Alert archive / New York / Winter Storm Warnings in 2008
Winter Storm Warning 7, NWS Albany, NY
NWS Albany, NY issued this winter storm warning at Mar 7, 2008, 4:16 PM EST for Hamilton County, Herkimer County, Warren County, New York. It took effect at Mar 7, 2008, 10:00 PM EST. It was in force for 30 hr. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 7, 2008, 4:16 PM EST (21:16 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 7, 2008, 10:00 PM EST
- Expired
- Mar 9, 2008, 5:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 30 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Albany, NY
Counties Hamilton County, NY, Herkimer County, NY, Warren County, NY
The radar
The Ft Drum radar (KTYX), 103 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:19 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 8, 7:45 PM EST | ICE STORM | Hague, NY | NUMEROUS TREES AND WIRES DOWN FROM HEAVY ICE ACCUMULATION IN THE TOWN OF HAGUE WITH A STATE OF EMERGENCY DECLARED AT 930 PM. |
| Mar 8, 8:45 PM EST | ICE STORM | Hague, NY | NUMEROUS TREES AND WIRES DOWN FROM HEAVY ICE ACCUMULATION IN THE TOWN OF HAGUE WITH A STATE OF EMERGENCY DECLARED AT 930 PM. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 107 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
- 1188 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 63 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 48 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 268 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 072116 WSWALY URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 416 PM EST FRI MAR 7 2008 NYZ032-033-042-080315- /O.UPG.KALY.WS.A.0009.080308T0000Z-080309T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KALY.WS.W.0007.080308T0300Z-080309T0900Z/ NORTHERN HERKIMER-HAMILTON-NORTHERN WARREN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATWELL...BIG MOOSE...EAGLE BAY... MCKEEVER...NOBLEBORO...NORTHWOOD...OLD FORGE...SPECULATOR... WARRENSBURG 416 PM EST FRI MAR 7 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM EST THIS EVENING TO 5 AM EDT SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR THE SOUTHERN ADIRONDACKS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM EST THIS EVENING TO 5 AM EDT SUNDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT AND SATURDAY WITH ACCUMULATING SNOW SATURDAY NIGHT. PRECIPITATION WILL OVERSPREAD THE SOUTHERN ADIRONDACKS THIS EVENING STARTING OUT AS RAIN...THEN TRANSITIONING TO A WINTRY MIX OF SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN OVERNIGHT. WARMER AIR WILL MOVE IN ALOFT SATURDAY MORNING RESULTING IN THE PREDOMINATE PRECIPITATION TYPE OF FREEZING RAIN WITH UP TO AROUND A HALF OF AN INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION EXPECTED. BY EARLY SATURDAY AFTERNOON...SURFACE TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO WARM TO ABOVE FREEZING RESULTING IN A PLAIN RAIN DURING THE AFTERNOON. COLDER AIR WILL BE USHERED BACK INTO THE REGION SATURDAY NIGHT CHANGING THE RAIN BACK TO ALL SNOW WITH 2 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATIONS EXPECTED BY THE TIME THE SNOW TAPERS OFF EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE WARNING AREA DUE TO THE ICE ACCUMULATIONS...FOLLOWED BY SNOW AND THE STRONG GUSTY WINDS SATURDAY NIGHT. THE WINTRY MIX WILL BE THE RESULT OF A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER THE SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES WHICH WILL MOVE NORTHEAST OVERNIGHT...REACHING THE MID ATLANTIC REGION SATURDAY MORNING. THE LOW WILL MOVE NORTHEAST ACROSS THE LOCAL AREA SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND TO NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND SATURDAY 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. $$ NYZ038-082-080315- /O.UPG.KALY.WS.A.0009.080308T0000Z-080309T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KALY.WW.Y.0010.080308T0300Z-080308T1900Z/ SOUTHERN HERKIMER-NORTHERN FULTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ILION...HERKIMER...LITTLE FALLS... MOHAWK...FRANKFORT...DOLGEVILLE...NORTHVILLE...MAYFIELD 416 PM EST FRI MAR 7 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 2 PM EST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHERN HERKIMER AND NORTHERN FULTON COUNTIES...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM EST THIS EVENING TO 2 PM EST SATURDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED OVERNIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING WITH LIGHT ACCUMULATING SNOW SATURDAY NIGHT. PRECIPITATION WILL OVERSPREAD THE ADVISORY AREA THIS EVENING STARTING OUT AS RAIN...THEN TRANSITIONING TO A WINTRY MIX OF SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN OVERNIGHT. WARMER AIR WILL MOVE IN ALOFT SATURDAY MORNING RESULTING IN THE PREDOMINATE PRECIPITATION TYPE OF FREEZING RAIN WITH UP TO A QUARTER OF AN INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION EXPECTED. BY LATE SATURDAY MORNING...SURFACE TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO WARM TO ABOVE FREEZING RESULTING IN A PLAIN RAIN THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS. COLDER AIR WILL BE USHERED BACK INTO THE REGION SATURDAY NIGHT CHANGING THE RAIN BACK TO ALL SNOW WITH 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION EXPECTED BY THE TIME THE SNOW TAPERS OFF EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. THE WINTRY MIX WILL BE THE RESULT OF A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER THE SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES WHICH WILL MOVE NORTHEAST OVERNIGHT...REACHING THE MID ATLANTIC REGION SATURDAY MORNING. THE LOW WILL MOVE NORTHEAST ACROSS THE LOCAL AREA SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND TO NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND SATURDAY NIGHT. