Alert archive / New York / Winter Storm Warnings in 2008

Winter Storm Warning 2, NWS Albany, NY

February 5, 20087 counties in New York; Bennington County, Windham County, Vermont

NWS Albany, NY issued this winter storm warning at Feb 5, 2008, 10:44 PM EST for 7 counties in New York; Bennington County, Windham County, Vermont. It took effect at Feb 6, 2008, 1:00 AM EST. It was in force for 35 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
Feb 5, 2008, 10:44 PM EST (03:44 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 6, 2008, 1:00 AM EST
Expired
Feb 7, 2008, 12:12 PM EST
In force
35 hr
Issued by
NWS Albany, NY

Counties Fulton County, NY, Hamilton County, NY, Herkimer County, NY, Montgomery County, NY, Saratoga County, NY, Warren County, NY, Washington County, NY, Bennington County, VT, Windham County, VT

The radar

The Albany radar (KENX), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:49 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Albany, NY (KALY), launched 00:00Z, 3.7 hours before the alert went out and 61 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Albany, NY at 00:00Z on 2008-02-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Albany, NY at 00:00Z on 2008-02-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 118 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
450 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
67 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
118 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
80 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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000 
WWUS41 KALY 060344
WSWALY

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
1044 PM EST TUE FEB 5 2008

NYZ032-033-042-043-VTZ013>015-061100-
/O.UPG.KALY.WS.A.0004.080206T0600Z-080207T1500Z/
/O.NEW.KALY.WS.W.0002.080206T0600Z-080207T1500Z/
NORTHERN HERKIMER-HAMILTON-NORTHERN WARREN-NORTHERN WASHINGTON-
BENNINGTON-WESTERN WINDHAM-EASTERN WINDHAM-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATWELL...BIG MOOSE...EAGLE BAY...
MCKEEVER...NOBLEBORO...NORTHWOOD...OLD FORGE...SPECULATOR...
WARRENSBURG...WHITEHALL...GRANVILLE...BENNINGTON...JACKSONVILLE...
NEWFANE...BRATTLEBORO...WEST BRATTLEBORO...BELLOWS FALLS
1044 PM EST TUE FEB 5 2008

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST THURSDAY...
...WINTER STORM WATCH NO LONGER IN EFFECT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WARNING FOR THE SOUTHERN ADIRONDACKS AND SOUTHERN VERMONT...WHICH IS
IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST THURSDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO
LONGER IN EFFECT.

SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF A THIRD OF AN INCH TO AN INCH
...FOLLOWED BY 6 TO 14 INCHES OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED IN THE WARNING
AREA BY THE TIME THE PRECIPITATION TAPERS OFF LATE THURSDAY
MORNING. THE PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO START AFTER MIDNIGHT AND
QUICKLY TRANSITION TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN AND THEN TO SNOW ON
WEDNESDAY ACROSS MUCH OF THE SOUTHERN ADIRONDACKS AND THE HIGHER
TERRAIN IN SOUTHERN VERMONT. A PROLONGED PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN
IS EXPECTED FROM LATE TONIGHT INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON
BEFORE THE PRECIPITATION CHANGES TO SNOW IN THE LOWER ELEVATIONS
OF SOUTHERN VERMONT INCLUDING THE CONNECTICUT RIVER VALLEY WHERE
UP TO AN INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED. THIS AMOUNT OF
ICING...COMBINED WITH HEAVY WET SNOW...WILL LIKELY PRODUCE POWER
OUTAGES...AND CREATE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS AS TEMPERATURES
FALL FROM THE UPPER 20S TO LOWER 30S LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THE 20S
ON WEDNESDAY AND INTO THE MID TEENS TO LOWER 20S LATE WEDNESDAY
NIGHT.

THE HEAVY WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO RESULT FROM
A STRENGTHENING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER THE MID MISSISSIPPI
VALLEY THIS EVENING WHICH WILL TRACK EAST NORTHEAST ALONG A
STATIONARY FRONT DRAPED ACROSS CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA AND SOUTHEAST
NEW YORK. THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL REACH WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA
LATE TONIGHT...SOUTHEAST NEW YORK LATE WEDNESDAY... AND THEN MOVE
NORTHEAST INTO THE GULF OF MAINE LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT.

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-NYZ038-039-041-082>084-061100-
/O.CON.KALY.WS.A.0004.080206T0600Z-080207T1500Z/
NORTHERN BERKSHIRE-SOUTHERN HERKIMER-SOUTHERN FULTON-
NORTHERN SARATOGA-NORTHERN FULTON-SOUTHEAST WARREN-
SOUTHERN WASHINGTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PITTSFIELD...NORTH ADAMS...ILION...
HERKIMER...LITTLE FALLS...MOHAWK...FRANKFORT...DOLGEVILLE...
GLOVERSVILLE...JOHNSTOWN...SARATOGA SPRINGS...NORTHVILLE...
MAYFIELD...GLENS FALLS...WEST GLENS FALLS...HUDSON FALLS...
FORT EDWARD...CAMBRIDGE...GREENWICH
1044 PM EST TUE FEB 5 2008

...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY
MORNING...

A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WESTERN AND CENTRAL MOHAWK
VALLEY...THE LAKE GEORGE SARATOGA REGION AND THE NORTHERN
BERKSHIRES...THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING.

SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF A QUARTER TO THREE QUARTERS OF
AN INCH...FOLLOWED BY 3 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW ARE POSSIBLE IN THE
WATCH AREA BY THE TIME THE PRECIPITATION TAPERS OFF LATE THURSDAY
MORNING. THE PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO START LATE THIS EVENING
AND QUICKLY TRANSITION TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN AFTER MIDNIGHT.
A PROLONGED PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED FROM LATE TONIGHT
INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON BEFORE THE PRECIPITATION CHANGES
TO SNOW AND CONTINUES...HEAVY AT TIMES...INTO THURSDAY MORNING.
THIS AMOUNT OF ICING...COMBINED WITH HEAVY WET SNOW...HAS THE
POTENTIAL TO CAUSE POWER OUTAGES...AND CREATE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL
CONDITIONS AS TEMPERATURES FALL FROM THE LOWER 30S LATE TONIGHT
THROUGH THE UPPER 20S ON WEDNESDAY AND INTO THE MID TEENS TO MID
20S LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT.

THE HEAVY WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO RESULT FROM
A STRENGTHENING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER THE MID MISSISSIPPI
VALLEY THIS EVENING WHICH WILL TRACK EAST NORTHEAST ALONG A
STATIONARY FRONT DRAPED ACROSS CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA AND SOUTHEAST
NEW YORK. THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL REACH WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA
LATE TONIGHT...SOUTHEAST NEW YORK LATE WEDNESDAY... AND THEN MOVE
NORTHEAST INTO THE GULF OF MAINE LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT.

A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL.
CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.

$$
6 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS41 KALY 061027
WSWALY

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
527 AM EST WED FEB 6 2008

NYZ038-039-041-082>084-062000-
/O.UPG.KALY.WS.A.0004.000000T0000Z-080207T1500Z/
/O.EXA.KALY.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-080207T1500Z/
SOUTHERN HERKIMER-SOUTHERN FULTON-NORTHERN SARATOGA-
NORTHERN FULTON-SOUTHEAST WARREN-SOUTHERN WASHINGTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ILION...HERKIMER...LITTLE FALLS...
MOHAWK...FRANKFORT...DOLGEVILLE...GLOVERSVILLE...JOHNSTOWN...
SARATOGA SPRINGS...NORTHVILLE...MAYFIELD...GLENS FALLS...
WEST GLENS FALLS...HUDSON FALLS...FORT EDWARD...CAMBRIDGE...
GREENWICH
527 AM EST WED FEB 6 2008

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST THURSDAY...
...WINTER STORM WATCH NO LONGER IN EFFECT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST THURSDAY FOR THE
WEST CENTRAL MOHAWK VALLEY...AND THE LAKE GEORGE NORTHERN SARATOGA REGION.

THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

A SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATION OF ICE RANGING FROM A QUARTER TO HALF
AN INCH...WITH FOUR TO EIGHT INCHES OF SNOW AND SLEET IS EXPECTED
FOR SOUTHERN HERKIMER...FULTON...SOUTHEAST WARREN...NORTHERN
SARATOGA AND SOUTHERN WASHINGTON COUNTIES BY LATE THURSDAY
MORNING.

THE PRECIPITATION WILL TRANSITION FROM RAIN...TO FREEZING RAIN AND
SLEET THIS MORNING INTO THE EARLY AFTERNOON. COLDER AIR WILL CONTINUE TO
FILTER INTO THE REGION DURING THE AFTERNOON WITH THE THE MIXED
PRECIPITATION TRANSITIONING TO MAINLY SLEET AND SNOW BY NIGHTFALL.
A SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCRETION WILL OCCUR OVER THIS AREA PRIOR TO
CHANGING TO SNOW AND SLEET.  THE SNOW AND SLEET WILL BE HEAVY AT
TIMES WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY.  EXPECT MAINLY SNOW AFTER
MIDNIGHT. THE AMOUNT OF ICING...COMBINED WITH HEAVY WET SNOW...
MAY CAUSE POWER OUTAGES...AND CREATE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS.

THE HEAVY WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO RESULT FROM
A STRENGTHENING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER THE MIDWEST THIS MORNING
WHICH WILL TRACK EAST NORTHEAST ALONG A STATIONARY FRONT DRAPED
ACROSS CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA AND LONG ISLAND. THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM
WILL REACH WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA THIS AFTERNOON...SOUTHERN NEW YORK
WEDNESDAY EVENING...AND THEN MOVE NORTHEAST OF CAPE COD BY DAY
BREAK THURSDAY.

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.

$$

NYZ040-062000-
/O.EXA.KALY.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-080207T1500Z/
MONTGOMERY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AMSTERDAM...WELLSVILLE
527 AM EST WED FEB 6 2008

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST THURSDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST THURSDAY FOR
MONTGOMERY COUNTY.

A SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATION OF ICE RANGING FROM A QUARTER TO HALF
AN INCH...WITH FOUR TO EIGHT INCHES OF SNOW AND SLEET IS EXPECTED
FOR MONTGOMERY COUNTY BY LATE THURSDAY MORNING.

THE PRECIPITATION WILL TRANSITION FROM RAIN...TO FREEZING RAIN AND
SLEET THIS MORNING INTO THE EARLY AFTERNOON. COLDER AIR WILL CONTINUE TO
FILTER INTO THE REGION DURING THE AFTERNOON WITH THE THE MIXED
PRECIPITATION TRANSITIONING TO MAINLY SLEET AND SNOW BY NIGHTFALL.
A SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCRETION WILL OCCUR OVER THIS AREA PRIOR TO
CHANGING TO SNOW AND SLEET. THE SNOW AND SLEET WILL BE HEAVY AT
TIMES WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY. EXPECT MAINLY SNOW AFTER
MIDNIGHT. THE AMOUNT OF ICING...COMBINED WITH HEAVY WET SNOW...
MAY CAUSE POWER OUTAGES...AND CREATE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS.

THE HEAVY WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO RESULT FROM
A STRENGTHENING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER THE MIDWEST THIS MORNING
WHICH WILL TRACK EAST NORTHEAST ALONG A STATIONARY FRONT DRAPED
ACROSS CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA AND LONG ISLAND. THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM
WILL REACH WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA THIS AFTERNOON...SOUTHERN NEW YORK
WEDNESDAY EVENING...AND THEN MOVE NORTHEAST OF CAPE COD BY DAY
BREAK THURSDAY.

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.

$$

NYZ032-033-042-043-VTZ013>015-062000-
/O.CON.KALY.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-080207T1500Z/
NORTHERN HERKIMER-HAMILTON-NORTHERN WARREN-NORTHERN WASHINGTON-
BENNINGTON-WESTERN WINDHAM-EASTERN WINDHAM-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATWELL...BIG MOOSE...EAGLE BAY...
MCKEEVER...NOBLEBORO...NORTHWOOD...OLD FORGE...SPECULATOR...
WARRENSBURG...WHITEHALL...GRANVILLE...BENNINGTON...JACKSONVILLE...
NEWFANE...BRATTLEBORO...WEST BRATTLEBORO...BELLOWS FALLS
527 AM EST WED FEB 6 2008

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST
THURSDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST
THURSDAY FOR THE SOUTHERN ADIRONDACK REGION AND SOUTHERN VERMONT.

SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF A QUARTER OF AN INCH TO HALF AN
INCH ...COMBINED WITH 5 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW AND SLEET ARE
EXPECTED IN THE WARNING AREA BY THE TIME THE PRECIPITATION TAPERS
OFF LATE THURSDAY MORNING. THE PRECIPITATION WILL START OUT AS
RAIN AND SNOW...AND WILL QUICKLY TRANSITION TO SLEET AND FREEZING
RAIN...AND THEN TO SNOW AND SLEET LATE THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS MUCH
OF THE SOUTHERN ADIRONDACKS AND THE HIGHER TERRAIN IN SOUTHERN
VERMONT. A PROLONGED PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED THROUGH LATE
THIS AFTERNOON BEFORE THE PRECIPITATION CHANGES TO SNOW AND SLEET IN
THE LOWER ELEVATIONS OF SOUTHERN VERMONT INCLUDING THE CONNECTICUT
RIVER VALLEY OVERNIGHT. UP TO A HALF AN INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION
IS EXPECTED IN THE VALLEY LOCATIONS. THIS AMOUNT OF ICING...COMBINED WITH
HEAVY WET SNOW...WILL LIKELY PRODUCE POWER OUTAGES...AND CREATE
HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS.

THE HEAVY WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO RESULT FROM
A STRENGTHENING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER THE MIDWEST THIS MORNING
WHICH WILL TRACK EAST NORTHEAST ALONG A STATIONARY FRONT DRAPED
ACROSS CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA AND LONG ISLAND. THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM
WILL REACH WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA THIS AFTERNOON...SOUTHERN NEW YORK
WEDNESDAY EVENING...AND THEN MOVE NORTHEAST OF CAPE COD BY DAY
BREAK THURSDAY.

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.

$$

MAZ001-062000-
/O.UPG.KALY.WS.A.0004.000000T0000Z-080207T1500Z/
/O.NEW.KALY.WW.Y.0006.080206T1700Z-080207T1500Z/
NORTHERN BERKSHIRE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PITTSFIELD...NORTH ADAMS
527 AM EST WED FEB 6 2008

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 10 AM EST
THURSDAY...
...WINTER STORM WATCH NO LONGER IN EFFECT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 10 AM
EST THURSDAY FOR NORTHERN BERKSHIRE COUNTY. 

THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

AN ICE ACCUMULATION OF A TENTH TO A THIRD OF AN INCH WITH A SNOW
AND SLEET ACCUMULATION OF THREE TO SIX INCHES IS EXPECTED OVER THE
NORTHERN BERKSHIRES BY LATE MORNING THURSDAY.

THE PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN AS RAIN THIS MORNING...AND THEN
TRANSITION TOWARDS FREEZING RAIN DURING THE AFTERNOON. THE
FREEZING RAIN WILL PRODUCE SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCRETIONS ON UNTREATED
SURFACES. THE FREEZING RAIN WILL TRANSITION TO SNOW AND SLEET
TONIGHT. HEAVY SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS WILL OCCUR ON TOP OF
THE ICE. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF BY LATE THURSDAY MORNING.

THE HEAVY WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO RESULT FROM
A STRENGTHENING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER THE MIDWEST THIS MORNING
WHICH WILL TRACK EAST NORTHEAST ALONG A STATIONARY FRONT DRAPED
ACROSS CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA AND LONG ISLAND. THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM
WILL REACH WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA THIS AFTERNOON...SOUTHERN NEW YORK
WEDNESDAY EVENING...AND THEN MOVE NORTHEAST OF CAPE COD BY DAY
BREAK THURSDAY.

