Alert archive / New York / Winter Storm Warnings in 2008
Winter Storm Warning 8, NWS Albany, NY
NWS Albany, NY issued this winter storm warning at Mar 18, 2008, 4:50 PM EDT for 4 counties in New York; Windham County, Vermont. It took effect at Mar 18, 2008, 11:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 17 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
- Mar 18, 2008, 4:50 PM EDT (20:50 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 18, 2008, 11:00 PM EDT
- Expired
- Mar 19, 2008, 3:31 PM EDT
- In force
- 17 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Albany, NY
Counties Hamilton County, NY, Herkimer County, NY, Warren County, NY, Washington County, NY, Windham County, VT
The radar
The Albany radar (KENX), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:49 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 78 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
- 2330 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 66 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 30 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 68 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 182050 WSWALY URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 450 PM EDT TUE MAR 18 2008 NYZ042-043-083-VTZ014-015-190500- /O.UPG.KALY.WW.Y.0011.080319T0300Z-080319T1500Z/ /O.NEW.KALY.WS.W.0008.080319T0300Z-080319T2200Z/ NORTHERN WARREN-NORTHERN WASHINGTON-SOUTHEAST WARREN- WESTERN WINDHAM-EASTERN WINDHAM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WARRENSBURG...WHITEHALL...GRANVILLE... GLENS FALLS...WEST GLENS FALLS...JACKSONVILLE...NEWFANE... BRATTLEBORO...WEST BRATTLEBORO...BELLOWS FALLS 450 PM EDT TUE MAR 18 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM EDT WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM EDT WEDNESDAY FOR SOUTHERN VERMONT AND FOR PORTIONS OF THE UPPER HUDSON VALLEY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A MIX OF SNOW AND SLEET WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING...AND WILL PERSIST FOR SEVERAL HOURS OVERNIGHT. THE SNOW AND SLEET WILL THEN CHANGE TO FREEZING RAIN ACROSS HIGHER ELEVATIONS AROUND OR JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT...WITH A GRADUAL TRANSITION TO PLAIN RAIN EXPECTED TOWARD NOON WEDNESDAY. ACROSS THE LOWER ELEVATIONS...SOME POCKETS OF FREEZING RAIN COULD LINGER UNTIL EARLY AFTERNOON WEDNESDAY. SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO REACH 1 TO 3 INCHES ACROSS MUCH OF THE WARNING AREA...WITH SLIGHTLY HIGHER AMOUNTS OF UP TO 4 INCHES POSSIBLE. IN ADDITION...ICE ACCRETION FROM FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED TO REACH UP TO ONE HALF OF AN INCH. AS THIS STORM TRACKS NORTHWARD...WARMER AIR WILL CHANGE ALL OF THE PRECIPITATION TO RAIN DURING WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. THEN A SHARP COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION CHANGING THE PRECIPITATION BACK TO ALL SNOW WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND CONTINUE INTERMITTENTLY FOR THE REMAINDER OF THIS WEEK. 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. $$ NYZ032-033-190500- /O.UPG.KALY.WW.Y.0011.080319T0300Z-080319T1500Z/ /O.NEW.KALY.WS.W.0008.080319T0300Z-080321T1000Z/ NORTHERN HERKIMER-HAMILTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATWELL...BIG MOOSE...EAGLE BAY... MCKEEVER...NOBLEBORO...NORTHWOOD...OLD FORGE...SPECULATOR 450 PM EDT TUE MAR 18 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM EDT FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM EDT FRIDAY FOR NORTHERN HERKIMER COUNTY AND HAMILTON COUNTY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A MIX OF SNOW AND SLEET WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING...AND WILL PERSIST FOR SEVERAL HOURS OVERNIGHT. THE SNOW AND SLEET WILL THEN CHANGE TO FREEZING RAIN ACROSS HIGHER ELEVATIONS AROUND OR JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT...WITH A GRADUAL TRANSITION TO PLAIN RAIN EXPECTED TOWARD NOON WEDNESDAY. ACROSS THE LOWER ELEVATIONS...SOME POCKETS OF FREEZING RAIN COULD LINGER UNTIL EARLY AFTERNOON WEDNESDAY. SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO REACH 1 TO 3 INCHES ACROSS MUCH OF THE WARNING AREA...WITH SLIGHTLY HIGHER AMOUNTS OF UP TO 4 INCHES POSSIBLE. IN ADDITION...ICE ACCRETION FROM FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED TO REACH UP TO ONE HALF OF AN INCH. AS THIS STORM TRACKS NORTHWARD...WARMER AIR WILL CHANGE ALL OF THE PRECIPITATION TO RAIN DURING WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. THEN A SHARP COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION CHANGING THE PRECIPITATION BACK TO ALL SNOW WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND CONTINUE INTERMITTENTLY FOR THE REMAINDER OF THIS WEEK. SEVERAL ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED...HENCE...THE WINTER STORM WARNING THAT CONTINUES THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ CTZ001-013-MAZ001-025-NYZ049>054-058>061-063>066-190500- /O.EXA.KALY.WW.Y.0011.080319T0300Z-080319T1500Z/ NORTHERN LITCHFIELD-SOUTHERN LITCHFIELD-NORTHERN BERKSHIRE- SOUTHERN BERKSHIRE-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...