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ NYZ041-043-083-VTZ013-014-080315- /O.NEW.KALY.WW.Y.0010.080308T0300Z-080308T1900Z/ NORTHERN SARATOGA-NORTHERN WASHINGTON-SOUTHEAST WARREN-BENNINGTON- WESTERN WINDHAM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SARATOGA SPRINGS...WHITEHALL... GRANVILLE...GLENS FALLS...WEST GLENS FALLS...BENNINGTON... JACKSONVILLE...NEWFANE 416 PM EST FRI MAR 7 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 2 PM EST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHERN SARATOGA...SOUTHEAST WARREN...NORTHERN WASHINGTON...BENNINGTON AND WESTERN WINDHAM COUNTIES...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM EST THIS EVENING TO 2 PM EST SATURDAY. ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED OVERNIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING WITH LIGHT ACCUMULATING SNOW SATURDAY NIGHT. PRECIPITATION WILL OVERSPREAD THE ADVISORY AREA THIS EVENING STARTING OUT AS RAIN...THEN TRANSITIONING TO A WINTRY MIX OF SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN OVERNIGHT. WARMER AIR WILL MOVE IN ALOFT SATURDAY MORNING RESULTING IN THE PREDOMINATE PRECIPITATION TYPE OF FREEZING RAIN WITH UP TO A QUARTER OF AN INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION EXPECTED. BY LATE SATURDAY MORNING...SURFACE TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO WARM TO ABOVE FREEZING RESULTING IN A PLAIN RAIN THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS. COLDER AIR WILL BE USHERED BACK INTO THE REGION SATURDAY NIGHT CHANGING THE RAIN BACK TO ALL SNOW WITH 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION EXPECTED BY THE TIME THE SNOW TAPERS OFF EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. THE WINTRY MIX WILL BE THE RESULT OF A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER THE SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES WHICH WILL MOVE NORTHEAST OVERNIGHT...REACHING THE MID ATLANTIC REGION SATURDAY MORNING. THE LOW WILL MOVE NORTHEAST ACROSS THE LOCAL AREA SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND TO NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND SATURDAY NIGHT. 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. $$
7 follow-up statements
000 WWUS41 KALY 072231 WSWALY URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 531 PM EST FRI MAR 7 2008 NYZ032-033-042-080500- /O.CON.KALY.WS.W.0007.080308T0300Z-080309T0900Z/ NORTHERN HERKIMER-HAMILTON-NORTHERN WARREN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATWELL...BIG MOOSE...EAGLE BAY... MCKEEVER...NOBLEBORO...NORTHWOOD...OLD FORGE...SPECULATOR... WARRENSBURG 531 PM EST FRI MAR 7 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM EST THIS EVENING TO 5 AM EDT SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM EST THIS EVENING TO 5 AM EDT SUNDAY FOR THE SOUTHERN ADIRONDACKS. SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT AND SATURDAY WITH ACCUMULATING SNOW SATURDAY NIGHT. PRECIPITATION WILL OVERSPREAD THE SOUTHERN ADIRONDACKS THIS EVENING STARTING OUT AS SNOW AND OR RAIN...THEN TRANSITIONING TO A WINTRY MIX OF SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN OVERNIGHT. WARMER AIR WILL MOVE IN ALOFT SATURDAY MORNING RESULTING IN THE PREDOMINATE PRECIPITATION TYPE OF FREEZING RAIN WITH UP TO AROUND A HALF OF AN INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION EXPECTED. BY EARLY SATURDAY AFTERNOON...SURFACE TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO WARM TO ABOVE FREEZING RESULTING IN A PLAIN RAIN DURING THE AFTERNOON. COLDER AIR WILL BE USHERED BACK INTO THE REGION SATURDAY NIGHT CHANGING THE RAIN BACK TO ALL SNOW WITH 2 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATIONS EXPECTED BY THE TIME THE SNOW TAPERS OFF EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE WARNING AREA DUE TO THE ICE ACCUMULATIONS...FOLLOWED BY SNOW AND THE STRONG GUSTY WINDS SATURDAY NIGHT. THE WINTRY MIX WILL BE THE RESULT OF A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER THE SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES WHICH WILL MOVE NORTHEAST OVERNIGHT...REACHING THE MID ATLANTIC REGION SATURDAY MORNING. THE LOW WILL MOVE NORTHEAST ACROSS THE LOCAL AREA SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND TO NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND SATURDAY 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. $$ NYZ038-041-043-082-083-VTZ013-014-080500- /O.CON.KALY.WW.Y.0010.080308T0300Z-080308T1900Z/ SOUTHERN HERKIMER-NORTHERN SARATOGA-NORTHERN WASHINGTON- NORTHERN FULTON-SOUTHEAST WARREN-BENNINGTON-WESTERN WINDHAM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ILION...HERKIMER...LITTLE FALLS... MOHAWK...FRANKFORT...DOLGEVILLE...SARATOGA SPRINGS...WHITEHALL... GRANVILLE...NORTHVILLE...MAYFIELD...GLENS FALLS... WEST GLENS FALLS...BENNINGTON...JACKSONVILLE...NEWFANE 531 PM EST FRI MAR 7 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 2 PM EST SATURDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM EST THIS EVENING TO 2 PM EST SATURDAY FOR SOUTHERN HERKIMER...NORTHERN FULTON...NORTHERN SARATOGA...SOUTHEAST WARREN...NORTHERN WASHINGTON...BENNINGTON AND WESTERN WINDHAM COUNTIES. ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED OVERNIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING WITH LIGHT ACCUMULATING SNOW SATURDAY NIGHT. PRECIPITATION WILL OVERSPREAD THE ADVISORY AREA THIS EVENING STARTING OUT AS RAIN AND OR SNOW...THEN TRANSITIONING TO A WINTRY MIX OF SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN OVERNIGHT. WARMER AIR WILL MOVE IN ALOFT SATURDAY MORNING RESULTING IN THE PREDOMINATE PRECIPITATION TYPE OF FREEZING RAIN WITH UP TO A QUARTER OF AN INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION EXPECTED. BY LATE SATURDAY MORNING...SURFACE TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO WARM TO ABOVE FREEZING RESULTING IN A PLAIN RAIN THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS. COLDER AIR WILL BE USHERED BACK INTO THE REGION SATURDAY NIGHT CHANGING THE RAIN BACK TO ALL SNOW WITH 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION EXPECTED BY THE TIME THE SNOW TAPERS OFF EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. THE WINTRY MIX WILL BE THE RESULT OF A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER THE SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES WHICH WILL MOVE NORTHEAST OVERNIGHT...REACHING THE MID ATLANTIC REGION SATURDAY MORNING. THE LOW WILL MOVE NORTHEAST ACROSS THE LOCAL AREA SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND TO NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND SATURDAY NIGHT. 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. $$
000 WWUS41 KALY 080335 WSWALY URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 1035 PM EST FRI MAR 7 2008 NYZ032-033-042-081000- /O.CON.KALY.WS.W.0007.000000T0000Z-080309T0900Z/ NORTHERN HERKIMER-HAMILTON-NORTHERN WARREN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATWELL...BIG MOOSE...EAGLE BAY... MCKEEVER...NOBLEBORO...NORTHWOOD...OLD FORGE...SPECULATOR... WARRENSBURG 1035 PM EST FRI MAR 7 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EDT SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EDT SUNDAY FOR THE SOUTHERN ADIRONDACKS. SNOW OVERSPREAD THE WARNING AREA FRIDAY EVENING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE EXPECTED OVERNIGHT BEFORE WARMER AIR WORKS IN ALOFT CAUSING THE SNOW TO MIX WITH THEN CHANGE TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN. BY EARLY SATURDAY AFTERNOON...SURFACE TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO WARM TO ABOVE FREEZING RESULTING IN A PLAIN RAIN DURING THE AFTERNOON. THE RAIN MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES. COLDER AIR WILL BE USHERED BACK INTO THE REGION SATURDAY NIGHT CHANGING THE RAIN BACK TO ALL SNOW...WITH AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATIONS EXPECTED BY THE TIME THE SNOW TAPERS OFF EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE WARNING AREA DUE TO THE SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS AND THE STRONG GUSTY WINDS SATURDAY NIGHT. THE WINTRY MIX WILL BE THE RESULT OF A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER THE SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES WHICH WILL MOVE NORTHEAST OVERNIGHT...REACHING THE MID ATLANTIC REGION SATURDAY MORNING. THE LOW WILL MOVE NORTHEAST ACROSS THE LOCAL AREA SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND TO NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND SATURDAY NIGHT. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ NYZ038-041-043-082-083-VTZ013-014-081000- /O.CON.KALY.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-080308T1900Z/ SOUTHERN HERKIMER-NORTHERN SARATOGA-NORTHERN WASHINGTON- NORTHERN FULTON-SOUTHEAST WARREN-BENNINGTON-WESTERN WINDHAM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ILION...HERKIMER...LITTLE FALLS... MOHAWK...FRANKFORT...DOLGEVILLE...SARATOGA SPRINGS...WHITEHALL... GRANVILLE...NORTHVILLE...MAYFIELD...GLENS FALLS... WEST GLENS FALLS...BENNINGTON...JACKSONVILLE...NEWFANE 1035 PM EST FRI MAR 7 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM EST SATURDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM EST SATURDAY FOR SOUTHERN HERKIMER...NORTHERN FULTON...NORTHERN SARATOGA...SOUTHEAST WARREN...NORTHERN WASHINGTON...BENNINGTON AND WESTERN WINDHAM COUNTIES. RAIN AND OR SNOW OVERSPREAD THE ADVISORY AREA FRIDAY EVENING. WARMER AIR WILL MOVE IN ALOFT CAUSING THE PRECIPITATION TO MIX WITH THEN CHANGE TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN. BY LATE SATURDAY MORNING...SURFACE TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO WARM TO ABOVE FREEZING RESULTING IN A PLAIN RAIN THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS. THE RAIN MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES. COLDER AIR WILL BE USHERED BACK INTO THE REGION SATURDAY NIGHT CHANGING THE RAIN BACK TO ALL SNOW...WITH 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION EXPECTED BY THE TIME THE SNOW TAPERS OFF EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. THE WINTRY MIX WILL BE THE RESULT OF A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER THE SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES WHICH WILL MOVE NORTHEAST OVERNIGHT...REACHING THE MID ATLANTIC REGION SATURDAY MORNING. THE LOW WILL MOVE NORTHEAST ACROSS THE LOCAL AREA SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND TO NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND SATURDAY NIGHT. 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. $$
