TAPER TO SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS BY MID
AFTERNOON. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL AVERAGE 3 TO 6 INCHES
WITH UP TO A QUARTER INCH OF ICE. WINDS WILL GUSTS TO 50 MPH IN
PARTS OF VERMONT WHICH WILL RESULT IN POOR VISIBILITY...AND COMBINE
WITH THE COATING OF ICE RESULT IN DOWNED LIMBS AND POWER LINES.
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR
FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.
$$
CTZ001-013-NYZ059>061-064>066-161500-
/O.CON.KALY.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-051216T1500Z/
NORTHERN LITCHFIELD-SOUTHERN LITCHFIELD-EASTERN GREENE-
WESTERN COLUMBIA-EASTERN COLUMBIA-EASTERN ULSTER-WESTERN DUTCHESS-
EASTERN DUTCHESS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TORRINGTON...OAKVILLE...NEW MILFORD...
TERRYVILLE...CATSKILL...COXSACKIE...ATHENS...CAIRO...
JEFFERSON HEIGHTS...HUDSON...CHATHAM...KINGSTON...NEW PALTZ...
POUGHKEEPSIE...BEACON...ARLINGTON...PAWLING...DOVER PLAINS...
MILLBROOK...PINE PLAINS...AMENIA...MILLERTON
511 AM EST FRI DEC 16 2005
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST THIS
MORNING...
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST THIS
MORNING IN THE MID HUDSON VALLEY OF NEW YORK AND NORTHWEST
CONNECTICUT.
SNOW DEVELOPED THURSDAY EVENING AND QUICKLY CHANGED TO FREEZING
RAIN BY MIDNIGHT. OVERNIGHT TEMPERATURES ROSE SLOWLY AND
PRECIPITATION CHANGED TO RAIN IN SOME AREAS. TEMPERATURES WILL
CONTINUE TO RISE THIS MORNING WITH MOST AREAS ABOVE FREEZING BY 10
AM. ICE ACCUMULATION WILL BE A QUARTER TO A HALF INCH.
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR
FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.
$$000 WWUS41 KALY 161113 WSWALY URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 613 AM EST FRI DEC 16 2005 NYZ032-033-042-082-161700- /O.CON.KALY.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-051216T2100Z/ NORTHERN HERKIMER-HAMILTON-NORTHERN WARREN-NORTHERN FULTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATWELL...BIG MOOSE...EAGLE BAY... MCKEEVER...NOBLEBORO...NORTHWOOD...OLD FORGE...SPECULATOR... WARRENSBURG...NORTHVILLE...MAYFIELD 613 AM EST FRI DEC 16 2005 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON IN THE SOUTHERN ADIRONDACKS. A MIX OF SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN FELL OVERNIGHT AND WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING. BY LATE THIS MORNING PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE BACK TO SNOW...BEFORE TAPERING TO SNOW SHOWERS THIS AFTERNOON. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION WILL BE VARIABLE BUT AVERAGE 4 TO 8 INCHES. SOME AREAS WILL PICK UP A QUARTER INCH OF ICE ON TOP OF THE SNOW. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...OR ICE ARE EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS. $$ NYZ058-063-161700- /O.CON.KALY.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-051216T1700Z/ WESTERN GREENE-WESTERN ULSTER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HUNTER...TANNERSVILLE...WINDHAM... SUNDOWN...ELLENVILLE...WOODSTOCK...WEST HURLEY...KERHONKSON... NAPANOCH...PHOENICIA 613 AM EST FRI DEC 16 2005 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST TODAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST TODAY IN THE SOUTHERN CATSKILLS. SNOW CHANGED TO FREEZING RAIN OVERNIGHT. FREEZING RAIN WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES THIS MORNING. TEMPERATURES WILL RISE SLOWLY AND MAY REACH ABOVE FREEZING FOR A FEW HOURS LATER THIS MORNING. COLDER AIR WILL WORK BACK IN THIS AFTERNOON WITH SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS. ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE LESS THAN AN INCH...BUT UP TO A HALF INCH OF ICE MAY ACCUMULATE. THE ICE LOAD IN COMBINATION WITH STRONG GUSTY WINDS MAY RESULT IN DOWNED TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES. YOU SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR POWER OUTAGES. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...OR ICE ARE EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS. $$ MAZ001-025-NYZ038>040-047>054-161700- /O.CON.KALY.