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.

$$

MAZ025-NYZ047>054-058>061-062000-
/O.NEW.KALY.WW.Y.0006.080206T1700Z-080207T1500Z/
SOUTHERN BERKSHIRE-SCHOHARIE-WESTERN SCHENECTADY-
EASTERN SCHENECTADY-SOUTHERN SARATOGA-WESTERN ALBANY-
EASTERN ALBANY-WESTERN RENSSELAER-EASTERN RENSSELAER-
WESTERN GREENE-EASTERN GREENE-WESTERN COLUMBIA-EASTERN COLUMBIA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GREAT BARRINGTON...LEE...LENOX...
HOUSATONIC...COBLESKILL...MIDDLEBURGH...DELANSON...ESPERANCE...
DUANESBURG...SCHENECTADY...ROTTERDAM...BALLSTON SPA...
MECHANICVILLE...WATERFORD...ALTAMONT...ALBANY...TROY...
HOOSICK FALLS...HUNTER...TANNERSVILLE...WINDHAM...CATSKILL...
COXSACKIE...ATHENS...CAIRO...JEFFERSON HEIGHTS...HUDSON...CHATHAM
527 AM EST WED FEB 6 2008

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 10 AM EST
THURSDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 10 AM
EST THURSDAY FOR THE CAPITAL REGION...HELDERBERGS...NORTHERN
CATSKILLS...NORTHERN TACONICS...SCHOHARIE VALLEY...AND THE SOUTHERN
BERKSHIRES.

AN ICE ACCUMULATION OF A TENTH TO A THIRD OF AN INCH WITH A SNOW
AND SLEET ACCUMULATION OF TWO TO SIX INCHES IS EXPECTED OVER THE
ADVISORY AREA BY LATE MORNING THURSDAY.

THE PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN AS RAIN THIS MORNING...AND THEN
TRANSITION TO FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET IN THE AFTERNOON. THE
FREEZING RAIN WILL PRODUCE SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCRETIONS ON UNTREATED
SURFACES. THE FREEZING RAIN WILL TRANSITION TO MAINLY SNOW AND
SLEET TONIGHT. HEAVY SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS WILL OCCUR ON
TOP OF THE ICE. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF BY LATE THURSDAY MORNING.

THE HEAVY WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO RESULT FROM
A STRENGTHENING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER THE MIDWEST THIS MORNING
WHICH WILL TRACK EAST NORTHEAST ALONG A STATIONARY FRONT DRAPED
ACROSS CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA AND LONG ISLAND. THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM
WILL REACH WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA THIS AFTERNOON...SOUTHERN NEW YORK
WEDNESDAY EVENING...AND THEN MOVE NORTHEAST OF CAPE COD BY DAY
BREAK THURSDAY.

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-NYZ063>066-062000-
/O.NEW.KALY.WW.Y.0006.080206T2300Z-080207T1500Z/
NORTHERN LITCHFIELD-SOUTHERN LITCHFIELD-WESTERN ULSTER-
EASTERN ULSTER-WESTERN DUTCHESS-EASTERN DUTCHESS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TORRINGTON...OAKVILLE...NEW MILFORD...
TERRYVILLE...SUNDOWN...ELLENVILLE...WOODSTOCK...WEST HURLEY...
KERHONKSON...NAPANOCH...PHOENICIA...KINGSTON...NEW PALTZ...
POUGHKEEPSIE...BEACON...ARLINGTON...PAWLING...DOVER PLAINS...
MILLBROOK...PINE PLAINS...AMENIA...MILLERTON
527 AM EST WED FEB 6 2008

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO
10 AM EST THURSDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO
10 AM EST THURSDAY FOR ULSTER...DUTCHESS...AND LITCHFIELD COUNTIES.

AN ICE ACCUMULATION OF A TENTH TO A QUARTER OF AN INCH WITH A SNOW AND
SLEET ACCUMULATION OF ONE TO THREE INCHES IS EXPECTED OVER THE
ADVISORY AREA BY LATE MORNING THURSDAY.

RAIN...HEAVY AT TIMES THIS MORNING INTO THE AFTERNOON WILL
TRANSITION TO FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET TONIGHT. THE FREEZING RAIN
AND SLEET WILL CHANGE TO SNOW AFTER MIDNIGHT. THE SNOW WILL TAPER
OFF LATE THURSDAY MORNING. UNTREATED SURFACES WILL BECOME
HAZARDOUS DUE TO THE ICE AND SNOW ACCUMULATION.

THE HEAVY WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO RESULT FROM
A STRENGTHENING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER THE MIDWEST THIS MORNING
WHICH WILL TRACK EAST NORTHEAST ALONG A STATIONARY FRONT DRAPED
ACROSS CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA AND LONG ISLAND. THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM
WILL REACH WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA THIS AFTERNOON...SOUTHERN NEW YORK
WEDNESDAY EVENING...AND THEN MOVE NORTHEAST OF CAPE COD BY DAY
BREAK THURSDAY.

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.

$$

TAW
000 
WWUS41 KALY 061645
WSWALY

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
1145 AM EST WED FEB 6 2008

NYZ032-033-038>043-082>084-VTZ013>015-062215-
/O.CON.KALY.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-080207T1500Z/
NORTHERN HERKIMER-HAMILTON-SOUTHERN HERKIMER-SOUTHERN FULTON-
MONTGOMERY-NORTHERN SARATOGA-NORTHERN WARREN-NORTHERN WASHINGTON-
NORTHERN FULTON-SOUTHEAST WARREN-SOUTHERN WASHINGTON-BENNINGTON-
WESTERN WINDHAM-EASTERN WINDHAM-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATWELL...BIG MOOSE...EAGLE BAY...
MCKEEVER...NOBLEBORO...NORTHWOOD...OLD FORGE...SPECULATOR...
ILION...HERKIMER...LITTLE FALLS...MOHAWK...FRANKFORT...
DOLGEVILLE...GLOVERSVILLE...JOHNSTOWN...AMSTERDAM...WELLSVILLE...
SARATOGA SPRINGS...WARRENSBURG...WHITEHALL...GRANVILLE...
NORTHVILLE...MAYFIELD...GLENS FALLS...WEST GLENS FALLS...
HUDSON FALLS...FORT EDWARD...CAMBRIDGE...GREENWICH...BENNINGTON...
JACKSONVILLE...NEWFANE...BRATTLEBORO...WEST BRATTLEBORO...
BELLOWS FALLS
1145 AM EST WED FEB 6 2008

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST
THURSDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST
THURSDAY FOR THE WEST CENTRAL MOHAWK VALLEY...THE LAKE GEORGE AND
SARATOGA SPRINGS REGION...AND SOUTHERN VERMONT.

SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF A QUARTER OF AN INCH TO HALF AN
INCH...COMBINED WITH 5 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW AND SLEET ARE
EXPECTED IN THE WARNING AREA BY THE TIME THE PRECIPITATION TAPERS
OFF LATE THURSDAY MORNING.

A MIX OF RAIN...SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN WILL BECOME MAINLY SLEET
AND FREEZING RAIN THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. THE PRECIPITATION
INTENSITY WILL INITIALLY BE LIGHT...THEN WILL BECOME HEAVIER
BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON. A HEAVY MIXTURE OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET
WILL THEN GRADUALLY CHANGE TO SNOW SEVERAL HOURS AFTER
SUNSET...WITH PERIODS OF SNOW CONTINUING OVERNIGHT INTO THURSDAY
MORNING.

THE HEAVY WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO RESULT FROM
A STRENGTHENING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER THE MIDWEST WHICH WILL
TRACK EAST NORTHEAST ALONG A STATIONARY FRONT DRAPED ACROSS
CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA AND LONG ISLAND. THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL
REACH WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA THIS AFTERNOON...SOUTHERN NEW YORK
WEDNESDAY EVENING...AND THEN MOVE NORTHEAST OF CAPE COD BY DAY
BREAK THURSDAY.