000 WWUS41 KALY 080852 WSWALY URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 352 AM EST SAT MAR 8 2008 NYZ041-043-083-VTZ013-014-081000- /O.CAN.KALY.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-080308T1900Z/ NORTHERN SARATOGA-NORTHERN WASHINGTON-SOUTHEAST WARREN-BENNINGTON- WESTERN WINDHAM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SARATOGA SPRINGS...WHITEHALL... GRANVILLE...GLENS FALLS...WEST GLENS FALLS...BENNINGTON... JACKSONVILLE...NEWFANE 352 AM EST SAT MAR 8 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHERN WASHINGTON...NORTHERN SARATOGA AND SOUTHEAST WARREN COUNTIES...AND FOR SOUTHERN VERMONT. FREEZING RAIN IS NO LONGER EXPECTED ACROSS THIS REGION TODAY. WHEN WIDESPREAD PRECIPITATION RETURNS TO THIS REGION LATER THIS MORNING AND THIS AFTERNOON...AIR TEMPERATURES WILL BE ABOVE FREEZING AND THE PRECIPITATION WILL FALL IN THE FORM OF RAIN...WHICH WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES. DURING THIS EVENING...THE RAIN WILL BE CHANGING TO SNOW AS COLDER AIR ARRIVES...BUT ONLY 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED. $$ NYZ032-033-042-081900- /O.CON.KALY.WS.W.0007.000000T0000Z-080309T0900Z/ NORTHERN HERKIMER-HAMILTON-NORTHERN WARREN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATWELL...BIG MOOSE...EAGLE BAY... MCKEEVER...NOBLEBORO...NORTHWOOD...OLD FORGE...SPECULATOR... WARRENSBURG 352 AM EST SAT MAR 8 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EDT SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EDT SUNDAY FOR THE SOUTHERN AND WESTERN ADIRONDACKS. ONE TO THREE INCHES OF SNOW FELL OVER THE SOUTHERN AND WESTERN ADIRONDACKS LAST NIGHT. THE SNOW ENDED DURING THE NIGHT...AND THERE WILL BE A LULL IN THE PRECIPITATION UNTIL ANOTHER LARGE AREA OF PRECIPITATION RETURNS LATER THIS MORNING AND THIS AFTERNOON. THIS PRECIPITATION WILL BE IN THE FORM OF SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN...WITH SOME PLACES GETTING JUST RAIN DURING THE AFTERNOON. UP TO AN INCH OF ADDITIONAL SNOW AND SLEET WILL FALL TODAY...WITH UP TO A THIRD OF AN INCH OF ICING POSSIBLE. AS COLDER AIR RETURNS TO THE REGION THIS EVENING...THE MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL QUICKLY CHANGE BACK TO ALL SNOW. BY THE TIME THE SNOW ENDS LATE TONIGHT...TOTAL SNOWFALL FOR THIS STORM WILL REACH 4 TO 12 INCHES. POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE WARNING AREA DUE TO THE SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS AND THE STRONG GUSTY WINDS THAT WILL OCCUR SATURDAY NIGHT. THE WINTRY MIX WILL BE THE RESULT OF A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM THAT WILL MOVE FROM THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS EARLY THIS MORNING TO NEAR BINGHAMTON BY THIS EVENING...AND THEN TO NORTHERN MAINE BY SUNDAY MORNING. 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. $$ NYZ038-082-081900- /O.EXT.KALY.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-080309T0900Z/ SOUTHERN HERKIMER-NORTHERN FULTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ILION...HERKIMER...LITTLE FALLS... MOHAWK...FRANKFORT...DOLGEVILLE...NORTHVILLE...MAYFIELD 352 AM EST SAT MAR 8 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EDT SUNDAY... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EDT SUNDAY FOR SOUTHERN HERKIMER AND SOUTHERN FULTON COUNTIES. THERE WILL BE A LULL IN THE PRECIPITATION ACROSS THIS REGION EARLY THIS MORNING...THEN ANOTHER LARGE AREA OF PRECIPITATION WILL RETURN LATER THIS MORNING AND THIS AFTERNOON. THIS PRECIPITATION WILL BE IN THE FORM OF SLEET...FREEZING RAIN...AND RAIN...WITH MANY LOCATIONS CHANGING TO ALL RAIN DURING THE AFTERNOON. THERE WILL BE LITTLE SLEET ACCUMULATION TODAY...BUT UP TO TENTH OF AN INCH OF ICING IS POSSIBLE. AS COLDER AIR RETURNS TO THE REGION THIS EVENING...THE RAIN OR MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL QUICKLY CHANGE TO ALL SNOW...WITH 3 TO 5 INCHES OF ACCUMULATION. THE WINTRY WEATHER WILL BE THE RESULT OF A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM THAT WILL MOVE FROM THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS EARLY THIS MORNING TO NEAR BINGHAMTON BY THIS EVENING...AND THEN TO NORTHERN MAINE BY SUNDAY MORNING. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$
000 WWUS41 KALY 081555 WSWALY URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 1055 AM EST SAT MAR 8 2008 NYZ032-033-042-082215- /O.CON.KALY.WS.W.0007.000000T0000Z-080309T0900Z/ NORTHERN HERKIMER-HAMILTON-NORTHERN WARREN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATWELL...BIG MOOSE...EAGLE BAY... MCKEEVER...NOBLEBORO...NORTHWOOD...OLD FORGE...SPECULATOR... WARRENSBURG 1055 AM EST SAT MAR 8 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EDT SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EDT SUNDAY FOR THE SOUTHERN AND WESTERN ADIRONDACKS. SLIGHTLY WARMER AIR HAS ALLOWED SURFACE TEMPERATURES TO RISE SLIGHTLY ABOVE THE FREEZING MARK LATE THIS MORNING...RESULTING IN PLAIN RAIN. HOWEVER...COLDER AIR WILL SETTLE SOUTHWARD AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON...RESULTING IN PRECIPITATION CHANGING TO FREEZING RAIN AND SOME SLEET. THIS WILL PRODUCE ADDITIONAL ICE BUILDUP OF ONE THIRD TO ONE HALF OF AN INCH ON COLDER...EXPOSED OBJECTS...PARTICULARLY TREES. AS EVEN COLDER AIR RETURNS TO THE REGION THIS EVENING...THE MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL QUICKLY CHANGE BACK TO ALL SNOW. BY THE TIME THE SNOW ENDS LATE TONIGHT...TOTAL SNOWFALL FOR THIS STORM WILL REACH 4 TO 12 INCHES. POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE WARNING AREA DUE TO THE SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS AND THE STRONG GUSTY WINDS THAT WILL OCCUR SATURDAY NIGHT. THE WINTRY MIX WILL BE THE RESULT OF A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM THAT WILL MOVE FROM THE CENTRAL APPALACHIANS TO NEAR BINGHAMTON BY THIS EVENING...AND THEN TO NORTHERN MAINE BY SUNDAY MORNING. 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. $$ NYZ038-082-082215- /O.CON.KALY.