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 450 PM EDT TUE MAR 18 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 AM EDT WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 AM EDT WEDNESDAY FOR THE CAPITAL REGION...MID HUDSON VALLEY...CATSKILLS...NORTHWEST CONNECTICUT AND THE BERKSHIRES OF MASSACHUSETTS. A MIX OF SNOW AND SLEET WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING...AND WILL PERSIST FOR SEVERAL HOURS OVERNIGHT. THE SNOW AND SLEET WILL THEN CHANGE TO FREEZING RAIN ACROSS HIGHER ELEVATIONS AROUND OR JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT...WITH A GRADUAL TRANSITION TO PLAIN RAIN EXPECTED TOWARD DAYBREAK. IN PROTECTED VALLEY LOCATIONS...SOME POCKETS OF FREEZING RAIN COULD LINGER UNTIL MID MORNING ON WEDNESDAY. SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO REACH 1 TO 3 INCHES ACROSS MUCH OF THE ADVISORY AREA...WITH SLIGHTLY HIGHER AMOUNTS OF UP TO 4 INCHES POSSIBLE ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE CATSKILLS. IN ADDITION...ICE ACCRETION FROM FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED TO REACH UP TO ONE TENTH OF AN INCH. THE WINTRY MIX WILL BE THE RESULT OF A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM... WHICH WILL TRACK NORTHEAST FROM THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY INTO THE OHIO VALLEY TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY. A WARM FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH THIS SYSTEM WILL APPROACH FROM THE SOUTHWEST LATE TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...TRIGGERING THE WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION. 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>041-047-048-082-084-VTZ013-190500- /O.CON.KALY.WW.Y.0011.080319T0300Z-080319T1500Z/ SOUTHERN HERKIMER-SOUTHERN FULTON-MONTGOMERY-NORTHERN SARATOGA- SCHOHARIE-WESTERN SCHENECTADY-NORTHERN FULTON-SOUTHERN WASHINGTON- BENNINGTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ILION...HERKIMER...LITTLE FALLS... MOHAWK...FRANKFORT...DOLGEVILLE...GLOVERSVILLE...JOHNSTOWN... AMSTERDAM...WELLSVILLE...SARATOGA SPRINGS...COBLESKILL... MIDDLEBURGH...DELANSON...ESPERANCE...DUANESBURG...NORTHVILLE... MAYFIELD...HUDSON FALLS...FORT EDWARD...CAMBRIDGE...GREENWICH... BENNINGTON 450 PM EDT TUE MAR 18 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 AM EDT WEDNESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 AM EDT WEDNESDAY FOR THE WESTERN MOHAWK VALLEY...SARATOGA REGION...SCHOHARIE VALLEY AND BENNINGTON COUNTY OF SOUTHERN VERMONT. A MIX OF SNOW AND SLEET WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING...AND WILL PERSIST FOR SEVERAL HOURS OVERNIGHT. THE SNOW AND SLEET WILL THEN CHANGE TO FREEZING RAIN ACROSS HIGHER ELEVATIONS AROUND OR JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT...WITH A GRADUAL TRANSITION TO PLAIN RAIN EXPECTED TOWARD DAYBREAK. ACROSS THE LOWER ELEVATIONS...SOME POCKETS OF FREEZING RAIN COULD LINGER UNTIL MID MORNING ON WEDNESDAY. SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO REACH 1 TO 3 INCHES ACROSS MUCH OF THE ADVISORY AREA...WITH SLIGHTLY HIGHER AMOUNTS OF UP TO 4 INCHES POSSIBLE ACROSS HIGHER ELEVATIONS. IN ADDITION...ICE ACCRETION FROM FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED TO REACH UP TO ONE TENTH OF AN INCH. THE WINTRY MIX WILL BE THE RESULT OF A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM... WHICH WILL TRACK NORTHEAST FROM THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY INTO THE OHIO VALLEY TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY. A WARM FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH THIS SYSTEM WILL APPROACH FROM THE SOUTHWEST LATE TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...TRIGGERING THE WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION. 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. $$ FOR THE LATEST UPDATES...PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBPAGE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/ALBANY
6 follow-up statements
000 WWUS41 KALY 190141 WSWALY URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 941 PM EDT TUE MAR 18 2008 NYZ042-043-083-VTZ014-015-191000- /O.CON.KALY.WS.W.0008.080319T0300Z-080319T2200Z/ NORTHERN WARREN-NORTHERN WASHINGTON-SOUTHEAST WARREN- WESTERN WINDHAM-EASTERN WINDHAM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WARRENSBURG...WHITEHALL...GRANVILLE... GLENS FALLS...WEST GLENS FALLS...JACKSONVILLE...NEWFANE... BRATTLEBORO...WEST BRATTLEBORO...BELLOWS FALLS 941 PM EDT TUE MAR 18 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EDT WEDNESDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EDT WEDNESDAY FOR WARREN...WINDHAM AND NORTHERN WASHINGTON COUNTIES. SNOW WILL BECOME STEADIER OVERNIGHT AND MIX WITH SLEET AFTER MIDNIGHT AND EVENTUALLY FREEZING RAIN EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN ARE EXPECTED WEDNESDAY MORNING WITH A GRADUAL TRANSITION TO PLAIN RAIN EXPECTED BY EARLY AFTERNOON. SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH OF THE WARNING AREA...WITH SLIGHTLY HIGHER AMOUNTS OF UP TO 4 INCHES POSSIBLE. IN ADDITION...ICE ACCRETION UP TO ONE HALF OF AN INCH IS POSSIBLE. THE WINTRY MIX WILL BE THE RESULT OF A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WHICH WILL TRACK NORTHEAST FROM THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY INTO THE OHIO VALLEY OVERNIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY. A WARM FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH THIS SYSTEM WILL APPROACH FROM THE SOUTHWEST LATE TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...TRIGGERING THE WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION. THE LOW WILL MOVE ACROSS NEW YORK STATE WEDNESDAY EVENING AND MOVE TO NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND 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. $$ NYZ032-033-191000- /O.CON.KALY.WS.W.0008.080319T0300Z-080321T1000Z/ NORTHERN HERKIMER-HAMILTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATWELL...BIG MOOSE...EAGLE BAY... MCKEEVER...NOBLEBORO...NORTHWOOD...OLD FORGE...SPECULATOR 941 PM EDT TUE MAR 18 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EDT FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EDT FRIDAY FOR HAMILTON AND NORTHERN HERKIMER COUNTY. SNOW WILL BECOME STEADIER OVERNIGHT AND MIX WITH SLEET AFTER MIDNIGHT AND EVENTUALLY FREEZING RAIN EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN ARE EXPECTED WEDNESDAY MORNING WITH A GRADUAL TRANSITION TO PLAIN RAIN EXPECTED BY MID AFTERNOON. SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH OF THE WARNING AREA. IN ADDITION...ICE ACCRETION UP TO ONE