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL
VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.

$$

MAZ001-025-NYZ047>054-058>061-062215-
/O.CON.KALY.WW.Y.0006.080206T1700Z-080207T1500Z/
NORTHERN BERKSHIRE-SOUTHERN BERKSHIRE-SCHOHARIE-
WESTERN SCHENECTADY-EASTERN SCHENECTADY-SOUTHERN SARATOGA-
WESTERN ALBANY-EASTERN ALBANY-WESTERN RENSSELAER-
EASTERN RENSSELAER-WESTERN GREENE-EASTERN GREENE-WESTERN COLUMBIA-
EASTERN COLUMBIA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PITTSFIELD...NORTH ADAMS...
GREAT BARRINGTON...LEE...LENOX...HOUSATONIC...COBLESKILL...
MIDDLEBURGH...DELANSON...ESPERANCE...DUANESBURG...SCHENECTADY...
ROTTERDAM...BALLSTON SPA...MECHANICVILLE...WATERFORD...ALTAMONT...
ALBANY...TROY...HOOSICK FALLS...HUNTER...TANNERSVILLE...WINDHAM...
CATSKILL...COXSACKIE...ATHENS...CAIRO...JEFFERSON HEIGHTS...
HUDSON...CHATHAM
1145 AM EST WED FEB 6 2008

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST
THURSDAY...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST
THURSDAY FOR THE GREATER CAPITAL REGION...SCHOHARIE
VALLEY...EASTERN CATSKILLS...AND CENTRAL TACONICS...AND NORTHERN
BERKSHIRES.

AN ICE ACCUMULATION OF A TENTH TO A THIRD OF AN INCH WITH A SNOW
AND SLEET ACCUMULATION OF TWO TO SIX INCHES IS EXPECTED OVER THE
ADVISORY AREA BY LATE MORNING THURSDAY.

THE PRECIPITATION WILL PRIMARILY BE IN THE FORM OF RAIN THROUGH
EARLY AFTERNOON...BEFORE GRADUALLY TRANSITIONING INTO A MIXTURE OF
SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN FROM NORTH TO SOUTH DURING THE MID TO LATE
AFTERNOON HOURS. THE MIX OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL THEN
CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING...BEFORE CHANGING TO SNOW BY
MIDNIGHT. PERIODS OF SNOW WILL THEN PERSIST INTO THURSDAY MORNING.

THE PRECIPITATION WILL INITIALLY BE LIGHT...BEFORE BECOMING
HEAVIER ONCE AGAIN BY EARLY THIS EVENING...DURING THE EVENING
COMMUTE. THE MODERATE TO HEAVY PRECIPITATION WILL THEN CONTINUE
OVERNIGHT...BEFORE DECREASING IN INTENSITY THURSDAY MORNING.

THE HEAVY WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO RESULT FROM
A STRENGTHENING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER THE MIDWEST WHICH WILL
TRACK EAST NORTHEAST ALONG A STATIONARY FRONT DRAPED ACROSS
CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA AND LONG ISLAND. THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL
REACH WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA THIS AFTERNOON...SOUTHERN NEW YORK
WEDNESDAY EVENING...AND THEN MOVE NORTHEAST OF CAPE COD BY DAY
BREAK THURSDAY.

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-NYZ063>066-062215-
/O.CON.KALY.WW.Y.0006.080206T2300Z-080207T1500Z/
NORTHERN LITCHFIELD-SOUTHERN LITCHFIELD-WESTERN ULSTER-
EASTERN ULSTER-WESTERN DUTCHESS-EASTERN DUTCHESS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TORRINGTON...OAKVILLE...NEW MILFORD...
TERRYVILLE...SUNDOWN...ELLENVILLE...WOODSTOCK...WEST HURLEY...
KERHONKSON...NAPANOCH...PHOENICIA...KINGSTON...NEW PALTZ...
POUGHKEEPSIE...BEACON...ARLINGTON...PAWLING...DOVER PLAINS...
MILLBROOK...PINE PLAINS...AMENIA...MILLERTON
1145 AM EST WED FEB 6 2008

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS
EVENING TO 10 AM EST THURSDAY...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS
EVENING TO 10 AM EST THURSDAY FOR THE MID HUDSON VALLEY AND
LITCHFIELD HILLS.

AN ICE ACCUMULATION OF A TENTH TO A QUARTER OF AN INCH WITH A
SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATION OF ONE TO THREE INCHES IS EXPECTED
OVER THE ADVISORY AREA BY LATE MORNING THURSDAY.

OCCASIONAL LIGHT RAIN OR DRIZZLE WILL BECOME HEAVIER BY EARLY THIS
EVENING. THE RAIN WILL THEN CHANGE TO A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN AND
SLEET LATER THIS EVENING...BEFORE CHANGING TO SNOW WELL AFTER
MIDNIGHT. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF LATE THURSDAY MORNING. UNTREATED
SURFACES WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS DUE TO THE ICE AND SNOW
ACCUMULATION.

THE HEAVY WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO RESULT FROM
A STRENGTHENING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER THE MIDWEST WHICH WILL
TRACK EAST NORTHEAST ALONG A STATIONARY FRONT DRAPED ACROSS
CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA AND LONG ISLAND. THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL
REACH WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA THIS AFTERNOON...SOUTHERN NEW YORK
WEDNESDAY EVENING...AND THEN MOVE NORTHEAST OF CAPE COD BY DAY
BREAK THURSDAY.

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.

$$
KL/NAS
000 
WWUS41 KALY 062125
WSWALY

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
425 PM EST WED FEB 6 2008

NYZ032-033-038>043-082>084-VTZ013>015-071000-
/O.CON.KALY.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-080207T1500Z/
NORTHERN HERKIMER-HAMILTON-SOUTHERN HERKIMER-SOUTHERN FULTON-
MONTGOMERY-NORTHERN SARATOGA-NORTHERN WARREN-NORTHERN WASHINGTON-
NORTHERN FULTON-SOUTHEAST WARREN-SOUTHERN WASHINGTON-BENNINGTON-
WESTERN WINDHAM-EASTERN WINDHAM-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATWELL...BIG MOOSE...EAGLE BAY...
MCKEEVER...NOBLEBORO...NORTHWOOD...OLD FORGE...SPECULATOR...
ILION...HERKIMER...LITTLE FALLS...MOHAWK...FRANKFORT...
DOLGEVILLE...GLOVERSVILLE...JOHNSTOWN...AMSTERDAM...WELLSVILLE...
SARATOGA SPRINGS...WARRENSBURG...WHITEHALL...GRANVILLE...
NORTHVILLE...MAYFIELD...GLENS FALLS...WEST GLENS FALLS...
HUDSON FALLS...FORT EDWARD...CAMBRIDGE...GREENWICH...BENNINGTON...
JACKSONVILLE...NEWFANE...BRATTLEBORO...WEST BRATTLEBORO...
BELLOWS FALLS
425 PM EST WED FEB 6 2008

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST
THURSDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST
THURSDAY. 

SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF A QUARTER OF AN INCH TO HALF AN
INCH...COMBINED WITH SIGNIFICANT SNOW AND SLEET ARE EXPECTED IN
THE WARNING AREA BY THE TIME THE PRECIPITATION TAPERS OFF LATE
THURSDAY MORNING.

A MIX OF RAIN...SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN WILL BECOME MAINLY SLEET
AND FREEZING RAIN THROUGH THIS EVENING. THE PRECIPITATION
INTENSITY WILL INITIALLY BE LIGHT...THEN WILL BECOME HEAVIER
THROUGH THIS EVENING. A HEAVY MIXTURE OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET
WILL THEN GRADUALLY CHANGE TO SNOW LATE IN THE EVENING...
WITH PERIODS OF SNOW CONTINUING OVERNIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING.

TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE 8 TO 16 INCHES IN THE
SOUTHERN ADIRONDACKS. IN THE WESTERN MOHAWK VALLEY...SACANDAGA
REGION...SARATOGA AND LAKE GEORGE REGIONS...AND SOUTHERN
VERMONT...5 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED.