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-051216T1700Z/ NORTHERN BERKSHIRE-SOUTHERN BERKSHIRE-SOUTHERN HERKIMER- SOUTHERN FULTON-MONTGOMERY-SCHOHARIE-WESTERN SCHENECTADY- EASTERN SCHENECTADY-SOUTHERN SARATOGA-WESTERN ALBANY- EASTERN ALBANY-WESTERN RENSSELAER-EASTERN RENSSELAER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PITTSFIELD...NORTH ADAMS... GREAT BARRINGTON...LEE...LENOX...HOUSATONIC...ILION...HERKIMER... LITTLE FALLS...MOHAWK...FRANKFORT...DOLGEVILLE...GLOVERSVILLE... JOHNSTOWN...AMSTERDAM...WELLSVILLE...COBLESKILL...MIDDLEBURGH... DELANSON...ESPERANCE...DUANESBURG...SCHENECTADY...ROTTERDAM... BALLSTON SPA...MECHANICVILLE...WATERFORD...ALTAMONT...ALBANY... TROY...HOOSICK FALLS 613 AM EST FRI DEC 16 2005 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST TODAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY CONTINUES IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST TODAY IN THE MOHAWK VALLEY...THE CAPITAL DISTRICT...THE NORTHERN CATSKILLS AND THE BERKSHIRES. SNOW CHANGED TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN OVERNIGHT. IN THE CENTRAL MOHAWK VALLEY AND NORTHERN CATSKILLS...THE WINTRY MIX WILL CHANGE BACK TO SNOW THIS MORNING WITH A COATING TO 3 INCHES OF NEW SNOW. FROM THE CAPITAL DISTRICT TO THE BERKSHIRES... FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING. AS TEMPERATURES SLOWLY RISE...THE FREEZING RAIN MAY CHANGE TO RAIN IN PLACES BEFORE IT TAPERS OFF AROUND NOON. COLDER AIR WILL WORK BACK IN THIS AFTERNOON WITH SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS. ICE ACCUMULATIONS AROUND A QUARTER OF AN INCH ARE LIKELY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ NYZ041-043-083-084-VTZ013>015-161700- /O.CON.KALY.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-051216T2100Z/ NORTHERN SARATOGA-NORTHERN WASHINGTON-SOUTHEAST WARREN- SOUTHERN WASHINGTON-BENNINGTON-WESTERN WINDHAM-EASTERN WINDHAM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SARATOGA SPRINGS...WHITEHALL... GRANVILLE...GLENS FALLS...WEST GLENS FALLS...HUDSON FALLS... FORT EDWARD...CAMBRIDGE...GREENWICH...BENNINGTON...JACKSONVILLE... NEWFANE...BRATTLEBORO...WEST BRATTLEBORO...BELLOWS FALLS 613 AM EST FRI DEC 16 2005 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON IN THE LAKE GEORGE SARATOGA REGION AND SOUTHERN VERMONT. SNOW WILL CHANGE TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN THIS MORNING. PRECIPITATION WILL TAPER TO SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS BY MID AFTERNOON. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL AVERAGE 3 TO 6 INCHES WITH UP TO A QUARTER INCH OF ICE. WINDS WILL GUSTS TO 50 MPH IN PARTS OF VERMONT WHICH WILL RESULT IN POOR VISIBILITY...AND COMBINE WITH THE COATING OF ICE RESULT IN DOWNED LIMBS AND POWER LINES. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ CTZ001-013-NYZ059>061-064>066-161500- /O.CON.KALY.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-051216T1500Z/ NORTHERN LITCHFIELD-SOUTHERN LITCHFIELD-EASTERN GREENE- WESTERN COLUMBIA-EASTERN COLUMBIA-EASTERN ULSTER-WESTERN DUTCHESS- EASTERN DUTCHESS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TORRINGTON...OAKVILLE...NEW MILFORD... TERRYVILLE...CATSKILL...COXSACKIE...ATHENS...CAIRO... JEFFERSON HEIGHTS...HUDSON...CHATHAM...KINGSTON...NEW PALTZ... POUGHKEEPSIE...BEACON...ARLINGTON...PAWLING...DOVER PLAINS... MILLBROOK...PINE PLAINS...AMENIA...MILLERTON 613 AM EST FRI DEC 16 2005 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST THIS MORNING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST THIS MORNING IN THE MID HUDSON VALLEY OF NEW YORK AND NORTHWEST CONNECTICUT. SNOW DEVELOPED THURSDAY EVENING AND QUICKLY CHANGED TO FREEZING RAIN BY MIDNIGHT. OVERNIGHT TEMPERATURES ROSE SLOWLY AND PRECIPITATION CHANGED TO RAIN IN SOME AREAS. TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO RISE THIS MORNING WITH MOST AREAS ABOVE FREEZING BY 10 AM. ICE ACCUMULATION WILL BE A QUARTER TO A HALF INCH. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$
000 WWUS41 KALY 161541 WSWALY URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 1041 AM EST FRI DEC 16 2005 NYZ058-063-161645- /O.CAN.KALY.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-051216T1700Z/ WESTERN GREENE-WESTERN ULSTER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HUNTER...TANNERSVILLE...WINDHAM... SUNDOWN...ELLENVILLE...WOODSTOCK...WEST HURLEY...KERHONKSON... NAPANOCH...PHOENICIA 1041 AM EST FRI DEC 16 2005 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING FOR THE LOWER CATSKILLS... THE MIXED PRECIPITATION IS ENDING OVER THE WARNED AREA. REPORTS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW OCCURRED WITH ICE ACCUMULATIONS AROUND A QUARTER OF AN INCH. $$ NYZ032-033-042-082-162100- /O.CON.KALY.