HALF OF AN INCH IS POSSIBLE. THE WINTRY MIX WILL BE THE RESULT OF A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WHICH WILL TRACK NORTHEAST FROM THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY INTO THE OHIO VALLEY OVERNIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY. A WARM FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH THIS SYSTEM WILL APPROACH FROM THE SOUTHWEST LATE TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...TRIGGERING THE WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION. THE LOW WILL MOVE ACROSS NEW YORK STATE WEDNESDAY EVENING AND MOVE TO NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND THURSDAY. SNOW ON THE BACKSIDE OF THE LOW WILL IMPACT THE WESTERN ADIRONDACKS INTO THURSDAY NIGHT RESULTING IN ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ CTZ001-013-MAZ001-025-NYZ038>041-047>054-058>061-063>066-082-084- VTZ013-191000- /O.CON.KALY.WW.Y.0011.080319T0300Z-080319T1500Z/ NORTHERN LITCHFIELD-SOUTHERN LITCHFIELD-NORTHERN BERKSHIRE- SOUTHERN BERKSHIRE-SOUTHERN HERKIMER-SOUTHERN FULTON-MONTGOMERY- NORTHERN SARATOGA-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- NORTHERN FULTON-SOUTHERN WASHINGTON-BENNINGTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TORRINGTON...OAKVILLE...NEW MILFORD... TERRYVILLE...PITTSFIELD...NORTH ADAMS...GREAT BARRINGTON...LEE... LENOX...HOUSATONIC...ILION...HERKIMER...LITTLE FALLS...MOHAWK... FRANKFORT...DOLGEVILLE...GLOVERSVILLE...JOHNSTOWN...AMSTERDAM... WELLSVILLE...SARATOGA SPRINGS...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... NORTHVILLE...MAYFIELD...HUDSON FALLS...FORT EDWARD...CAMBRIDGE... GREENWICH...BENNINGTON 941 PM EDT TUE MAR 18 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM EDT WEDNESDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM EDT WEDNESDAY CAPITAL DISTRICT EASTWARD INTO BENNINGTON...MOHAWK VALLEY...EASTERN CATSKILLS...MID HUDSON VALLEY...BERKSHIRES AND LITCHFIELD COUNTY. PRECIPITATION WILL BECOME STEADIER OVERNIGHT AND WITH THE SNOW AND OR RAIN MIXING WITH SLEET AFTER MIDNIGHT AND EVENTUALLY FREEZING RAIN LATE TONIGHT INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN ARE EXPECTED EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING WITH A TRANSITION TO PLAIN RAIN EXPECTED BY MID TO LATE MORNING. SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH OF THE ADVISORY AREA...WITH SLIGHTLY HIGHER AMOUNTS OF UP TO 4 INCHES POSSIBLE ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE EASTERN CATSKILLS. IN ADDITION...ICE ACCRETION UP TO TENTH OF AN INCH IS POSSIBLE. THE WINTRY MIX WILL BE THE RESULT OF A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WHICH WILL TRACK NORTHEAST FROM THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY INTO THE OHIO VALLEY OVERNIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY. A WARM FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH THIS SYSTEM WILL APPROACH FROM THE SOUTHWEST LATE TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...TRIGGERING THE WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION. 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. $$
000 WWUS41 KALY 190829 WSWALY URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 429 AM EDT WED MAR 19 2008 NYZ052-053-059-060-064-065-190930- /O.CAN.KALY.WW.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-080319T1500Z/ EASTERN ALBANY-WESTERN RENSSELAER-EASTERN GREENE-WESTERN COLUMBIA- EASTERN ULSTER-WESTERN DUTCHESS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALBANY...TROY...CATSKILL...COXSACKIE... ATHENS...CAIRO...JEFFERSON HEIGHTS...HUDSON...KINGSTON... NEW PALTZ...POUGHKEEPSIE...BEACON...ARLINGTON 429 AM EDT WED MAR 19 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR THE IMMEDIATE CAPITAL DISTRICT...AND THE MID HUDSON VALLEY REGION. TEMPERATURES ACROSS THIS REGION HAVE REMAINED ABOVE FREEZING...AND SHOULD REMAIN SO THROUGH THIS MORNING. THEREFORE...ONLY PLAIN RAIN IS EXPECTED...AND THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$ NYZ042-043-083-VTZ014-015-192100- /O.CON.KALY.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-080319T2200Z/ NORTHERN WARREN-NORTHERN WASHINGTON-SOUTHEAST WARREN- WESTERN WINDHAM-EASTERN WINDHAM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WARRENSBURG...WHITEHALL...GRANVILLE... GLENS FALLS...WEST GLENS FALLS...JACKSONVILLE...NEWFANE... BRATTLEBORO...WEST BRATTLEBORO...BELLOWS FALLS 429 AM EDT WED MAR 19 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON FOR WARREN...WINDHAM AND NORTHERN WASHINGTON COUNTIES. FREEZING RAIN...POSSIBLY MIXED WITH SOME SLEET AT TIMES...WILL PERSIST ACROSS THE WARNING AREA THROUGH THIS MORNING. THE PRECIPITATION WILL GRADUALLY CHANGE TO RAIN ACROSS LOWER ELEVATIONS LATER THIS MORNING...AND ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS BY MID AFTERNOON. ADDITIONAL ICE ACCRETION OF ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF OF AN INCH IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE WARNING AREA BY THIS AFTERNOON...WITH THE GREATEST AMOUNTS EXPECTED FOR HIGHER ELEVATIONS...MAINLY ABOVE 1000 FEET. WITHIN THESE HIGHER ELEVATIONS...THE WEIGHT OF ICE BUILDUP ON TREE LIMBS COULD LEAD TO SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES. THE WINTRY MIX WILL BE THE RESULT OF A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WHICH WILL TRACK NORTHEAST FROM THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY INTO THE OHIO VALLEY TODAY. A WARM FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH THIS SYSTEM WILL APPROACH FROM THE SOUTHWEST TODAY...TRIGGERING THE WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION. THE LOW WILL MOVE ACROSS NEW YORK STATE WEDNESDAY EVENING AND MOVE TO NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND 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. $$ NYZ032-033-192100- /O.CON.KALY.