THE HEAVY WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO RESULT FROM
A STRENGTHENING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER THE MIDWEST WHICH WILL
TRACK EAST NORTHEAST ALONG A STATIONARY FRONT DRAPED ACROSS
CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA AND LONG ISLAND. THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM
WILL REACH SOUTHERN NEW YORK THIS EVENING...AND THEN MOVE
NORTHEAST OF CAPE COD BY DAY BREAK THURSDAY.

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL
VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.

$$

MAZ001-025-NYZ047>054-058>061-071000-
/O.CON.KALY.WW.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-080207T1500Z/
NORTHERN BERKSHIRE-SOUTHERN BERKSHIRE-SCHOHARIE-
WESTERN SCHENECTADY-EASTERN SCHENECTADY-SOUTHERN SARATOGA-
WESTERN ALBANY-EASTERN ALBANY-WESTERN RENSSELAER-
EASTERN RENSSELAER-WESTERN GREENE-EASTERN GREENE-WESTERN COLUMBIA-
EASTERN COLUMBIA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PITTSFIELD...NORTH ADAMS...
GREAT BARRINGTON...LEE...LENOX...HOUSATONIC...COBLESKILL...
MIDDLEBURGH...DELANSON...ESPERANCE...DUANESBURG...SCHENECTADY...
ROTTERDAM...BALLSTON SPA...MECHANICVILLE...WATERFORD...ALTAMONT...
ALBANY...TROY...HOOSICK FALLS...HUNTER...TANNERSVILLE...WINDHAM...
CATSKILL...COXSACKIE...ATHENS...CAIRO...JEFFERSON HEIGHTS...
HUDSON...CHATHAM
425 PM EST WED FEB 6 2008

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST
THURSDAY...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST
THURSDAY. 

AN ICE ACCUMULATION OF A TENTH TO A THIRD OF AN INCH WITH A SNOW
AND SLEET ACCUMULATION OF TWO TO SIX INCHES IS EXPECTED OVER THE
ADVISORY AREA BY LATE MORNING THURSDAY.

THE PRECIPITATION WILL PRIMARILY BE IN THE FORM OF RAIN THROUGH
SUNSET...BEFORE GRADUALLY TRANSITIONING INTO A MIXTURE
OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN FROM NORTH TO SOUTH DURING THE EARLY
EVENING. THE MIX OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL THEN CONTINUE
THROUGH THIS EVENING...BEFORE CHANGING TO SNOW AROUND MIDNIGHT.
PERIODS OF SNOW WILL THEN PERSIST INTO THURSDAY MORNING.

THE PRECIPITATION WILL INITIALLY BE LIGHT...BEFORE BECOMING
HEAVIER THROUGH THIS EVENING...DURING THE EVENING COMMUTE. THE
MODERATE TO HEAVY PRECIPITATION WILL THEN CONTINUE
OVERNIGHT...BEFORE DECREASING IN INTENSITY THURSDAY MORNING.

SOME LOCALIZED AMOUNTS OF ICE WILL BE UP TO A HALF INCH IN THE
SCHOHARIE VALLEY...CAPITAL DISTRICT...BERKSHIRES...TACONICS AND
NORTHERN CATSKILLS. HIGHEST SNOW AMOUNTS WILL BE IN THE
HELDERBERGS...AND NORTHERN BERKSHIRES.

THE HEAVY WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO RESULT FROM
A STRENGTHENING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER THE MIDWEST WHICH WILL
TRACK EAST NORTHEAST ALONG A STATIONARY FRONT DRAPED ACROSS
CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA AND LONG ISLAND. THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL
REACH SOUTHERN NEW YORK THIS EVENING...AND THEN MOVE NORTHEAST OF
CAPE COD BY DAY BREAK THURSDAY.

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-NYZ063>066-071000-
/O.CON.KALY.WW.Y.0006.080206T2300Z-080207T1500Z/
NORTHERN LITCHFIELD-SOUTHERN LITCHFIELD-WESTERN ULSTER-
EASTERN ULSTER-WESTERN DUTCHESS-EASTERN DUTCHESS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TORRINGTON...OAKVILLE...NEW MILFORD...
TERRYVILLE...SUNDOWN...ELLENVILLE...WOODSTOCK...WEST HURLEY...
KERHONKSON...NAPANOCH...PHOENICIA...KINGSTON...NEW PALTZ...
POUGHKEEPSIE...BEACON...ARLINGTON...PAWLING...DOVER PLAINS...
MILLBROOK...PINE PLAINS...AMENIA...MILLERTON
425 PM EST WED FEB 6 2008

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST
THURSDAY...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST
THURSDAY. 

AN ICE ACCUMULATION OF A TENTH TO A QUARTER OF AN INCH WITH A
SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATION OF ONE TO THREE INCHES IS EXPECTED
OVER THE ADVISORY AREA BY LATE MORNING THURSDAY.

OCCASIONAL LIGHT RAIN OR DRIZZLE WILL BECOME HEAVIER BY EARLY
THIS EVENING. THE RAIN WILL THEN CHANGE TO A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN
AND SLEET LATER THIS EVENING...BEFORE CHANGING TO SNOW WELL AFTER
MIDNIGHT. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF LATE THURSDAY MORNING.
UNTREATED SURFACES WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS DUE TO THE ICE AND SNOW
ACCUMULATION.

THE HEAVY WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO RESULT FROM
A STRENGTHENING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER THE MIDWEST WHICH WILL
TRACK EAST NORTHEAST ALONG A STATIONARY FRONT DRAPED ACROSS
CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA AND LONG ISLAND. THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM
WILL REACH SOUTHERN NEW YORK THIS EVENING...AND THEN MOVE
NORTHEAST OF CAPE COD BY DAY BREAK THURSDAY.

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.

$$

NAS
000 
WWUS41 KALY 070951
WSWALY

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
451 AM EST THU FEB 7 2008

NYZ038>041-082>084-071100-
/O.CAN.KALY.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-080207T1500Z/
SOUTHERN HERKIMER-SOUTHERN FULTON-MONTGOMERY-NORTHERN SARATOGA-
NORTHERN FULTON-SOUTHEAST WARREN-SOUTHERN WASHINGTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ILION...HERKIMER...LITTLE FALLS...
MOHAWK...FRANKFORT...DOLGEVILLE...GLOVERSVILLE...JOHNSTOWN...
AMSTERDAM...WELLSVILLE...SARATOGA SPRINGS...NORTHVILLE...
MAYFIELD...GLENS FALLS...WEST GLENS FALLS...HUDSON FALLS...
FORT EDWARD...CAMBRIDGE...GREENWICH
451 AM EST THU FEB 7 2008

...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY HAS CANCELLED THE
WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SOUTHERN HERKIMER...SOUTHERN FULTON...
MONTGOMERY...NORTHERN SARATOGA...SOUTHEAST WARREN AND SOUTHERN
WASHINGTON COUNTIES.