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-051216T2100Z/ NORTHERN HERKIMER-HAMILTON-NORTHERN WARREN-NORTHERN FULTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATWELL...BIG MOOSE...EAGLE BAY... MCKEEVER...NOBLEBORO...NORTHWOOD...OLD FORGE...SPECULATOR... WARRENSBURG...NORTHVILLE...MAYFIELD 1041 AM EST FRI DEC 16 2005 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE SOUTHERN ADIRONDACK REGION... SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO THE AFTERNOON. ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM ONE TO THREE INCHES. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 5 TO 10 INCHES. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...OR ICE ARE EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS. $$ MAZ001-025-NYZ038>040-047>054-161700- /O.CON.KALY.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-051216T1700Z/ NORTHERN BERKSHIRE-SOUTHERN BERKSHIRE-SOUTHERN HERKIMER- SOUTHERN FULTON-MONTGOMERY-SCHOHARIE-WESTERN SCHENECTADY- EASTERN SCHENECTADY-SOUTHERN SARATOGA-WESTERN ALBANY- EASTERN ALBANY-WESTERN RENSSELAER-EASTERN RENSSELAER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PITTSFIELD...NORTH ADAMS... GREAT BARRINGTON...LEE...LENOX...HOUSATONIC...ILION...HERKIMER... LITTLE FALLS...MOHAWK...FRANKFORT...DOLGEVILLE...GLOVERSVILLE... JOHNSTOWN...AMSTERDAM...WELLSVILLE...COBLESKILL...MIDDLEBURGH... DELANSON...ESPERANCE...DUANESBURG...SCHENECTADY...ROTTERDAM... BALLSTON SPA...MECHANICVILLE...WATERFORD...ALTAMONT...ALBANY... TROY...HOOSICK FALLS 1041 AM EST FRI DEC 16 2005 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST TODAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY CONTINUES IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST TODAY IN THE CENTRAL MOHAWK VALLEY...THE CAPITAL DISTRICT...THE NORTHERN CATSKILLS AND THE BERKSHIRES. SLEET...FREEZING RAIN AND RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO TURN BACK TO SNOW IN THE LATE MORNING OVER AREA. ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE AN INCH OR TWO. ICE ACCUMULATIONS ON UNTREATED SURFACES AND TREES WILL APPROACH A QUARTER INCH. TOTAL SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS FOR THE EVENT WILL RANGE FROM TWO TO SIX INCHES. THE HIGHER ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE OVER THE CENTRAL MOHAWK VALLEY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ NYZ041-043-083-084-VTZ013>015-162100- /O.CON.KALY.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-051216T2100Z/ NORTHERN SARATOGA-NORTHERN WASHINGTON-SOUTHEAST WARREN- SOUTHERN WASHINGTON-BENNINGTON-WESTERN WINDHAM-EASTERN WINDHAM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SARATOGA SPRINGS...WHITEHALL... GRANVILLE...GLENS FALLS...WEST GLENS FALLS...HUDSON FALLS... FORT EDWARD...CAMBRIDGE...GREENWICH...BENNINGTON...JACKSONVILLE... NEWFANE...BRATTLEBORO...WEST BRATTLEBORO...BELLOWS FALLS 1041 AM EST FRI DEC 16 2005 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON IN THE LAKE GEORGE SARATOGA REGION AND SOUTHERN VERMONT. SLEET...FREEZING RAIN AND RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO TURN BACK TO SNOW IN THE LATE MORNING OVER THE AREA. ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE AN INCH OR TWO. ICE ACCUMULATIONS ON UNTREATED SURFACES AND TREES WILL APPROACH A QUARTER INCH. TOTAL SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS FOR THE EVENT WILL RANGE FROM 4 TO 8 INCHES. WINDS WILL GUST TO 50 MPH IN PARTS OF VERMONT CAUSING SOME ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$
000 WWUS41 KALY 161656 WSWALY URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 1156 AM EST FRI DEC 16 2005 MAZ001-025-NYZ038>040-047>054-161800- /O.CAN.KALY.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-051216T1700Z/ NORTHERN BERKSHIRE-SOUTHERN BERKSHIRE-SOUTHERN HERKIMER- SOUTHERN FULTON-MONTGOMERY-SCHOHARIE-WESTERN SCHENECTADY- EASTERN SCHENECTADY-SOUTHERN SARATOGA-WESTERN ALBANY- EASTERN ALBANY-WESTERN RENSSELAER-EASTERN RENSSELAER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PITTSFIELD...NORTH ADAMS... GREAT BARRINGTON...LEE...LENOX...HOUSATONIC...ILION...HERKIMER... LITTLE FALLS...MOHAWK...FRANKFORT...DOLGEVILLE...GLOVERSVILLE... JOHNSTOWN...AMSTERDAM...WELLSVILLE...COBLESKILL...MIDDLEBURGH... DELANSON...ESPERANCE...DUANESBURG...SCHENECTADY...ROTTERDAM... BALLSTON SPA...MECHANICVILLE...WATERFORD...ALTAMONT...ALBANY... TROY...HOOSICK FALLS 1156 AM EST FRI DEC 16 2005 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR THE GREATER CAPITAL REGION...BERKSHIRES... NORTHERN TACONICS...THE NORTHERN CATSKILLS AND THE CENTRAL MOHAWK VALLEY... THE SNOW HAS DIMINISHED ACROSS MOST OF THE REGION. TOTAL SNOWFALL AND SLEET AMOUNTS RANGED FROM 1 TO 3 INCHES IN THE CAPITAL REGION AND BERKSHIRES...TO AS MUCH AS 3 TO 6 INCHES OVER THE CENTRAL MOHAWK VALLEY. AN ADDITIONAL INCH OR TWO IS POSSIBLE OVER THE NORTHERN TACONICS. $$ NYZ032-033-042-082-162100- /O.CON.KALY.