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-080321T1000Z/ NORTHERN HERKIMER-HAMILTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATWELL...BIG MOOSE...EAGLE BAY... MCKEEVER...NOBLEBORO...NORTHWOOD...OLD FORGE...SPECULATOR 429 AM EDT WED MAR 19 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EDT FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EDT FRIDAY HAMILTON AND NORTHERN HERKIMER COUNTY. A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE WARNING AREA THIS MORNING...BEFORE GRADUALLY CHANGING TO PLAIN RAIN THIS AFTERNOON. ADDITIONAL ICE BUILDUP OF ONE QUARTER...TO ONE HALF INCH IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE WARNING AREA...MAINLY FOR HIGHER ELEVATIONS ABOVE 1500 FEET. THIS ICE BUILDUP COULD LEAD TO SCATTERED DOWNED TREE LIMBS AND POWER OUTAGES. THE PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE TO PLAIN RAIN THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY TONIGHT. HOWEVER...AS COLDER AIR SEEPS SOUTHEAST LATER TONIGHT...THE PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE TO SNOW. SNOW MAY FALL HEAVY AT TIMES LATER TONIGHT...WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERAL INCHES OF ACCUMULATION BY THURSDAY MORNING. AS COLD...MOIST AIR ASCENDS THE HIGHER TERRAIN...FREQUENT SNOW SHOWERS AND EMBEDDED HEAVIER BANDS OF SNOW WILL PERSIST FOR THURSDAY INTO THURSDAY NIGHT. TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE WARNING AREA BY THE TIME THE SNOW TAPERS OFF FRIDAY MORNING. THE SNOW...COMBINED WITH STRONG WINDS...MAY PRODUCE NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES THURSDAY INTO THURSDAY NIGHT. THE WINTRY MIX WILL BE THE RESULT OF A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WHICH WILL TRACK NORTHEAST FROM THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY INTO THE OHIO VALLEY TODAY. A WARM FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH THIS SYSTEM WILL APPROACH FROM THE SOUTHWEST THROUGH TODAY...TRIGGERING THE WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION. THE LOW WILL MOVE ACROSS NEW YORK STATE WEDNESDAY EVENING AND MOVE TO NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND THURSDAY. SNOW ON THE BACKSIDE OF THE LOW WILL IMPACT THE WESTERN ADIRONDACKS INTO THURSDAY NIGHT RESULTING IN ADDITIONAL SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS. 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. $$ CTZ001-013-MAZ001-025-NYZ038>041-047>051-054-058-061-063-066-082- 084-VTZ013-191500- /O.CON.KALY.WW.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-080319T1500Z/ NORTHERN LITCHFIELD-SOUTHERN LITCHFIELD-NORTHERN BERKSHIRE- SOUTHERN BERKSHIRE-SOUTHERN HERKIMER-SOUTHERN FULTON-MONTGOMERY- NORTHERN SARATOGA-SCHOHARIE-WESTERN SCHENECTADY- EASTERN SCHENECTADY-SOUTHERN SARATOGA-WESTERN ALBANY- EASTERN RENSSELAER-WESTERN GREENE-EASTERN COLUMBIA-WESTERN ULSTER- EASTERN DUTCHESS-NORTHERN FULTON-SOUTHERN WASHINGTON-BENNINGTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TORRINGTON...OAKVILLE...NEW MILFORD... TERRYVILLE...PITTSFIELD...NORTH ADAMS...GREAT BARRINGTON...LEE... LENOX...HOUSATONIC...ILION...HERKIMER...LITTLE FALLS...MOHAWK... FRANKFORT...DOLGEVILLE...GLOVERSVILLE...JOHNSTOWN...AMSTERDAM... WELLSVILLE...SARATOGA SPRINGS...COBLESKILL...MIDDLEBURGH... DELANSON...ESPERANCE...DUANESBURG...SCHENECTADY...ROTTERDAM... BALLSTON SPA...MECHANICVILLE...WATERFORD...ALTAMONT... HOOSICK FALLS...HUNTER...TANNERSVILLE...WINDHAM...CHATHAM... SUNDOWN...ELLENVILLE...WOODSTOCK...WEST HURLEY...KERHONKSON... NAPANOCH...PHOENICIA...PAWLING...DOVER PLAINS...MILLBROOK... PINE PLAINS...AMENIA...MILLERTON...NORTHVILLE...MAYFIELD... HUDSON FALLS...FORT EDWARD...CAMBRIDGE...GREENWICH...BENNINGTON 429 AM EDT WED MAR 19 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM EDT THIS MORNING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM EDT THIS MORNING FOR THE NORTHERN AND WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE CAPITAL REGION...BENNINGTON COUNTY...MOHAWK VALLEY...EASTERN CATSKILLS...MID HUDSON VALLEY...BERKSHIRES AND LITCHFIELD COUNTY. FREEZING RAIN WILL PERSIST ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA THROUGH THIS MORNING. ACROSS LOWER ELEVATIONS...THE PRECIPITATION SHOULD CHANGE TO PLAIN RAIN SHORTLY AFTER SUNRISE. HOWEVER...ACROSS HIGHER ELEVATIONS ABOVE 1000 FEET...THE FREEZING RAIN WILL LIKELY PERSIST UNTIL MID MORNING. ICE ACCRETION FROM FREEZING RAIN WILL REACH UP TO ONE TENTH OF AN INCH...MAINLY FOR THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. THE WINTRY MIX WILL BE THE RESULT OF A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WHICH WILL TRACK NORTHEAST FROM THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY INTO THE OHIO VALLEY TODAY. A WARM FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH THIS SYSTEM WILL APPROACH FROM THE SOUTHWEST TODAY...TRIGGERING THE WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION. THE LOW WILL MOVE ACROSS NEW YORK STATE WEDNESDAY EVENING AND MOVE TO NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND 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. $$ KL