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-080309T0900Z/ SOUTHERN HERKIMER-NORTHERN FULTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ILION...HERKIMER...LITTLE FALLS... MOHAWK...FRANKFORT...DOLGEVILLE...NORTHVILLE...MAYFIELD 1055 AM EST SAT MAR 8 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EDT SUNDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EDT SUNDAY FOR SOUTHERN HERKIMER AND NORTHERN FULTON COUNTIES.. SLIGHTLY WARMER AIR HAS ALLOWED SURFACE TEMPERATURES TO RISE SLIGHTLY ABOVE THE FREEZING MARK LATE THIS MORNING...RESULTING IN PLAIN RAIN. HOWEVER...COLDER AIR WILL SETTLE SOUTHWARD AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON...RESULTING IN PRECIPITATION CHANGING TO FREEZING RAIN AND SOME SLEET. THIS WILL PRODUCE ADDITIONAL ICE BUILDUP OF ONE TENTH TO ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH ON COLDER...EXPOSED OBJECTS... PARTICULARLY TREES. AS EVEN COLDER AIR RETURNS TO THE REGION THIS EVENING...THE RAIN OR MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL QUICKLY CHANGE TO ALL SNOW...WITH 3 TO 5 INCHES OF ACCUMULATION EXPECTED. THE WINTRY MIX WILL BE THE RESULT OF A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM THAT WILL MOVE FROM THE CENTRAL APPALACHIANS TO NEAR BINGHAMTON BY THIS EVENING...AND THEN TO NORTHERN MAINE BY SUNDAY MORNING. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$
000 WWUS41 KALY 082017 WSWALY URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 317 PM EST SAT MAR 8 2008 NYZ032-033-042-090530- /O.CON.KALY.WS.W.0007.000000T0000Z-080309T0900Z/ NORTHERN HERKIMER-HAMILTON-NORTHERN WARREN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATWELL...BIG MOOSE...EAGLE BAY... MCKEEVER...NOBLEBORO...NORTHWOOD...OLD FORGE...SPECULATOR... WARRENSBURG 317 PM EST SAT MAR 8 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EDT SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EDT SUNDAY FOR THE ADIRONDACK PARK. A WINTRY MIX OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET...AND EVEN PLAIN RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS THE WARNING AREA THROUGH THE EARLY AFTERNOON. AS COLDER AIR WORKS IN BY EVENING...ALL PRECIPITATION WILL TRANSITION TO SNOW...WHICH COULD HEAVY AT TIMES. BY THE TIME THE SNOW ENDS LATE TONIGHT...TOTAL SNOWFALL FOR THIS STORM WILL REACH 4 TO 12 INCHES. POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE WARNING AREA DUE TO THE SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS AND THE STRONG GUSTY WINDS THAT WILL OCCUR SATURDAY NIGHT. THE WINTRY MIX WILL BE THE RESULT OF A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM THAT WILL MOVE FROM EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA TO NEAR BINGHAMTON BY THIS EVENING...AND THEN TO NORTHERN MAINE BY SUNDAY MORNING. 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. $$ NYZ039>041-043-047-048-050-051-083-084-VTZ013>015-090530- /O.EXA.KALY.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-080309T0900Z/ SOUTHERN FULTON-MONTGOMERY-NORTHERN SARATOGA-NORTHERN WASHINGTON- SCHOHARIE-WESTERN SCHENECTADY-SOUTHERN SARATOGA-WESTERN ALBANY- SOUTHEAST WARREN-SOUTHERN WASHINGTON-BENNINGTON-WESTERN WINDHAM- EASTERN WINDHAM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GLOVERSVILLE...JOHNSTOWN...AMSTERDAM... WELLSVILLE...SARATOGA SPRINGS...WHITEHALL...GRANVILLE... COBLESKILL...MIDDLEBURGH...DELANSON...ESPERANCE...DUANESBURG... BALLSTON SPA...MECHANICVILLE...WATERFORD...ALTAMONT... GLENS FALLS...WEST GLENS FALLS...HUDSON FALLS...FORT EDWARD... CAMBRIDGE...GREENWICH...BENNINGTON...JACKSONVILLE...NEWFANE... BRATTLEBORO...WEST BRATTLEBORO...BELLOWS FALLS 317 PM EST SAT MAR 8 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EDT SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EDT SUNDAY FOR THE EASTERN MOHAWK VALLEY..LAKE GEORGE SARATOGA REGION AND SOUTHERN VERMONT. COLDER AIR HAS MOVED BACK INTO THIS REGION. TEMPERATURES HAVE DROPPED TO OR BELOW THE FREEZING MARK. AS RAIN TURNS TO FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET...SURFACES WILL COME INCREASINGLY SLICK. ALSO...ICE WILL ACCUMULATE ON POWER LINES AND TREES...WITH A TENTH TO A QUARTER OF AN INCH EXPECTED. LATER THIS EVENING...THIS WINTRY MIX WILL CHANGE TO SNOW AND COULD ACCUMULATE 2 TO 5 INCHES. THE COMBINATION OF ICE AND SNOW COULD RESULT IN SOME DOWN LIMBS AND POWER LINES...PERHAPS PRODUCING SOME SPOTTY POWER OUTAGES. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ NYZ038-082-090530- /O.CON.KALY.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-080309T0900Z/ SOUTHERN HERKIMER-NORTHERN FULTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ILION...HERKIMER...LITTLE FALLS... MOHAWK...FRANKFORT...DOLGEVILLE...NORTHVILLE...MAYFIELD 317 PM EST SAT MAR 8 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EDT SUNDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EDT SUNDAY FOR THE CENTRAL MOHAWK VALLEY...INCLUDING NORTHERN FULTON COUNTY. COLDER AIR HAS MOVED BACK INTO THIS REGION. TEMPERATURES HAVE DROPPED TO OR BELOW THE FREEZING MARK. AS RAIN TURNS TO FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET...SURFACES WILL COME INCREASINGLY SLICK. ALSO..ICE WILL ACCUMULATE ON POWER LINES AND TREES...UP TO A QUARTER OF AN INCH. LATER THIS EVENING...THIS WINTRY MIX WILL CHANGE TO SNOW AND COULD ACCUMULATE 3 TO 5 INCHES. THE COMBINATION OF ICE AND SNOW COULD RESULT IN SOME DOWN LIMBS AND POWER LINES...PERHAPS PRODUCING SOME SPOTTY 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. $$