MIXED PRECIPITATION CHANGED TO SNOW LAST NIGHT...BUT THE SNOW HAS
NOW ENDED...AND ONLY SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED FOR TODAY
WITH LITTLE IF ANY ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATION.

$$

CTZ001-013-MAZ001-025-NYZ047>054-058>061-063>066-071100-
/O.CAN.KALY.WW.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-080207T1500Z/
NORTHERN LITCHFIELD-SOUTHERN LITCHFIELD-NORTHERN BERKSHIRE-
SOUTHERN BERKSHIRE-SCHOHARIE-WESTERN SCHENECTADY-
EASTERN SCHENECTADY-SOUTHERN SARATOGA-WESTERN ALBANY-
EASTERN ALBANY-WESTERN RENSSELAER-EASTERN RENSSELAER-
WESTERN GREENE-EASTERN GREENE-WESTERN COLUMBIA-EASTERN COLUMBIA-
WESTERN ULSTER-EASTERN ULSTER-WESTERN DUTCHESS-EASTERN DUTCHESS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TORRINGTON...OAKVILLE...NEW MILFORD...
TERRYVILLE...PITTSFIELD...NORTH ADAMS...GREAT BARRINGTON...LEE...
LENOX...HOUSATONIC...COBLESKILL...MIDDLEBURGH...DELANSON...
ESPERANCE...DUANESBURG...SCHENECTADY...ROTTERDAM...BALLSTON SPA...
MECHANICVILLE...WATERFORD...ALTAMONT...ALBANY...TROY...
HOOSICK FALLS...HUNTER...TANNERSVILLE...WINDHAM...CATSKILL...
COXSACKIE...ATHENS...CAIRO...JEFFERSON HEIGHTS...HUDSON...
CHATHAM...SUNDOWN...ELLENVILLE...WOODSTOCK...WEST HURLEY...
KERHONKSON...NAPANOCH...PHOENICIA...KINGSTON...NEW PALTZ...
POUGHKEEPSIE...BEACON...ARLINGTON...PAWLING...DOVER PLAINS...
MILLBROOK...PINE PLAINS...AMENIA...MILLERTON
451 AM EST THU FEB 7 2008

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR THE EASTERN CATSKILLS...THE CAPITAL REGION...
THE MID HUDSON VALLEY...THE TACONICS...BERKSHIRE COUNTY AND
LITCHFIELD COUNTY.

RAIN OR MIXED PRECIPITATION CHANGED TO MAINLY SNOW LAST
NIGHT...BUT THE SNOW HAS NOW ENDED...AND ONLY SCATTERED SNOW
SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED FOR TODAY...WITH LITTLE IF ANY SNOW
ACCUMULATION.

$$

NYZ032-033-042-043-VTZ013>015-071500-
/O.CON.KALY.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-080207T1500Z/
NORTHERN HERKIMER-HAMILTON-NORTHERN WARREN-NORTHERN WASHINGTON-
BENNINGTON-WESTERN WINDHAM-EASTERN WINDHAM-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATWELL...BIG MOOSE...EAGLE BAY...
MCKEEVER...NOBLEBORO...NORTHWOOD...OLD FORGE...SPECULATOR...
WARRENSBURG...WHITEHALL...GRANVILLE...BENNINGTON...JACKSONVILLE...
NEWFANE...BRATTLEBORO...WEST BRATTLEBORO...BELLOWS FALLS
451 AM EST THU FEB 7 2008

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST THIS
MORNING...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST THIS
MORNING FOR THE SOUTHERN AND WESTERN ADIRONDACKS...NORTHERN
WASHINGTON COUNTY...AND SOUTHERN VERMONT. 

SNOW OR MIXED PRECIPITATION CHANGED TO ALL SNOW LAST NIGHT...AND
AS A UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE CROSSES THE REGION TODAY...OCCASIONAL
SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO FALL THIS MORNING. ADDITIONAL SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE TO THREE INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED THIS MORNING. 

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL
VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.

$$
000 
WWUS41 KALY 071457
WSWALY

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
957 AM EST THU FEB 7 2008

NYZ032-033-042-043-VTZ013>015-071900-
/O.EXT.KALY.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-080207T1900Z/
NORTHERN HERKIMER-HAMILTON-NORTHERN WARREN-NORTHERN WASHINGTON-
BENNINGTON-WESTERN WINDHAM-EASTERN WINDHAM-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATWELL...BIG MOOSE...EAGLE BAY...
MCKEEVER...NOBLEBORO...NORTHWOOD...OLD FORGE...SPECULATOR...
WARRENSBURG...WHITEHALL...GRANVILLE...BENNINGTON...JACKSONVILLE...
NEWFANE...BRATTLEBORO...WEST BRATTLEBORO...BELLOWS FALLS
957 AM EST THU FEB 7 2008

...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM EST THIS
AFTERNOON...

THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM EST THIS
AFTERNOON FOR THE SOUTHERN ADIRONDACKS...UPPER HUDSON VALLEY AND
SOUTHERN VERMONT.  

SNOW OR MIXED PRECIPITATION CHANGED TO ALL SNOW BY MORNING...AND
AS AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE CROSSES THE REGION TODAY...
OCCASIONAL SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO FALL THROUGH MIDDAY. ADDITIONAL SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE TO LOCALLY FOUR INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED
THROUGH MIDDAY. 

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL
VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.

$$
000 
WWUS41 KALY 071712
WSWALY

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
1212 PM EST THU FEB 7 2008


NYZ032-033-042-043-VTZ013>015-071815-
/O.CAN.KALY.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-080207T1900Z/
NORTHERN HERKIMER-HAMILTON-NORTHERN WARREN-NORTHERN WASHINGTON-
BENNINGTON-WESTERN WINDHAM-EASTERN WINDHAM-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATWELL...BIG MOOSE...EAGLE BAY...
MCKEEVER...NOBLEBORO...NORTHWOOD...OLD FORGE...SPECULATOR...
WARRENSBURG...WHITEHALL...GRANVILLE...BENNINGTON...JACKSONVILLE...
NEWFANE...BRATTLEBORO...WEST BRATTLEBORO...BELLOWS FALLS
1212 PM EST THU FEB 7 2008

...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY HAS CANCELED THE WINTER
STORM WARNING ACROSS THE SOUTHERN ADIRONDACKS...UPPER HUDSON
VALLEY NORTH OF SARATOGA SPRINGS AND SOUTHERN VERMONT. 

SNOW...ASSOCIATED WITH AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE...HAS DIMINISHED
IN BOTH COVERAGE AND INTENSITY...DOWN TO SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS.
THESE WILL PERSIST THIS AFTERNOON...BUT LITTLE OR NO ADDITIONAL
SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED. 


$$

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 Feb 5, 6:44 PM EST, 4 hours earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 5, 6:44 PM EST, 4 hours before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
644 PM EST TUE FEB 5 2008

.SYNOPSIS...
A STRENGTHENING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER THE MID MISSISSIPPI VALLEY
WILL TRACK EAST NORTHEAST ALONG A STATIONARY FRONT DRAPED ACROSS
CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA AND SOUTHEAST NEW YORK THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT.
THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL REACH WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA LATE
TONIGHT...SOUTHEAST NEW YORK LATE WEDNESDAY...AND THEN MOVE
NORTHEAST INTO THE GULF OF MAINE LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THIS WILL
PRODUCE RAIN ACROSS SOUTHERN AREAS...AND A WINTRY MIX ACROSS CENTRAL
AND NORTHERN AREAS LATE TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THE LOW WILL
SLOWLY MOVE EAST THURSDAY...ALLOWING SNOW TO TAPER OFF IN THE
MORNING. VERY COLD AND BLUSTERY CONDITIONS WILL REACH THE AREA FOR
LATER THIS WEEKEND.

&&

.NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 AM WEDNESDAY MORNING/...
WEAK SFC RIDGE WILL BUILD E ACROSS THE REGION THIS EVENING...AND
WITH LITTLE IF ANY SYNOPTIC FORCING UNTIL AFTER MIDNIGHT...EXPECT
JUST MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES...ALONG WITH AREAS OF FOG AND PATCHY
DRIZZLE THROUGH MIDNIGHT. AFTER MIDNIGHT...LEADING EDGE OF STRONGER
MID LEVEL FRONTOGENETICAL FORCING WILL ALLOW PRECIP AREA TO RAPIDLY
EXPAND NE AND E THROUGH THE REGION. THUS...WILL INCREASE POPS INTO
THE CATEGORICAL RANGE AFTER 08Z/WED. P-TYPE SHOULD BE RAIN FOR THE
SOUTHERN TWO THIRDS OF REGION. FURTHER N...COLDER AIR WILL GRADUALLY
SEEP SOUTH...ALLOWING PRECIP TO DEVELOP AS A SLEET/FREEZING RAIN MIX.

FOR MINS...GENERALLY WENT A FEW DEGREES ABOVE THE MAV/MET MOS
NUMBERS...ASSUMING CLOUDS PERSIST. HOWEVER...SHOULD ANY BREAKS
DEVELOP THIS EVENING...SLIGHTLY COLDER MINS ARE POSSIBLE.