000 WWUS41 KALY 191342 WSWALY URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 942 AM EDT WED MAR 19 2008 CTZ001-013-MAZ025-NYZ038>041-047>051-054-058-061-063-066-084- 191445- /O.CAN.KALY.WW.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-080319T1500Z/ NORTHERN LITCHFIELD-SOUTHERN LITCHFIELD-SOUTHERN BERKSHIRE- SOUTHERN HERKIMER-SOUTHERN FULTON-MONTGOMERY-NORTHERN SARATOGA- SCHOHARIE-WESTERN SCHENECTADY-EASTERN SCHENECTADY- SOUTHERN SARATOGA-WESTERN ALBANY-EASTERN RENSSELAER- WESTERN GREENE-EASTERN COLUMBIA-WESTERN ULSTER-EASTERN DUTCHESS- SOUTHERN WASHINGTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TORRINGTON...OAKVILLE...NEW MILFORD... TERRYVILLE...GREAT BARRINGTON...LEE...LENOX...HOUSATONIC... ILION...HERKIMER...LITTLE FALLS...MOHAWK...FRANKFORT... DOLGEVILLE...GLOVERSVILLE...JOHNSTOWN...AMSTERDAM...WELLSVILLE... SARATOGA SPRINGS...COBLESKILL...MIDDLEBURGH...DELANSON... ESPERANCE...DUANESBURG...SCHENECTADY...ROTTERDAM...BALLSTON SPA... MECHANICVILLE...WATERFORD...ALTAMONT...HOOSICK FALLS...HUNTER... TANNERSVILLE...WINDHAM...CHATHAM...SUNDOWN...ELLENVILLE... WOODSTOCK...WEST HURLEY...KERHONKSON...NAPANOCH...PHOENICIA... PAWLING...DOVER PLAINS...MILLBROOK...PINE PLAINS...AMENIA... MILLERTON...HUDSON FALLS...FORT EDWARD...CAMBRIDGE...GREENWICH 942 AM EDT WED MAR 19 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR THE NORTHERN AND WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE CAPITAL REGION...MOHAWK VALLEY...SARATOGA REGION...EASTERN CATSKILLS...TACONICS...SOUTHERN BERKSHIRES AND LITCHFIELD COUNTY. THE PRECIPITATION HAS TRANSITIONED MAINLY TO RAIN...AS TEMPERATURES HAVE RISEN ABOVE 32 DEGREES. A FEW POCKETS OF FREEZING RAIN MAY PERSIST OVER THE TERRAIN GREATER THAN 1500 FEET PRIOR TO NOONTIME...AND ALSO NORTH AND WEST OF THE CAPITAL DISTRICT. $$ NYZ042-043-083-VTZ014-015-192200- /O.CON.KALY.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-080319T2200Z/ NORTHERN WARREN-NORTHERN WASHINGTON-SOUTHEAST WARREN- WESTERN WINDHAM-EASTERN WINDHAM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WARRENSBURG...WHITEHALL...GRANVILLE... GLENS FALLS...WEST GLENS FALLS...JACKSONVILLE...NEWFANE... BRATTLEBORO...WEST BRATTLEBORO...BELLOWS FALLS 942 AM EDT WED MAR 19 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON FOR WARREN...WINDHAM...AND NORTHERN WASHINGTON COUNTIES. FREEZING RAIN...POSSIBLY MIXED WITH SOME SLEET AT TIMES...WILL PERSIST ACROSS THE WARNING AREA THROUGH THIS MORNING. THE PRECIPITATION WILL GRADUALLY CHANGE TO RAIN ACROSS LOWER ELEVATIONS LATER THIS MORNING...AND ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS BY MID AFTERNOON. ADDITIONAL ICE ACCRETION OF ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF OF AN INCH IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE WARNING AREA BY THIS AFTERNOON...WITH THE GREATEST AMOUNTS EXPECTED FOR HIGHER ELEVATIONS...MAINLY ABOVE 1000 FEET. WITHIN THESE HIGHER ELEVATIONS...THE WEIGHT OF ICE BUILDUP ON TREE LIMBS COULD LEAD TO SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES. THE WINTRY MIX WILL BE THE RESULT OF A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WHICH WILL TRACK NORTHEAST FROM THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY INTO THE OHIO VALLEY TODAY. A WARM FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH THIS SYSTEM WILL APPROACH FROM THE SOUTHWEST TODAY...TRIGGERING THE WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION. THE LOW WILL MOVE ACROSS NEW YORK STATE WEDNESDAY EVENING AND MOVE TO NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND 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. $$ NYZ032-033-192200- /O.CON.KALY.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-080321T1000Z/ NORTHERN HERKIMER-HAMILTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATWELL...BIG MOOSE...EAGLE BAY... MCKEEVER...NOBLEBORO...NORTHWOOD...OLD FORGE...SPECULATOR 942 AM EDT WED MAR 19 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EDT FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EDT FRIDAY FOR NORTHERN HERKIMER AND HAMILTON COUNTIES... A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE WARNING AREA THIS MORNING...BEFORE GRADUALLY CHANGING TO PLAIN RAIN THIS AFTERNOON. ADDITIONAL ICE BUILDUP OF ONE QUARTER...TO ONE HALF INCH IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE WARNING AREA...MAINLY FOR HIGHER ELEVATIONS ABOVE 1500 FEET. THIS ICE BUILDUP COULD LEAD TO SCATTERED DOWNED TREE LIMBS AND POWER OUTAGES. THE PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE TO PLAIN RAIN THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY TONIGHT. HOWEVER...AS COLDER AIR MOVES SOUTHEAST LATER TONIGHT...THE PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE TO SNOW. SNOW MAY FALL HEAVY AT TIMES LATER TONIGHT...WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERAL INCHES OF ACCUMULATION BY THURSDAY MORNING. AS COLD...MOIST AIR ASCENDS THE HIGHER TERRAIN...FREQUENT SNOW SHOWERS AND EMBEDDED HEAVIER BANDS OF SNOW WILL PERSIST FOR THURSDAY INTO THURSDAY NIGHT. TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE WARNING AREA BY THE TIME THE SNOW TAPERS OFF FRIDAY MORNING. THE SNOW...COMBINED WITH STRONG WINDS...MAY PRODUCE NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES THURSDAY NIGHT. THE WINTRY MIX WILL BE THE RESULT OF A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WHICH WILL TRACK NORTHEAST FROM THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY INTO THE OHIO VALLEY TODAY. A WARM FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH THIS SYSTEM WILL APPROACH FROM THE SOUTHWEST THROUGH TODAY...TRIGGERING THE WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION. THE LOW WILL MOVE ACROSS NEW YORK STATE WEDNESDAY EVENING AND MOVE TO NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND THURSDAY. SNOW ON THE BACKSIDE OF THE LOW WILL IMPACT THE WESTERN ADIRONDACKS INTO THURSDAY NIGHT RESULTING IN ADDITIONAL SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS. 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-NYZ082-VTZ013-191500- /O.CON.KALY.WW.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-080319T1500Z/ NORTHERN BERKSHIRE-NORTHERN FULTON-BENNINGTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PITTSFIELD...NORTH ADAMS...NORTHVILLE... MAYFIELD...BENNINGTON 942 AM EDT WED MAR 19 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM EDT THIS MORNING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM EDT THIS MORNING NORTHERN FULTON...NORTHERN BERKSHIRE AND BENNINGTON COUNTIES... FREEZING RAIN POSSIBLY MIXED WITH SLEET WILL PERSIST ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA THROUGH THIS MORNING. ACROSS LOWER ELEVATIONS...THE PRECIPITATION WILL CONTINUE AS RAIN WHERE TEMPERATURES HAVE WARMED ABOVE FREEZING. HOWEVER...ACROSS HIGHER ELEVATIONS ABOVE 1000 FEET...THE FREEZING RAIN WILL LIKELY PERSIST UNTIL THE LATE MORNING. ICE ACCRETION FROM FREEZING RAIN WILL REACH UP TO ONE TO TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH...MAINLY FOR THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. THE WINTRY MIX WILL BE THE RESULT OF A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WHICH WILL TRACK NORTHEAST FROM THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY INTO THE OHIO VALLEY TODAY. A WARM FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH THIS SYSTEM WILL APPROACH FROM THE SOUTHWEST TODAY...TRIGGERING THE WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION. THE LOW WILL MOVE ACROSS NEW YORK STATE WEDNESDAY EVENING AND MOVE TO NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND 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. $$