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-051216T2100Z/ NORTHERN HERKIMER-HAMILTON-NORTHERN WARREN-NORTHERN FULTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATWELL...BIG MOOSE...EAGLE BAY... MCKEEVER...NOBLEBORO...NORTHWOOD...OLD FORGE...SPECULATOR... WARRENSBURG...NORTHVILLE...MAYFIELD 1156 AM EST FRI DEC 16 2005 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE SOUTHERN ADIRONDACK REGION... SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO THE AFTERNOON...ESPECIALLY OVER THE EASTERN ADIRONDACKS. ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM ONE TO TWO INCHES. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 5 TO 10 INCHES. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...OR ICE ARE EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS. $$ NYZ041-043-083-084-VTZ013>015-162100- /O.CON.KALY.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-051216T2100Z/ NORTHERN SARATOGA-NORTHERN WASHINGTON-SOUTHEAST WARREN- SOUTHERN WASHINGTON-BENNINGTON-WESTERN WINDHAM-EASTERN WINDHAM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SARATOGA SPRINGS...WHITEHALL... GRANVILLE...GLENS FALLS...WEST GLENS FALLS...HUDSON FALLS... FORT EDWARD...CAMBRIDGE...GREENWICH...BENNINGTON...JACKSONVILLE... NEWFANE...BRATTLEBORO...WEST BRATTLEBORO...BELLOWS FALLS 1156 AM EST FRI DEC 16 2005 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE LAKE GEORGE SARATOGA REGION AND SOUTHERN VERMONT... SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY TO MID AFTERNOON. ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE AN INCH OR TWO. TOTAL SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS FOR THE EVENT WILL RANGE FROM 4 TO 8 INCHES. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$
000 WWUS41 KALY 161818 WSWALY URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 118 PM EST FRI DEC 16 2005 NYZ032-033-042-082-161930- /O.CAN.KALY.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-051216T2100Z/ NORTHERN HERKIMER-HAMILTON-NORTHERN WARREN-NORTHERN FULTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATWELL...BIG MOOSE...EAGLE BAY... MCKEEVER...NOBLEBORO...NORTHWOOD...OLD FORGE...SPECULATOR... WARRENSBURG...NORTHVILLE...MAYFIELD 118 PM EST FRI DEC 16 2005 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING FOR THE SOUTHERN ADIRONDACK REGION... THE SNOW HAS ENDED ACROSS THE SOUTHERN ADIRONDACKS...INCLUDING NORTHERN FULTON AND NORTHERN WARREN COUNTIES...AS THE AREA OF LOW PRESSURE HAS REACHED EASTERN NEW ENGLAND. $$ NYZ041-043-083-084-VTZ013>015-161930- /O.CAN.KALY.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-051216T2100Z/ NORTHERN SARATOGA-NORTHERN WASHINGTON-SOUTHEAST WARREN- SOUTHERN WASHINGTON-BENNINGTON-WESTERN WINDHAM-EASTERN WINDHAM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SARATOGA SPRINGS...WHITEHALL... GRANVILLE...GLENS FALLS...WEST GLENS FALLS...HUDSON FALLS... FORT EDWARD...CAMBRIDGE...GREENWICH...BENNINGTON...JACKSONVILLE... NEWFANE...BRATTLEBORO...WEST BRATTLEBORO...BELLOWS FALLS 118 PM EST FRI DEC 16 2005 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR THE LAKE GEORGE SARATOGA REGION AND SOUTHERN VERMONT. THE AREA OF LOW PRESSURE THAT PRODUCED THE MIXED PRECIPITATION HAS REACHED EASTERN NEW ENGLAND. LINGERING SNOW SHOWERS WILL DIMINISH BEFORE 4 PM...WITH LITTLE OR NO ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS. $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this winter storm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Albany, NY wrote its last area forecast discussion before this winter storm warning went out at Dec 15, 1:23 PM EST, 4 hours 6 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 15, 1:23 PM EST, 4 hours 6 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
123 PM EST THU DEC 15 2005
.SHORT TERM (REST OF THE AFTERNOON)...