000 WWUS41 KALY 090357 WSWALY URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 1057 PM EST SAT MAR 8 2008 NYZ038>041-043-047-048-050-051-082>084-VTZ013>015-090500- /O.CAN.KALY.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-080309T0900Z/ SOUTHERN HERKIMER-SOUTHERN FULTON-MONTGOMERY-NORTHERN SARATOGA- NORTHERN WASHINGTON-SCHOHARIE-WESTERN SCHENECTADY- SOUTHERN SARATOGA-WESTERN ALBANY-NORTHERN FULTON-SOUTHEAST WARREN- SOUTHERN WASHINGTON-BENNINGTON-WESTERN WINDHAM-EASTERN WINDHAM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ILION...HERKIMER...LITTLE FALLS... MOHAWK...FRANKFORT...DOLGEVILLE...GLOVERSVILLE...JOHNSTOWN... AMSTERDAM...WELLSVILLE...SARATOGA SPRINGS...WHITEHALL... GRANVILLE...COBLESKILL...MIDDLEBURGH...DELANSON...ESPERANCE... DUANESBURG...BALLSTON SPA...MECHANICVILLE...WATERFORD... ALTAMONT...NORTHVILLE...MAYFIELD...GLENS FALLS... WEST GLENS FALLS...HUDSON FALLS...FORT EDWARD...CAMBRIDGE... GREENWICH...BENNINGTON...JACKSONVILLE...NEWFANE...BRATTLEBORO... WEST BRATTLEBORO...BELLOWS FALLS 1057 PM EST SAT MAR 8 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY THE MOHAWK VALLEY...SCHOHARIE VALLEY...HELDERBERGS...SARATOGA...SOUTHEAST WARREN AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES AND SOUTHERN VERMONT. ANY LINGERING RAIN WILL CHANGE TO SNOW WITH ONLY LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS EXPECTED. $$ NYZ032-033-042-090900- /O.CON.KALY.WS.W.0007.000000T0000Z-080309T0900Z/ NORTHERN HERKIMER-HAMILTON-NORTHERN WARREN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATWELL...BIG MOOSE...EAGLE BAY... MCKEEVER...NOBLEBORO...NORTHWOOD...OLD FORGE...SPECULATOR... WARRENSBURG 1057 PM EST SAT MAR 8 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EDT SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EDT SUNDAY FOR THE SOUTHERN ADIRONDACKS. PRECIPITATION HAS CHANGED TO SNOW ACROSS THE SOUTHERN ADIRONDACKS SATURDAY EVENING. ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE EXPECTED OVERNIGHT. AS THE LOW RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ALL SNOW...SLEET...FREEZING RAIN AND RAIN MOVES OFF TO OUR NORTH AND EAST OVERNIGHT WESTERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE AND BECOME VERY STRONG AND GUSTY...POSSIBLY LEADING TO SOME POWER OUTAGES. $$
000 WWUS41 KALY 090906 WSWALY URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 506 AM EDT SUN MAR 9 2008 NYZ032-033-042-091015- /O.EXP.KALY.WS.W.0007.000000T0000Z-080309T0900Z/ NORTHERN HERKIMER-HAMILTON-NORTHERN WARREN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATWELL...BIG MOOSE...EAGLE BAY... MCKEEVER...NOBLEBORO...NORTHWOOD...OLD FORGE...SPECULATOR... WARRENSBURG 506 AM EDT SUN MAR 9 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING HAS EXPIRED... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTHERN ADIRONDACKS. SOME ADDITIONAL SNOW SHOWER ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED THIS MORNING...WITH LOCALIZED ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES...BUT THE WIDESPREAD HEAVY SNOW HAS ENDED. $$
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 Mar 7, 12:32 PM EST, 3 hours 44 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 7, 12:32 PM EST, 3 hours 44 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
1232 PM EST FRI MAR 7 2008
.SYNOPSIS...
ANOTHER SIGNIFICANT STORM SYSTEM EXPECTED TO IMPACT THE
REGION THIS WEEKEND. DEVELOPING LOW PRESSURE ACROSS THE GULF OF
MEXICO WILL BEGIN TO TRACK NORTHEAST TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY WITH
HEAVY PRECIPITATION EXPECTED. IN THE ADIRONDACKS AND PORTIONS OF
SOUTHERN VERMONT...A WINTRY MIXTURE OF SNOW...SLEET...FREEZING RAIN
AND PERHAPS A PERIOD OF RAIN IS EXPECTED. THE REMAINDER OF THE
REGION IS EXPECTED TO BE PRIMARILY RAIN. THIS TOO WILL POTENTIALLY
CAUSE FLOODING ONCE AGAIN WITH FLOOD WATCHES IN EFFECT. MUCH COLDER
AIR ARRIVES SATURDAY NIGHT WITH A PERIOD OF ACCUMULATING SNOW ALONG
AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 90. THEN HIGH PRESSURE RETURNS SUNDAY INTO
MONDAY.
&&
.NEAR TERM /THROUGH TODAY/...
AS OF 1120 AM...HAVE ADJUSTED MAX TEMPS UPWARD...AND SLOWED TIMING
OF POPS...AS REGIONAL RADARS DEPICT STEADY RAIN NOW JUST ENTERING
SOUTHERN VA. THERE HAVE BEEN SOME LIGHT SHOWERS DEVELOPING OFF NJ
COAST AND ADVECTING N...AND SOME OF THESE COULD REACH SE AREAS LATER
THIS AFTERNOON...SO HAVE INDICATED SLIGHT CHC POPS AFTER 19Z...WITH
CHC POPS AFTER 22Z.
AS FOR MAX TEMPS...HAVE ADJUSTED THEM UPWARD...WITH MANY VALLEY
LOCALES REACHING 45-50...WITH SOME LOWER 50S POSSIBLE ACROSS
PORTIONS OF SW VT...AND THE UPPER HUDSON VALLEY...WHERE DEVELOPING
DOWNSLOPING E/SE FLOW WILL AID IN FURTHER WARMING POTENTIAL.
AS FOR P-TYPE...GIVEN EXPECTED WARMER BOUNDARY LAYER TEMPS...MOST
AREAS SHOULD START AS RAIN...GENERALLY AFTER 5 PM. THE ONLY AREA
WHERE SOME WET SNOW/SLEET MAY OCCUR LATER THIS AFTERNOON WOULD BE
ACROSS THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF NORTH COUNTRY...AS LOWER WET BULBS
COULD SUPPORT ENOUGH COLUMN COOLING.
&&
.SHORT TERM /TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY/...
...ANOTHER SIGNIFICANT STORM TO TRACK UP ALONG THE EASTERN
SEABOARD TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY...
FIRST WAVE WILL IMPACT THE REGION TONIGHT. THIS IS A RESULT OF
IMPRESSIVE WARM ADVECTION AND ISENTROPIC LIFT ACROSS THE CWA.
SOUNDINGS ACROSS THE REGION REVEAL A VARIETY OF PRECIP TYPES WITH
MAINLY SNOW ACROSS THE DACKS AND THE MIXTURE EXTENDING ACROSS THE
MOHAWK VALLEY...LAKE GEORGE SARATOGA REGION...CATSKILLS AND
SOUTHERN CT. THIS MIXTURE MIGHT MAKE ITS WAY INTO THE CAPITAL
REGION AS THE RESULT OF DYNAMICAL COOLING AND SOME DISCONNECT IN
THE MOISTURE PROFILE FOR ICE NUCLEI. THIS INITIAL WAVE QUICKLY
MOVES INTO NEW ENGLAND AND GULF OF MAINE OVERNIGHT. THIS WILL
BRING ABOUT A LULL IN THE PRECIP ACROSS THE ENTIRE CWA AND WILL
LOWER POPS SOMEWHAT FOR THE OVERNIGHT HOURS /STILL 70% OR
GREATER/. TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN NEARLY STEADY AND/OR SLOWLY
RISE OVERNIGHT WITH THE COMBINATION OF WARMING THERMAL PROFILES
AND LATENT HEAT RELEASE PROCESSES. QPF AMOUNTS OVERNIGHT ARE
EXPECTED TO RANGE BETWEEN HALF AND THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH.