000 WWUS41 KALY 191522 WSWALY URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 1122 AM EDT WED MAR 19 2008 NYZ043-083-191630- /O.CAN.KALY.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-080319T2200Z/ NORTHERN WASHINGTON-SOUTHEAST WARREN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WHITEHALL...GRANVILLE...GLENS FALLS... WEST GLENS FALLS 1122 AM EDT WED MAR 19 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. TEMPERATURES HAVE RISEN ABOVE FREEZING IN THE MANY LOCATIONS OF NORTHERN WASHINGTON AND SOUTHEASTERN WARREN COUNTIES. A FEW POCKETS OF FREEZING RAIN MAY PERSIST A FEW MORE HOURS...BEFORE A TRANSITION TO RAIN. $$ MAZ001-NYZ082-VTZ013-191630- /O.EXP.KALY.WW.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-080319T1500Z/ NORTHERN BERKSHIRE-NORTHERN FULTON-BENNINGTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PITTSFIELD...NORTH ADAMS...NORTHVILLE... MAYFIELD...BENNINGTON 1122 AM EDT WED MAR 19 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN BERKSHIRE...NORTHERN FULTON...AND BENNINGTON COUNTIES... TEMPERATURES HAVE RISEN ABOVE FREEZING IN MOST OF THESE AREAS. A FEW POCKETS OF FREEZING RAIN OR SLEET MAY PERSIST INTO THE EARLY AFTERNOON FOR ELEVATIONS GREATER THAN 1500 FEET IN THE NORTHERN BERKSHIRES AND FOOTHILLS OF THE ADIRONDACKS. $$ NYZ042-VTZ014-015-192200- /O.CON.KALY.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-080319T2200Z/ NORTHERN WARREN-WESTERN WINDHAM-EASTERN WINDHAM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WARRENSBURG...JACKSONVILLE...NEWFANE... BRATTLEBORO...WEST BRATTLEBORO...BELLOWS FALLS 1122 AM EDT WED MAR 19 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON NORTHERN WARREN...AND WINDHAM COUNTIES... FREEZING RAIN...POSSIBLY MIXED WITH SOME SLEET AT TIMES...WILL PERSIST ACROSS THE WARNING AREA INTO THE AFTERNOON. THE PRECIPITATION WILL GRADUALLY CHANGE TO RAIN IN THE VALLEYS...AND THEN ACROSS THE HIGHER TERRAIN LATER THIS AFTERNOON. ADDITIONAL ICE ACCRETION UP TO A THIRD OF AN INCH IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE WARNING AREA BY THIS AFTERNOON...WITH THE GREATEST AMOUNTS EXPECTED FOR HIGHER ELEVATIONS...MAINLY ABOVE 1000 FEET. WITHIN THESE HIGHER ELEVATIONS...THE WEIGHT OF ICE BUILDUP ON TREE LIMBS COULD LEAD TO SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES. THE WINTRY MIX WILL BE THE RESULT OF A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WHICH WILL TRACK NORTHEAST FROM THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY INTO THE OHIO VALLEY TODAY. A WARM FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH THIS SYSTEM WILL APPROACH FROM THE SOUTHWEST TODAY...TRIGGERING THE WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION. THE LOW WILL MOVE ACROSS NEW YORK STATE WEDNESDAY EVENING AND MOVE TO NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND THURSDAY. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ NYZ032-033-192300- /O.CON.KALY.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-080321T1000Z/ NORTHERN HERKIMER-HAMILTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATWELL...BIG MOOSE...EAGLE BAY... MCKEEVER...NOBLEBORO...NORTHWOOD...OLD FORGE...SPECULATOR 1122 AM EDT WED MAR 19 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EDT FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EDT FRIDAY FOR NORTHERN HERKIMER AND HAMILTON COUNTIES... A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE WARNING AREA EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...BEFORE GRADUALLY CHANGING TO PLAIN RAIN LATE THIS AFTERNOON. ADDITIONAL ICE BUILDUP UP TO A THIRD OF AN INCH IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE WARNING AREA...MAINLY FOR HIGHER ELEVATIONS ABOVE 1500 FEET. THIS ICE BUILDUP COULD LEAD TO SCATTERED DOWNED TREE LIMBS AND POWER OUTAGES. THE PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE TO PLAIN RAIN LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY TONIGHT. HOWEVER...AS COLDER AIR MOVES SOUTHEAST LATER TONIGHT...THE PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE TO SNOW. SNOW MAY FALL HEAVY AT TIMES LATER TONIGHT...WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERAL INCHES OF ACCUMULATION BY THURSDAY MORNING. AS COLD...MOIST AIR ASCENDS THE HIGHER TERRAIN...FREQUENT SNOW SHOWERS AND EMBEDDED HEAVIER BANDS OF SNOW WILL PERSIST FOR THURSDAY INTO THURSDAY NIGHT. TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE WARNING AREA BY THE TIME THE SNOW TAPERS OFF FRIDAY MORNING. THE SNOW...COMBINED WITH STRONG WINDS...MAY PRODUCE NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES THURSDAY NIGHT. THE WINTRY MIX WILL BE THE RESULT OF A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WHICH WILL TRACK NORTHEAST FROM THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY INTO THE OHIO VALLEY TODAY. A WARM FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH THIS SYSTEM WILL APPROACH FROM THE SOUTHWEST THROUGH TODAY...TRIGGERING THE WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION. THE LOW WILL MOVE ACROSS NEW YORK STATE WEDNESDAY EVENING AND MOVE TO NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND THURSDAY. SNOW ON THE BACKSIDE OF THE LOW WILL IMPACT THE WESTERN ADIRONDACKS INTO THURSDAY NIGHT RESULTING IN ADDITIONAL SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS. 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. $$