THIS IS A QUICK UPDATE FOR THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES THAT HAVE
BEEN ISSUED FOR THE SOUTHERN TWO THIRDS OF THE FORECAST AREA. THE
LATEST GFS/NAM RUNS INDICATE A WINTRY MIX IS IN THE WORKS FOR THE
MAJORITY OF THE FORECAST AREA. THE 12Z GFS HAS THE 1000 MB
SECONDARY LOW TUCKED IN CLOSER THE THE CT RIVER VALLEY/BERKSHIRES BY
18Z...WHILE THE NAM HAS A 1003 MB LOW OVER ERN CT. THIS COULD MAKE A
BIG DIFFERENCE ON THE PTYPE AND THE AMOUNT OF SFC WARMING THAT
OCCURS 06Z-18Z ON FRI.
THE NAM WANTS TO SCOUR OUT THE ARCTIC AIR IN THE
06Z-12Z TIME FRAME FOR LOCATIONS SOUTH AND EAST OF THE CAPITAL
REGION CHANGING THE PCPN FROM SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN TO ALL RAIN.
THE GFS SHOWS THE BOUNDARY LAYER TEMPS WARMING OVER THE MID HUDSON
VALLEY TOO...BUT NOT TO THE SAME EXTREME. ICE LOOKS LIKE A GREATER
ISSUE WITH THIS SUITE OF MODEL RUNS SOUTH AND EAST OF THE CAPITAL
REGION...AND WE HAVE MENTIONED AMOUNTS UP TO A QUARTER OF AN INCH
BEFORE THE CHANGEOVER TO RAIN. THIS IS SUPPORTED BY THE GFS/NAM
MODEL SOUNDINGS AND CRITICAL PARTIAL THICKNESSES THERE.
THE CAPITAL REGION IS A TOUGH CALL WITH AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF SLEET
AND SNOW TO START BEFORE TRANSITIONING TO FREEZING RAIN. THE MODELS
ARE SHOWING AT /60-75 KT/ H850 JET OVER THE REGION...INDICATING
SIGNIFICANT DOWNSLOPING FOR THE CAPITAL REGION AND THE UPPER HUDSON
VALLEY 09Z-18Z. THIS MAY CUT DOWN ON THE QPF. NORTH AND WEST OF THE
CAPITAL REGION MAY STAY IN THE COLD AIR LONG ENOUGH FOR MAINLY SNOW
AND SLEET WITH A LITTLE FREEZING RAIN. A WATCH REMAINS UP FOR THE
SRN ADIRONDACKS AND SRN VT.
MORE TO COME WITH THE FULL UPDATE LATER ON.
&&
.ALY WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
CT...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM MIDNIGHT TO 10 AM FRIDAY FOR
CTZ001-013.
MA...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM MIDNIGHT TO 4 PM FRIDAY FOR
MAZ001-025.
NY...WINTER STORM WATCH FROM MIDNIGHT TO 4 PM FRIDAY FOR
NYZ032-033-42-082.
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM MIDNIGHT TO 4 PM FRIDAY FOR
NYZ038>041-043-047>054-058-063-083-084.
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM MIDNIGHT TO 10 AM FRIDAY FOR
NYZ059>061-064>066.
VT...WINTER STORM WATCH FROM MIDNIGHT TO 4 PM FRIDAY FOR
VTZ013>015.
&&
PREVIOUS DISCUSSION...
(ISSUED 1017 AM EST THU DEC 15 2005)
SHORT TERM (REST OF TODAY)...