THE MAIN EVENT ARRIVES DURING THE DAY SATURDAY AS MAIN UPPER
SUPPORT LIFTS OUT OF THE GULF AND BEGINS TO TRACK NORTHEAST. 850MB
AND 700MB LOW ARE STILL WELL INLAND WITH THE LATEST SURFACE TRACK
FROM THE 00Z NCEP MODEL SUITE AND INTERNATIONAL GLOBAL MODELS
STILL TRACKING INLAND. CROSS SECTIONS AND POINT SOUNDINGS POINT
TOWARD A RATHER COMPLEX PRECIP TYPE PATTERN NORTH AND WEST OF THE
CAPITAL REGION. AS EXPECTED...WARMER AIR IN THE MID LEVELS
ADVANCES WELL NORTH AND WEST INTO THE DACKS WITH SNOW MIXING WITH
SLEET AND PERHAPS SOME FZRA /ALTHOUGH NOT THE MOST IDEAL FZRA
EVENT WITH LACK OF COLD SURFACE HIGH AND WEAK AGEOSTROPHIC LOW
FROM THE NORTH/. ENSEMBLE MEMBERS DO NOT OFFER MUCH HELP WITH
STILL A SIGNIFICANT SPREAD SEEN IN THE SREF AND MREF THIS MORNING
ALTHOUGH THE WINDOW IS SLOWLY CLOSING. PHASING AND CLOSING OF THE
UPPER FEATURES OCCURS DURING THE AFTERNOON WITH DEEPENING SURFACE
LOW TRACKING INLAND ACROSS NY...EAST OF I81. WARMER AIR CONTINUES
TO ADVANCE NORTH WITH MAINLY SLEET FOR THE DACKS AND RAIN MIXING
WITH SLEET FOR THE MOHAWK VALLEY...CAPITAL DISTRICT AND SOUTHERN
VT. PLUMES FROM THE SREF AND MREF FOR ALBANY STILL POINT TOWARD
1-2 INCHES OF RAIN WITH THE ADDITIONAL THREAT OF CONVECTIVE
POTENTIAL WHICH COULD ADD TO THE QPF. WITH THAT SAID AND PWATS A
GOOD 2-3 STANDARD DEVIATIONS ABOVE NORMAL...WILL EXPAND THE FLOOD
WATCH FOR MOST OF THE REGION. MORE ON THIS IN THE HYDROLOGY
SECTION BELOW. WITH STILL THE UNCERTAINTY WITH THE THERMAL
PROFILES AND NOT HIGH CONFIDENCE FOR WARNINGS...WILL LEAVE THE
WINTER STORM WATCH IN PLACE AT THIS TIME.
A RAPID DROP IN TEMPERATURES SATURDAY NIGHT WITH DEFORMATION/WRAP
AROUND MOISTURE IMPACTING THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE CWA WITH LIKELY
SOME ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL. IN ADDITION...WITH THE WET
GROUND...WILL NEED TO MONITOR THE QUICK FORMATION OF ICE ON
UNTREATED SURFACES.
WINDS WILL BECOME THE NEXT ISSUE...ESPECIALLY OVERNIGHT SATURDAY
INTO SUNDAY. WITH THE COLD ADVECTION AND QUICKLY CLIMBING MIXING
LAYER HEIGHTS...WE HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO TAP INTO 40+KT WINDS.
THIS WOULD SUPPORT WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA AND WILL MAKE A MENTION
IN THE HWO THIS MORNING.
&&
.LONG TERM /SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY/...
ON SUNDAY NIGHT...WINDS WILL SLACKEN AND WITH MOSTLY CLEAR
SKIES CONDITIONS WILL BE FAVORABLE FOR RADIATIONAL COOLING
WITH LOWS MONDAY MORNING FROM BELOW ZERO IN THE ADIRONDACKS
TO THE TEENS IN THE HUDSON VALLEY OF NEW YORK AND HOUSATONIC
VALLEY OF NEW ENGLAND. TEMPERATURES WILL REBOUND SOME ON
MONDAY AND A BIT MORE TUESDAY BUT WILL CONTINUE WELL BELOW
NORMAL. MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY A WEAK FRONTAL SYSTEM
WILL BRING ABOUT A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SNOW SHOWERS OVER OUR
NORTHWESTERN ZONES. THE REST OF THE AREA SHOULD REMAIN DRY.
ON THURSDAY...A CLIPPER TYPE LOW IS FORECAST TO PASS TO THE
NORTH OF THE FORECAST AREA...FOLLOWED BY ANOTHER LOW THAT
MOVES NORTH ALONG THE APPALACHIANS...RESULTING IN A PROLONGED
PERIOD OF UNSETTLED WEATHER WHICH WE WILL ADDRESS WITH CHANCE
POPS AT THIS POINT IN TIME.
&&
.AVIATION /18Z FRIDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/...