000 WWUS41 KALY 191701 WSWALY URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 101 PM EDT WED MAR 19 2008 NYZ042-VTZ014-015-192200- /O.CON.KALY.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-080319T2200Z/ NORTHERN WARREN-WESTERN WINDHAM-EASTERN WINDHAM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WARRENSBURG...JACKSONVILLE...NEWFANE... BRATTLEBORO...WEST BRATTLEBORO...BELLOWS FALLS 101 PM EDT WED MAR 19 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON FOR NORTHERN WARREN AND WINDHAM COUNTIES... FREEZING RAIN...POSSIBLY MIXED WITH SOME SLEET AT TIMES...WILL PERSIST ACROSS THE WARNING AREA EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. THE PRECIPITATION WILL GRADUALLY CHANGE TO RAIN IN THE VALLEYS...AND THEN ACROSS THE HIGHER TERRAIN BY THE MID TO LATE AFTERNOON. ADDITIONAL ICE ACCRETION UP TO A THIRD OF AN INCH IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE WARNING AREA THIS AFTERNOON...WITH THE GREATEST AMOUNTS EXPECTED FOR HIGHER ELEVATIONS...MAINLY ABOVE 1000 FEET. WITHIN THESE HIGHER ELEVATIONS...THE WEIGHT OF ICE BUILDUP ON TREE LIMBS COULD LEAD TO SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES. THE WINTRY MIX WILL BE THE RESULT OF A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WHICH WILL TRACK NORTHEAST FROM THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY INTO THE OHIO VALLEY THIS AFTERNOON. THE LOW WILL MOVE ACROSS NEW YORK STATE WEDNESDAY EVENING AND MOVE TO NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND THURSDAY. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ NYZ032-033-192200- /O.CON.KALY.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-080321T1000Z/ NORTHERN HERKIMER-HAMILTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATWELL...BIG MOOSE...EAGLE BAY... MCKEEVER...NOBLEBORO...NORTHWOOD...OLD FORGE...SPECULATOR 101 PM EDT WED MAR 19 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EDT FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EDT FRIDAY FOR NORTHERN HERKIMER AND HAMILTON COUNTIES... A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET...AND RAIN WILL CHANGE TO ALL RAIN LATE THIS AFTERNOON. ADDITIONAL ICE BUILDUP UP TO A THIRD OF AN INCH IS EXPECTED IN SOME LOCATIONS ACROSS THE WARNING AREA...MAINLY FOR HIGHER ELEVATIONS ABOVE 1500 FEET. THIS ICE BUILDUP COULD LEAD TO SCATTERED DOWNED TREE LIMBS AND POWER OUTAGES. HOWEVER...AS COLDER AIR MOVES SOUTHEAST LATER TONIGHT...THE PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE TO WET SNOW. THE SNOW MAY FALL HEAVY AT TIMES LATER TONIGHT...WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERAL INCHES OF ACCUMULATION BY THURSDAY MORNING. AS COLD...MOIST AIR ASCENDS THE HIGHER TERRAIN...FREQUENT SNOW SHOWERS AND EMBEDDED HEAVIER BANDS OF SNOW WILL PERSIST FOR THURSDAY INTO THURSDAY NIGHT. TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE WARNING AREA BY THE TIME THE SNOW TAPERS OFF FRIDAY MORNING. THE SNOW...COMBINED WITH STRONG WINDS...MAY PRODUCE NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES THURSDAY NIGHT. THE WINTRY MIX WILL BE THE RESULT OF A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WHICH WILL TRACK NORTHEAST FROM THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY INTO THE OHIO VALLEY TODAY. THE LOW WILL MOVE ACROSS NEW YORK STATE WEDNESDAY EVENING AND MOVE TO NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND THURSDAY. SNOW ON THE BACKSIDE OF THE LOW WILL IMPACT THE WESTERN ADIRONDACKS INTO THURSDAY NIGHT RESULTING IN ADDITIONAL SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS. 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. $$
000 WWUS41 KALY 191931 WSWALY URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 331 PM EDT WED MAR 19 2008 NYZ042-VTZ014-015-192045- /O.CAN.KALY.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-080319T2200Z/ NORTHERN WARREN-WESTERN WINDHAM-EASTERN WINDHAM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WARRENSBURG...JACKSONVILLE...NEWFANE... BRATTLEBORO...WEST BRATTLEBORO...BELLOWS FALLS 331 PM EDT WED MAR 19 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING FOR THE LAKE GEORGE REGION AND SOUTHERN VERMONT. FREEZING RAIN HAS ENDED OVER THE REGION. RAIN WILL BE THE DOMINANT PRECIPITATION TYPE TONIGHT. SNOW SHOWER ACTIVITY IS POSSIBLE AFTER MIDNIGHT...WITH UP TO AN INCH POSSIBLE. $$ NYZ032-033-192045- /O.CAN.KALY.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-080321T1000Z/ NORTHERN HERKIMER-HAMILTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATWELL...BIG MOOSE...EAGLE BAY... MCKEEVER...NOBLEBORO...NORTHWOOD...OLD FORGE...SPECULATOR 331 PM EDT WED MAR 19 2008 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING FOR THE ADIRONDACKS. FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW HAS ENDED OVER THE REGION. RAIN WILL BE THE DOMINANT PRECIPITATION TYPE TONIGHT. SNOW SHOWER ACTIVITY IS POSSIBLE AFTER MIDNIGHT...WITH UP TO AN INCH POSSIBLE. $$
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 18, 4:30 PM EDT, 20 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 18, 4:30 PM EDT, 20 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
430 PM EDT TUE MAR 18 2008
.SYNOPSIS...
A WARM FRONT OUT AHEAD OF A COMPLEX STORM SYSTEM WILL
LIFT TOWARDS THE REGION TONIGHT BRINGING A MIX OF RAIN AND WINTRY
PRECIPITATION. THE LOW PRESSURE AREA WILL APPROACH FOR
WEDNESDAY...TRANSITIONING MUCH OF THE AREA OVER TO A CHILLY RAIN.
SOME SNOW WILL FALL ON THE BACKSIDE OF THE SYSTEM FOR THURSDAY...
ESPECIALLY IN THE ADIRONDACKS...ALONG WITH BLUSTERY CONDITIONS.
&&
.NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 PM THIS EVENING/...