CURRENT FORECAST IS ON TRACK FOR THE REST OF THIS MORNING AND THE
EARLY AFTERNOON. A LARGE DOME OF ARCTIC HIGH PRESSURE CENTERED OVER
CNTRL QUEBEC CONTINUES TO DAM IN SHALLOW ARCTIC AIR OVER THE FCST
AREA. THIS FRIGID DRY AIR MASS...HAS PRODUCED SUNNY/MOSTLY SUNNY
CONDITIONS THUS FAR. THE VISIBLE SATELLITE PICTURE AT 14Z SHOWS THE
CLOUD SHIELD ASSOCIATED WITH THE PAIR OF STORM SYSTEMS THAT WILL
IMPACT THE FORECAST AREA WITH A WINTRY MIX OVERNIGHT INTO FRI EARLY
PM INTO WESTERN NY...CNTRL PA AND CNTRL NJ. MIXED PCPN IS CURRENTLY
OCCURRING OVER WV...AND WRN PA.
WE HAVE TWEAKED THE CLOUD TRENDS...HOURLY TEMPS AND DEWPOINTS. WE
WILL BE ADDRESSING A POTENTIAL WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR THE
NON-WATCH AREAS IN THE ALY FORECAST AREA OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS
(AFTER EXAMINING THE 12Z GFS AND OTHER GUIDANCE).
&&
SYNOPSIS...
HIGH PRESSURE CENTERED OVER THE REGION THIS MORNING...WILL DRIFT
NORTHEAST DURING THE DAY AS A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM STARTS TO MOVE
NORTHWARD OUT OF THE GULF COAST STATES. THE LOW WILL QUICKLY TRACK
TO THE MID ATLANTIC COAST THIS EVENING AND EVENTUALLY INTO SOUTHERN
NEW YORK AND NEW ENGLAND ON FRIDAY. THIS STORM WILL SPREAD SNOW INTO
THE REGION LATE THURSDAY NIGHT...WITH SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN MIXING
IN BY FRIDAY MORNING. THE BEST CHANCE FOR HEAVY SNOW AND SLEET
ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE IN THE ADIRONDACKS AND SOUTHERN VERMONT...WITH
AN ICY MIX OF PRECIPITATION ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA.
SHORT TERM (TODAY THROUGH SATURDAY)...
THE VERY COLD AIRMASS THAT HAS BEEN WITH US THE PAST FEW DAYS WILL
REMAIN IN THE LOWEST LEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE AND PROVIDE A WINTRY
MIX OF PRECIP ACROSS THE REGION TONIGHT AND FRIDAY. SHORT RANGE
MODELS IN GENERAL AGREEMENT WITH THE UPPER LEVEL FEATURES AND SFC
LOW TRACK...ALTHOUGH THERE ARE SEVERAL DIFFERENCES WITH REGARDS TO
QPF AND SFC LOW STRENGTH. THE GFS HAS CONSISTENTLY BEEN AROUND 7 MB
DEEPER WITH THE LOWER CENTRAL PRESSURE COMPARED TO THE NAM (997 TO
1004 MB). GFS BEGINS PRECIP SOONER...BUT IT WILL LIKELY TAKE TIME TO
SATURATE COLUMN SO HAVE OPTED TO GO WITH SLIGHTLY SLOWER NAM TIMING.
PRECIP WILL OVERSPREAD AREA FROM SW TO NE...FROM AROUND MIDNIGHT TO
EARLY MORNING FRI.
QPF-WISE...NAM12 SHOWING TERRAIN INDUCED DIFFERENCES WITH A MIN IN
THE HUDSON VALLEY DUE TO DOWNSLOPE FROM SE FLOW...WITH A MAX ACROSS
UPSLOPE AREAS OF SRN ADIRONDACKS/SRN VT/ERN CATSKILLS. WHILE THE NAM
HAS THE RIGHT IDEA...IT IS LIKELY TOO EXTREME WITH THE MAX AND MIN
AMOUNTS. GFS SHOWING MORE UNIFORM FIELD...BUT OVERALL TOTALS SEEM
REASONABLE. FAST MOVEMENT OF STORM WILL YIELD ABOUT 12-15 HRS OF
PRECIP AT MOST. THAT BEING SAID...STRONG FORCING IN FORM OF
ISENTROPIC LIFT ON THE 300K SFC WITH SUPPORTING STRONG 60-70 KT H85
SE JET MOVING OVERHEAD AS WELL. H5 TROF AXIS/VORT MAX RAPIDLY MOVE
THROUGH...WITH H7 LOW NOT CLOSING OFF.
FROM NAM BUFKIT PROFILES...OPTIMAL SNOW GROWTH REGION WILL BE
DISPLACED ABOVE STRONGEST OMEGA WHICH WILL HELP TO CREATE LOWER SNOW
TO LIQUID RATIOS. LOOKS LIKE RATIOS WILL BE AROUND 10/1 EARLY...THEN
LOWERING TO 7/1 BY FRI MORNING. SLEET MIXING IN WILL YIELD EVEN
LOWER VALUES ACROSS THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE AREA. WARM LAYER ALOFT
SURGING IN WILL ALLOW MIXED PRECIP TO CHANGE TO RAIN ACROSS MID
HUDSON VALLEY FRI MORNING. HOWEVER...ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATION
AREAS OF THE ADIRONDACKS/SRN VT/CATSKILLS/BERKSHIRES...THERE WILL A
PROLONGED PERIOD OF MIXED SNOW/IP AND EVEN ZR FURTHER SOUTH. WILL
LIKELY NEED ADVISORIES FOR MANY AREAS...BUT SINCE WE HAVE A WATCH
OUT FOR SOME AREAS WE WILL MENTION HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS IN THE
HWO...WITH PLENTY OF TIME FOR THE DAY SHIFT TO UPGRADE WATCHES/ISSUE
ADVISORIES.