CLOUDS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE THROUGH THE AFTN AS A STRENGTHENING
STORM SYSTEM APPROACHES FROM THE SOUTH. THE CLOUD DECK WILL LOWER TO
5 KFT BY MID AFTN. BY 00Z RAIN WILL BEGIN TO MOVE ACROSS THE REGION
FROM SOUTH TO NORTH. STEADIER AND HEAVIER RAINFALL WILL MOVE ACROSS
THE REGION TOWARDS LATE EVENING. THIS WILL LOWER CIGS/VSBYS TO IFR
LEVELS. SOME SLEET MAY BEGIN TO MIX IN AT KGFL BY 04Z...AND KALB BY
06Z...BUT PRECIP SHOULD BE ALL RAIN AT KPOU. AS TEMPS DROP A FEW
DEGREES MORE AT KGFL...SOME FZRA WILL BE POSSIBLE THERE TOO BY LATE
NIGHT...ALTHOUGH SURFACE TEMPS SHOULD REMAIN JUST ENOUGH ABOVE
FREEZING TO KEEP FZRA FROM OCCURRING FROM KALB SOUTH. TOWARDS
DAYBREAK...THERE WILL BE A LULL IN THE PRECIPITATION...SO CIGS/VSBYS
MAY COME BACK TO MVFR LEVELS TEMPORARILY. ANOTHER SLUG OF
PRECIPITATION...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL MOVE IN BY MID-MORNING AND
CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTN SATURDAY. THIS WILL DROP CIGS/VSBYS BACK
DOWN TO IFR/LOCALLY LIFR LEVELS. AGAIN...THIS WILL BE MAINLY RAIN AT
KALB AND KPOU...ALTHOUGH SOME PL WILL MIX IN AROUND KGFL. WINDS WILL
GENERALLY BE LIGHT OUT OF THE NORTHEAST THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING...
ALTHOUGH THEY MAY STRENGTHEN FOR LATE ON SATURDAY INTO SATURDAY
NIGHT.
.OUTLOOK.
SUN...VFR/MVFR...SNOW SHOWERS POSSIBLE EARLY.
MON/TUE...VFR...NO SIGNIFICANT WX.
&&
.HYDROLOGY...
DRY WEATHER WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. FLOODING ALONG
THE HOUSATONIC RIVER IN CONNECTICUT WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH AND
MAY END...FOR THE TIME BEING...BY AFTERNOON. PRECIPITATION FROM
THE NEXT SYSTEM WILL START LATE THIS AFTERNOON OR EARLY THIS
EVENING...AND BECOME HEAVY TONIGHT AND SATURDAY...WITH A TOTAL
OF 1 TO 3 INCHES OF LIQUID WITH THE HEAVIER AMOUNTS SOUTH. THE
FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN EXPANDED NORTHWARD TO THE MOHAWK VALLEY...
THE LAKE GEORGE REGION...AND SOUTHERN VERMONT. OVER THE ADIRONDACKS
MUCH OF THE PRECIPITATION WILL BE FROZEN WHICH WILL NOT IMMEDIATELY
AFFECT THE RIVERS. THE SITUATION WILL BE MONITORED CLOSELY.
&&
.ALY WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
CT...FLOOD WATCH FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH LATE SATURDAY NIGHT FOR
CTZ001-013.
NY...FLOOD WATCH FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH LATE SATURDAY NIGHT FOR
NYZ039>041-043-047>054-058>061-063>066-083-084.
WINTER STORM WATCH FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING
FOR NYZ032-033-038-042-082.
MA...FLOOD WATCH FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH LATE SATURDAY NIGHT FOR
MAZ001-025.
VT...FLOOD WATCH FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH LATE SATURDAY NIGHT FOR
VTZ013>015.
&&
SYNOPSIS...BGM
NEAR TERM...KL
SHORT TERM...BGM
LONG TERM...RCK
AVIATION...FRUGIS
HYDROLOGY...RCK/BGMHazardous weather outlook, Mar 7, 4:38 AM EST, 11 hours 38 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 438 AM EST FRI MAR 7 2008 NYZ032-033-038-042-082-081200- NORTHERN HERKIMER-HAMILTON-SOUTHERN HERKIMER-NORTHERN WARREN- NORTHERN FULTON- 438 AM EST FRI MAR 7 2008 ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHERN ADIRONDACKS. .DAY ONE...TODAY 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...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY... PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. WINTER STORM WATCH SATURDAY. WESTERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY AND MAY APPROACH WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA. STAY TUNED FOR FURTHER UPDATES FROM YOUR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED TONIGHT AND INTO THE WEEKEND. NYZ039>041-043-047>054-058-059-083-084-VTZ013>015-081200- SOUTHERN FULTON-MONTGOMERY-NORTHERN SARATOGA-NORTHERN WASHINGTON- SCHOHARIE-WESTERN SCHENECTADY-EASTERN SCHENECTADY-SOUTHERN SARATOGA- WESTERN ALBANY-EASTERN ALBANY-WESTERN RENSSELAER-EASTERN RENSSELAER- WESTERN GREENE-EASTERN GREENE-SOUTHEAST WARREN-SOUTHERN WASHINGTON- BENNINGTON-WESTERN WINDHAM-EASTERN WINDHAM- 438 AM EST FRI MAR 7 2008 ...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH LATE SATURDAY NIGHT... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE CENTRAL MOHAWK VALLEY...HELDERBERGS...SCHOHARIE VALLEY...CENTRAL CATSKILLS...UPPER HUDSON VALLEY AND SOUTHERN VERMONT. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. FLOOD WATCH. A WINTRY MIXTURE OF SLEET AND POCKETS OF FREEZING RAIN ARE POSSIBLE TONIGHT. IF CONDITIONS DETERIORATE...A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MAY BE NEEDED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY... PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. FLOOD WATCH SATURDAY. WESTERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY AND MAY APPROACH WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA. STAY TUNED FOR FURTHER UPDATES FROM YOUR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED TONIGHT AND INTO THE WEEKEND. CTZ001-013-MAZ001-025-NYZ060-061-063>066-081200- NORTHERN LITCHFIELD-SOUTHERN LITCHFIELD-NORTHERN BERKSHIRE- SOUTHERN BERKSHIRE-WESTERN COLUMBIA-EASTERN COLUMBIA-WESTERN ULSTER- EASTERN ULSTER-WESTERN DUTCHESS-EASTERN DUTCHESS- 438 AM EST FRI MAR 7 2008 ...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH LATE SATURDAY NIGHT... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWESTERN CONNECTICUT...WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS AND MID HUDSON VALLEY. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. FLOOD WATCH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY... PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. FLOOD WATCH SATURDAY. WESTERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY AND MAY APPROACH WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA. STAY TUNED FOR FURTHER UPDATES FROM YOUR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED TONIGHT AND INTO THE WEEKEND. FOR THE LATEST UPDATES...PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBPAGE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/ALBANY
The office that day
Everything else NWS Albany, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 7, 4:16 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | ALY | Albany, Fulton, Herkimer, Montgomery, Saratoga, Schenectady and 3 more | 31 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.