&&

.SHORT TERM /6 AM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT/...
WED...FIRST SURGE OF PRECIP WILL CONTINUE THROUGH AT LEAST
EARLY/MID AFTERNOON...WITH P-TYPE MAINLY AS RAIN FOR THE SOUTHERN
THIRD OF REGION...WITH A RAIN/SLEET MIX ACROSS CENTRAL AREAS...AND
SLEET/FREEZING RAIN FURTHER N. THERE COULD BE A LULL IN THE PRECIP
INTENSITY DURING THE AFTERNOON/EARLY EVENING...BEFORE STRONGER MID
LEVEL FORCING REACHES REGION...ASSOCIATED WITH APPROACH OF MID/UPPER
LEVEL LOW. MEANWHILE...AS SFC LOW DEVELOPS ALONG SHARP BOUNDARY
ACROSS OH VALLEY REGION INTO PA...STRENGTHENING NORTHERLY
AGEOSTROPHIC WIND COMPONENT WILL DEVELOP...ALLOWING THERMAL BOUNDARY
TO TIGHTEN ACROSS SOUTHERN REGIONS...AND ALSO ENSURING SFC TEMPS
FALL STEADILY FOR CENTRAL AND N AREAS DURING THE AFTERNOON. THIS
SHOULD ALLOW P-TYPE TO CHANGE TO SNOW/SLEET ACROSS FAR NORTHERN
AREAS...AND SLEET/FREEZING RAIN FROM THE CAPITAL REGION N INTO THE
LAKE GEORGE/SARATOGA REGION...AND INTO THE MOHAWK VALLEY AND
SOUTHERN VT...BY SUNSET. DUE TO THE POSSIBILITY OF SIGNIFICANT ICE
ACCRETION WED...WE HAVE HOISTED A WINTER STORM WATCH FOR NORTHERN
AREAS...EXTENDING INTO SOUTHERN VT AND THE NORTHERN BERKS.
AGAIN...AS WITH LAST EVENT...THERE IS STILL A POSSIBILITY THAT DEPTH
OF COLD AIR COULD BE SUFFICIENT TO ALLOW P-TYPE TO REMAIN MAINLY
SLEET...WHICH WILL BE THE CRITICAL FACTOR IN DETERMINING WHETHER
WARNING LEVEL ICE ACCRETION IS MET. IN ADDITION...NORTHERN HERKIMER
AND HAMILTON COS MAY ALSO RECEIVE SEVERAL INCHES OF
SNOWFALL...PERHAPS AS MUCH AS 8 INCHES...IN ADDITION TO THE FREEZING
RAIN/SLEET MIX...THEREFORE WARRANTING A WINTER STORM WATCH.

WED NT-THU...AFTER A POSSIBLE BRIEF LULL IN PRECIP...EXPECT ANOTHER
AREA OF MODERATE TO POSSIBLY HEAVY PRECIP TO REDEVELOP...WITH MAIN
EMPHASIS OCCURRING ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF REGION.
AS MID/UPPER LEVEL LOW APPROACHES...ENOUGH COOLING SHOULD OCCUR
WITHIN THE MID LEVELS TO SUPPORT A TRANSITION FROM A FREEZING
RAIN/SLEET MIX...TO SNOW BY MIDNIGHT ACROSS CENTRAL AREAS...WITH A
RAIN/SLEET MIX...POSSIBLY CHANGING TO FREEZING RAIN ACROSS THE
HIGHER TERRAIN OF THE CATSKILLS/TACONICS AND LITCHFIELD HILLS BY
MIDNIGHT WED...BEFORE ENDING AS SNOW ALL AREAS PRIOR TO DAYBREAK
THURSDAY. THIS MAY WARRANT ADDITIONAL WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES WITH
FUTURE FORECAST ISSUANCES.

SEVERAL 09Z/05 SREF MEMBERS ALSO HINT AT POSSIBLE LINGERING MID
LEVEL DEFORMATION BAND ACROSS CENTRAL AND EASTERN PORTION OF
REGION...MAINLY FROM THE CAPITAL REGION INTO THE BERKS...FROM LATE
WED NT INTO MID MORNING ON THU. IN ADDITION...THESE SAME MEMBERS
HINT AT WEAK INVERTED SFC TROUGH REMAINING OVER THIS
REGION...POSSIBLY INDICATIVE OF A HUDSON/MOHAWK CONVERGENCE FEATURE.
SHOULD THIS VERIFY...THEN SEVERAL ADDITIONAL INCHES OF SNOWFALL
COULD OCCUR WITHIN THIS REGION. AT THIS TIME...WILL MAINTAIN LIKELY
POPS INTO THU MORNING FOR THIS REGION...WITH 1-3 INCHES OF
ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL INDICATED. HOWEVER...EVEN THESE SNOWFALL AMOUNTS
MAY NEED TO BE INCREASED...SHOULD FUTURE MODEL GUIDANCE SUPPORT THIS
POTENTIAL MESOSCALE FEATURE.

OTHERWISE...FOR THU AFTERNOON...EXPECT GRADUAL CLEARING...WITH MAXES
GENERALLY IN THE 20S AND 30S.

THU NT...ANOTHER WEAK SHORTWAVE APPROACHES FROM W. THIS UPPER LEVEL
FEATURE MAY WORK IN TANDEM WITH LINGERING LOW LEVEL MOISTURE TO
PRODUCE SNOW SHOWERS ACROSS THE REGION...AND THEREFORE...HAVE
INDICATED SLIGHT CHC TO LOW CHC POPS FOR SNOW SHOWERS.

&&

.LONG TERM /FRIDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/...
A WEAK UPPER LEVEL SHORTWAVE WILL SWING THROUGH THE REGION ON
FRIDAY...BUT WITH LIMITED MOISTURE IN PLACE...THERE SHOULDN/T BE
MUCH MORE THAN JUST SCT -SHRASN. THINGS GET MORE INTERESTING FOR
SATURDAY AS AN ARCTIC FRONT BEGINS TO APPROACH THE REGION. BOTH THE
12Z RUNS OF THE GFS AND EURO SHOW A STRENGTHENING WAVE MAY DEVELOP
OUT AHEAD OF THIS SYSTEM. AS A RESULT...WE/VE THROWN LIKELY POPS IN
FOR MOST OF THE REGION...WITH -SHSN IN THE HIGHER TERRAIN AND
-SHRASN IN THE VALLEYS. THE ARCTIC BOUNDARY WILL CROSS THE REGION
SATURDAY NIGHT...ALLOWING FOR A FLOOD OF -18 C TO -22 C AIR AT 850MB
INTO THE CWA. WE WENT BELOW GFSMOS GUIDANCE FOR BOTH SUNDAY AND
MONDAY WITH COLD AIR IN PLACE. HIGHS ON SUNDAY AND MONDAY WILL BE
LIMITED TO JUST SINGLE DIGITS IN THE NORTH...TO LOWER 20S IN THE
SOUTH. IN ADDITION...STRONG WINDS...WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH...WILL
ALLOW FOR PRETTY CHILLY WIND CHILLS. LOOKS LIKE WIND CHILL VALUES
WILL LIKELY REACH ADVISORY CRITERIA IN MUCH OF THE HIGHER TERRAIN
SUNDAY NIGHT. TEMPERATURES SHOULD BEGIN TO START MODERATE BY TUESDAY
AS THE NEXT STORM SYSTEM APPROACHES FROM THE MIDWEST.

&&

.AVIATION /00Z WEDNESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/...
VFR CONDITIONS AT KALB AND KPOU EARLY THIS EVENING WILL QUICKLY
GIVE WAY TO MVFR/IFR AS NARROW T/TD DIFFERENTIAL COMBINED WITH
SATURATED SURFACE WILL RESULT IN AREAS OF FOG DEVELOPING FAIRLY
QUICKLY THIS EVENING. GENERALLY EXPECT P6SM CONDITIONS TO GIVE WAY
TO 1-3SM WITH CIGS FALLING BLW OVC010 BTWN 02Z AND 04Z. KGFL HAS
ALREADY EXPERIENCED FOG AND WITH LITTLE WIND FLOW IS EXPECTED TO
REMAIN 1-2SM WITH GIGS BLW OVC010 THROUGH AT LEAST 06Z.