BY FRI EVENING...THE STORM WILL BE EXITING THE MAINE COAST LEAVING
WESTERLY FLOW ACROSS ERN NY/WRN NENG. WITH GREAT LAKES STILL AROUND
+4-5C...LAKE EFFECT WILL LIKELY DEVELOP WITH -10 TO -12C H85 TEMPS
ADVECTING IN FRI NIGHT INTO SAT. RIGHT NOW IT LOOKS LIKE NORTHERN
HERKIMER/HAMILTON HAVE THE BEST CHANCE FOR ACCUMULATING SNOW. MOST
LOCALS IN OUR FORECAST AREA WILL NOT SEE SNOW.
LONG TERM (SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY)...
NO CHANGES TO FORECAST WERE MADE BEYOND SATURDAY. UPPER LEVEL TROF
TO REMAIN ANCHORED ACROSS THE ERN CONUS...WITH A FEW WEAK SHORT
WAVES PASSING THRU FROM TIME TO TIME. THIS WILL YIELD SOME SNOW
SHOWERS MAINLY ACROSS THE HIGHER TERRAIN WITH BELOW AVERAGE TEMPS
CONTINUING.
AVIATION...
VFR CONDITIONS WITH LIGHT WINDS WILL PREVAIL THROUGH 00Z FRIDAY. ONE
EXCEPTION WILL BE ISOLATED LOW STRATUS/FOG. HIGH CLOUDS WILL
GRADUALLY THICKEN AND LOWER DURING THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. A
WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION WILL OVERSPREAD THE CWA FROM ABOUT 01Z
TO 07Z WITH CONDITIONS BECOMING IFR. IFR CONDITIONS CONTINUING
FRIDAY MORNING...THEN GRADUALLY IMPROVING.
HYDROLOGY...
NO HYDRO PROBLEMS ANTICIPATED THROUGH THE FORECAST PERIOD. MIXED
PRECIPITATION EVENT FOR LATER TONIGHT AND FRIDAY. PRECIPITATION MAY
BE HEAVY AND COULD CHANGE TO RAIN IN FAR SOUTH FOR A SHORT TIME.
HOWEVER MOST OF EVENT WILL BE FREEZING OR FROZEN. EVEN WHERE RAIN
DOES TO FALL ...WARMUP BARELY ABOVE FREEZING AND SNOW PACK WOULD
ABSORB RAIN.
&&
SHORT TERM UPDATE...WASULAHazardous weather outlook, Dec 15, 1:09 PM EST, 4 hours 20 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 109 PM EST THU DEC 15 2005 MAZ001-025-NYZ038>041-043-047>054-058-063-083-084-161200- NORTHERN BERKSHIRE-SOUTHERN BERKSHIRE-SOUTHERN HERKIMER- SOUTHERN FULTON-MONTGOMERY-NORTHERN SARATOGA-NORTHERN WASHINGTON- SCHOHARIE-WESTERN SCHENECTADY-EASTERN SCHENECTADY- SOUTHERN SARATOGA-WESTERN ALBANY-EASTERN ALBANY- WESTERN RENSSELAER-EASTERN RENSSELAER-WESTERN GREENE- WESTERN ULSTER-SOUTHEAST WARREN-SOUTHERN WASHINGTON- 109 PM EST THU DEC 15 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE MOHAWK VALLEY...CAPITAL DISTRICT...LAKE GEORGE SARATOGA REGION...EASTERN CATSKILLS AND NORTHERN TACONICS OF NEW YORK...AND FOR BERKSHIRE COUNTY MASSACHUSETTS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT...SNOW DEVELOPING BETWEEN ABOUT 9 PM AND 2 AM TONIGHT...WITH SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN MIXING IN BY MORNING. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT THROUGH 400 PM FRIDAY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FRIDAY THROUGH 400 PM. MIXED PRECIPITATION FRIDAY MORNING WILL TAPER OFF DURING THE EARLY AFTERNOON. PRECIPITATION MAY CHANGE TO JUST RAIN FOR A WHILE... ESPECIALLY IN VALLEY LOCATIONS SOUTH OF ALBANY. POOR ROAD CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY FOR THE MORNING COMMUTE. TOTAL ACCUMULATION OF SNOW AND SLEET WILL BE IN THE 2 TO 6 INCH RANGE...WITH 4 TO 8 INCHES OVER THE EASTERN CATSKILLS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. SNOWFALL AND ICING REPORTS SHOULD BE RELAYED TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. NYZ032-033-042-082-VTZ013>015-161200- NORTHERN HERKIMER-HAMILTON-NORTHERN WARREN-NORTHERN FULTON- BENNINGTON-WESTERN WINDHAM-EASTERN WINDHAM- 109 PM EST THU DEC 15 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE SOUTHERN ADIRONDACKS OF NEW YORK AND EXTREME SOUTHERN VERMONT. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT...WINTER STORM WATCH LATE TONIGHT. SNOW WILL DEVELOP OVERNIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...WINTER STORM WATCH FRIDAY THROUGH 4 PM. SNOW MAY CHANGE TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN FOR A WHILE...BEFORE TAPERING OFF FRIDAY AFTERNOON. SNOWFALL OF 5 TO 10 INCHES POSSIBLE. SEE LATEST WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. SNOWFALL AND ICING REPORTS SHOULD BE RELAYED TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. CTZ001-013-NYZ059>061-064>066-161200- NORTHERN LITCHFIELD-SOUTHERN LITCHFIELD-EASTERN GREENE- WESTERN COLUMBIA-EASTERN COLUMBIA-EASTERN ULSTER-WESTERN DUTCHESS- EASTERN DUTCHESS- 109 PM EST THU DEC 15 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE MID HUDSON VALLEY AND SOUTHERN TACONICS OF NEW YORK...AND FOR LITCHFIELD COUNTY CONNECTICUT. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT...SNOW DEVELOPING BETWEEN ABOUT 8 PM AND MIDNIGHT TONIGHT...THEN CHANGING TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN OVERNIGHT. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT THROUGH 1000 AM FRIDAY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FRIDAY THROUGH 1000 AM. FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL BE CHANGING TO RAIN AROUND OR SHORTLY AFTER SUNRISE. POOR ROAD CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY FOR THE MORNING COMMUTE. TOTAL ACCUMULATION OF SNOW AND SLEET WILL BE IN THE 1 TO 4 INCH RANGE...WITH ICE ACCUMULATIONS UP TO A QUARTER INCH. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. SNOWFALL AND ICING REPORTS SHOULD BE RELAYED TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Dec 15, 12:37 PM EST, 4 hours 52 minutes before
NEW YORK STATEWIDE POLICE INFORMATION NETWORK
TROOP A
1235PM THU DEC 15 2005
#1 0000001 000
AWRC WLSR AHQT
01421 FILE 28 SP LOCKPORT NY1310200 DEC 15-05
TO SP BATAVIA
ROAD & WEATHER REPORT FOR NIAGARA COUNTY
EASTERN NIAGARA COUNTY
WEATHER: CLEAR
ROADS: DRY SOME SLIPPERY SPOTS
WESTERN NIAGARA COUNTY, I-190 & ROBERT MOSES PARKWAY
WEATHER: LIGHT DRIZZLE
ROADS: DRY, SLICK SPOTS
I-190: DRY, SLICK SPOTS
AUTH SGT HEISERLocal storm report, Dec 15, 4:27 PM EST, 1 hour 2 minutes before
NEW YORK STATEWIDE POLICE INFORMATION NETWORK TROOP A 0424PM THU DEC 15 2005 #1 0000001 000 ASSO WLSR 00473 FILE 28 SSA/OIG OFFICE OF INVESTIGATIONS DEC 15-05 TO DESTINATION(S) AGENCY TITLE AUTH
Local storm report, Dec 15, 4:51 PM EST, 38 minutes before
NEW YORK STATEWIDE POLICE INFORMATION NETWORK
TROOP A
0448PM THU DEC 15 2005
#1 0000001 000
AWRC WLSR AHQT
01427 FILE 28 SP LOCKPORT NY1310200 DEC -05
TO SP BATAVIA
ROAD & WEATHER REPORT FOR NIAGARA COUNTY
EASTERN NIAGARA COUNTY
WEATHER: FREEZING RAIN
ROADS: SLIPPERY
WESTERN NIAGARA COUNTY, I-190 & ROBERT MOSES PARKWAY
WEATHER: FREEZING RAIN
ROADS: VERY SLIPPERY
I-190: VERY SLIPPERY
AUTH TROOPER JACOB RUDNICKThe office that day
Everything else NWS Albany, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 15, 5:01 AM EST | Winter Storm Watch | ALY | Fulton, Hamilton, Herkimer, Warren | 12 hr |
| Dec 15, 12:30 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | ALY | Albany, Columbia, Dutchess, Fulton, Greene, Herkimer and 8 more | 25 hr |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.