THE NEXT CONCERN WILL BE ARRIVAL OF PCPN LATER TONIGHT AND EXPECT
IFR/LIFR CONDITIONS FOR MUCH OF THE REMAINDER OF THE PERIOD BTWN
06Z AND 00Z THU. PCPN EXPECTED TO ARRIVE BTWN 06Z AND 08Z AND
WHILE KALB AND KPOU CAN EXPECT MAINLY RAIN THROUGH 00Z
THU...EXCEPT FOR A CHANGE TO FZRA AT KALB LATE WED AFT...KGFL WL
QUICKLY TRANSITION TO IP AND FZRA BY 11Z WITH FZRA AFT 18Z. VSBYS
GENERALLY 1-2SM WITH CIGS BLW OVC010 FOR MOST OF THE TIME BTWN 06Z
AND 00Z THU. LIGHT AND VARIABLE WINDS WILL BECOME NORTH AT 5-8KTS
LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY WED MRNG.

OUTLOOK...
TUE NT THROUGH WED NT...IFR...FOG AND RAIN/SNOW.
THU...VFR/MVFR...CHC -SHSN IN AM.
FRI THROUGH SUN...VFR/MVFR...CHC -SHSN.

&&

.HYDROLOGY...
A FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN POSTED FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN
AREAS...GENERALLY FROM THE MOHAWK RIVER VALLEY SOUTHWARD IN NY...AS
WELL AS FOR BERKSHIRE AND LITCHFIELD COS IN NEW ENGLAND...FOR WED
MORNING THROUGH LATE WED NT. CURRENT QPF INDICATES 1.5-2 INCHES OF
RAINFALL POSSIBLE ACROSS THE WATCH AREA...WITH ADDITIONAL RUNOFF
FROM SNOWMELT POSSIBLE ACROSS THE CATSKILLS. CURRENT RIVER
FORECASTS...BASED ON THIS QPF/SNOWMELT...KEEP MOST RIVERS BELOW
FLOOD STAGE...DESPITE SIGNIFICANT WITHIN BANK RISES.
HOWEVER...SHOULD HIGHER QPF AMTS OCCUR...WHICH IS POSSIBLE DUE TO
POSSIBLE EMBEDDED CONVECTIVE ELEMENTS...THEN HIGHER RISES TO OR JUST
ABOVE BANKFULL ARE POSSIBLE...PARTICULARLY ON SMALLER
TRIBUTARIES/STREAMS WITHIN THE CATSKILLS...MID HUDSON RIVER
BASIN...AND INTO THE HOUSATONIC BASIN.

FOR AREAS N OF THE WATCH AREA...LESS QPF IS EXPECTED...AND MUCH OF
THE QPF IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN FROZEN...REDUCING THE FLOODING
POTENTIAL.

&&

.ALY WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
CT...FLOOD WATCH FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY
     NIGHT FOR CTZ001-013.
NY...FLOOD WATCH FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY
     NIGHT FOR NYZ038>040-047>054-058>061-063>066.
     WINTER STORM WATCH FROM 1 AM EST WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY
     MORNING FOR NYZ032-033-038-039-041>043-082>084.
MA...FLOOD WATCH FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY
     NIGHT FOR MAZ001-025.
     WINTER STORM WATCH FROM 1 AM EST WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY
     MORNING FOR MAZ001.
VT...WINTER STORM WATCH FROM 1 AM EST WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY
     MORNING FOR VTZ013>015.

&&

SYNOPSIS...KL
NEAR TERM...KL
SHORT TERM...KL
LONG TERM...FRUGIS
AVIATION...11
HYDROLOGY...KL
Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 5, 3:35 PM EST, 7 hours 9 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
335 PM EST TUE FEB 5 2008

NYZ032-033-041>043-082>084-VTZ013>015-061200-
NORTHERN HERKIMER-HAMILTON-NORTHERN SARATOGA-NORTHERN WARREN-
NORTHERN WASHINGTON-NORTHERN FULTON-SOUTHEAST WARREN-
SOUTHERN WASHINGTON-BENNINGTON-WESTERN WINDHAM-EASTERN WINDHAM-
335 PM EST TUE FEB 5 2008

...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM EST WEDNESDAY THROUGH
THURSDAY MORNING...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN ADIRONDACKS...WESTERN
AND CENTRAL MOHAWK VALLEY...LAKE GEORGE SARATOGA REGION...NORTHERN
BERKSHIRES AND SOUTHERN VERMONT.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   WINTER STORM WATCH.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY...

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   WINTER STORM WATCH.

ALSO...STRONG WINDS AND HAZARDOUS WIND CHILLS ARE POSSIBLE SUNDAY
NIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING AS ARCTIC AIR POURS INTO THE REGION.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

MAZ001-NYZ038-039-061200-
NORTHERN BERKSHIRE-SOUTHERN HERKIMER-SOUTHERN FULTON-
335 PM EST TUE FEB 5 2008

...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM EST WEDNESDAY THROUGH
THURSDAY MORNING...
...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE
WEDNESDAY NIGHT...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHERN HERKIMER...SOUTHERN
FULTON AND NORTHERN BERKSHIRE COUNTIES.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   WINTER STORM WATCH.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY...

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   WINTER STORM WATCH.
   FLOOD WATCH.

ALSO...STRONG WINDS AND HAZARDOUS WIND CHILLS ARE POSSIBLE SUNDAY
NIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING AS ARCTIC AIR POURS INTO THE REGION.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

MAZ025-NYZ040-047>054-058>061-061200-
SOUTHERN BERKSHIRE-MONTGOMERY-SCHOHARIE-WESTERN SCHENECTADY-
EASTERN SCHENECTADY-SOUTHERN SARATOGA-WESTERN ALBANY-EASTERN ALBANY-
WESTERN RENSSELAER-EASTERN RENSSELAER-WESTERN GREENE-EASTERN GREENE-
WESTERN COLUMBIA-EASTERN COLUMBIA-
335 PM EST TUE FEB 5 2008

...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE
WEDNESDAY NIGHT...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS THE CAPITAL DISTRICT...EASTERN
MOHAWK VALLEY...SCHOHARIE VALLEY...CENTRAL CATSKILLS ACROSS TO
THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL TACONICS AND SOUTHERN BERKSHIRES.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY...

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   FLOOD WATCH.

IN ADDITION...A PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET IS POSSIBLE LATE
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON INTO WEDNESDAY EVENING. A WINTER WEATHER
ADVISORY MAY BE NEEDED.

ALSO...STRONG WINDS AND HAZARDOUS WIND CHILLS ARE POSSIBLE SUNDAY
NIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING AS ARCTIC AIR POURS INTO THE REGION.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

CTZ001-013-NYZ063>066-061200-
NORTHERN LITCHFIELD-SOUTHERN LITCHFIELD-WESTERN ULSTER-
EASTERN ULSTER-WESTERN DUTCHESS-EASTERN DUTCHESS-
335 PM EST TUE FEB 5 2008

...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE
WEDNESDAY NIGHT...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR ULSTER...DUTCHESS AND
LITCHFIELD COUNTIES.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY...

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   FLOOD WATCH.

IN ADDITION...NON SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON.

ALSO...STRONG WINDS AND HAZARDOUS WIND CHILLS ARE POSSIBLE SUNDAY
NIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING AS ARCTIC AIR POURS INTO THE REGION.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Albany, NY issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 6, 5:27 AM ESTWinter Weather AdvisoryALYAlbany, Columbia, Dutchess, Greene, Rensselaer, Saratoga and 3 more23 hr
Feb 6, 8:51 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningALYHerkimer, Oneida70 hr
Feb 6, 2:32 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningALYMontgomery7 hr

Nearby

Winter Storm Warnings in New York, 2008Winter Storm Warnings in Vermont, 2008Every winter storm warning in 2008

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.