UNDERNEATH THE CANOPY OF THICKENING CLOUD COVER...TEMPERATURES
HAVE FINALLY MANAGED TO CLIMB INTO THE 40S FOR THE VALLEYS...30S
INTO THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS ABOVE 1000 FEET. WITH AN INCREASING
SOUTHERLY WIND THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON...WILL
EVENTUALLY GET THOSE UPSTREAM DEWPOINTS INTO THE MID AND UPPER 20S
TO ADVECT INTO EASTERN NY AND WESTERN NEW ENGLAND /ALBEIT IT WILL
BE A SLOW PROCESS/. AN ENHANCED AREA OF BANDED PRECIPITATION WAS
PROGRESSING ACROSS CENTRAL NY BUT FEEL THE AFOREMENTIONED DRIER
AIR WILL ONLY ALLOW VIRGA AND WILL KEEP POPS RATHER BELOW THROUGH
THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON.
&&
.SHORT TERM /6 PM THIS EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY/...
STILL A RATHER COMPLEX PATTERN AS BOUNDARY LAYER TEMPS WILL BE
CRITICAL FOR PRECIP TYPE CONCERNS. ON THE SYNOPTIC SCALE...UPPER
LEVEL FEATURES ACROSS TEXAS WILL BE THE MAIN CULPRIT HEADING INTO
THE SHORT TERM WITH DEEP TROPICAL MOISTURE CONNECTIONS STREAMING
NORTHWARD. INCREASING COLD ANTICYLONIC 300MB JET WAS IN PLACE
ACROSS THE STRAIGHTS OF MACKINAW INTO NEW ENGLAND. THIS WILL
LIKELY SET THE STAGE FOR THE COMPLEX WINTER TYPE PRECIP OVERNIGHT.
INITIALLY...FORECAST SOUNDINGS DO REVEAL MOST OF THE COLUMN WILL
BE COLD ENOUGH FOR MAINLY SNOW DUE TO WET BULB PROCESS. AS WARMER
AIR CONTINUES TO ADVANCE NORTH OVERNIGHT...A MIXTURE TOWARD SLEET
AND FREEZING RAIN WILL DEVELOP. THESE MIXTURES WILL BE MORE
PREVALENT ACROSS THE COMPLEX TERRAIN AS THE HUDSON VALLEY SHOULD
WARM UP RATHER QUICKLY LATE TONIGHT TO REDUCE THE WINTRY MIXTURE
ACCUMULATIONS. FOR THESE REASONS...WILL HOIST A WINTER WEATHER
ADVISORY FOR JUST ABOUT EVERYONE TONIGHT.
THE WARMER AIR CONTINUES TO ADVECT IN A RATHER ROBUST FASHION
THROUGH WEDNESDAY AS PWATS CLIMB IN EXCESS OF 1 INCH.
HOWEVER...LOCATIONS INTO THE DACKS...SOUTHERN VT AND PORTIONS OF
THE SARATOGA REGION MIGHT SEE THE COLD AIR LOCKED IN FOR A PERIOD
OF TIME WEDNESDAY MORNING. COMBINE THAT WITH RATHER HIGH QPF/S
COULD SPELL FOR AN ACCUMULATING FREEZING RAIN EVENT. FOR THAT
REASON...WILL HOIST A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR FZRA/PL MIXTURE
THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. HOWEVER...ALL LOCATIONS WILL TRANSITION
TO ALL RAIN BY THE AFTERNOON. WILL NEED TO MONITOR FOR A LINE OF
CONVECTION /PERHAPS SEVERE/ TO DEVELOP WITHIN THE WARM SECTOR
WEDNESDAY EVENING. SHOWALTER INDICIES ARE PROGED TO DROP AT OR
BELOW 0C WHICH SEEMS TO SPREAD INTO THE MID HUDSON VALLEY...NW
CT...AND THE BERKS. WIND FIELD IS IMPRESSIVE WITH AT OR GREATER
THAN 50 KNOTS WILL INCLUDE THE MENTION OF THUNDER AT THIS TIME.
HERE IS WHERE IT MAY BECOME RATHER COMPLEX AS WE WILL CONTINUE
WITH THE WINTER STORM WARNING ACROSS NORTHERN HERKIMER COUNTY AND
ALL OF HAMILTON COUNTY HEADING INTO THE LONG TERM PORTION. COLDER
AIR IS SET TO ARRIVE RATHER QUICKLY WEDNESDAY NIGHT AS THE
SURFACE LOW TRACKS NORTHEAST ACROSS THE WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE
CWA. A RATHER IMPRESSIVE REGION OF DEFORMATION IS FORECAST TO MOVE
ACROSS THE WESTERN MOHAWK VALLEY...DACKS...PORTIONS OF THE LAKE
GEORGE SARATOGA REGION AND SOUTHERN VT OVERNIGHT. A ROUND OF
ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED. FURTHERMORE...LAKE ENHANCEMENT
COULD ADD ADDITIONAL BOUNDARY LAYER MOISTURE AS LAKE INSTABILITY
INCREASES. THIS CONTINUES INTO THE DAY THURSDAY WITH DEFORMATION
WEAKENING YET FAVORABLE LAKE EFFECT CONDITIONS EVOLVE. HENCE THE
ELONGATED WINTER STORM WARNING FOR THOSE COUNTY LOCATIONS.
SO A TRANSITION BACK TO SNOW SHOWERS OVERNIGHT WEDNESDAY THROUGH
THURSDAY. THOSE WINDS WILL BE PROBLEMATIC THROUGH THURSDAY AS
ADDITIONAL HEADLINES ARE EXPECTED. MOMENTUM XFER AND MIXING LAYER
HEIGHTS SUGGEST WE HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO TAP INTO 50+ KNOTS. WILL
CONTINUE TO INCLUDE THIS HAZARD IN THE HWO.
&&
.LONG TERM /THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY/...
THU NT/FRI...COLD CYCLONIC FLOW WILL PROMOTE ABUNDANT CLOUDS AND
SNOW SHOWERS ACROSS THE NORTH COUNTRY AND SOUTHERN VT...ESP THU NT.
WRAP AROUND MOISTURE AND UPSLOPE FLOW ALONG WITH SOME LAKE
ENHANCEMENT IS POSSIBLE AND SNOWFALL TOTALS BY FRIDAY MORNING IN THE
WESTERN ADIRONDACKS EXPECTED TO BE 4 TO 8 INCHES WITH SOME 10 INCH
AMOUNTS NOT OUT OF THE QUESTION. THUS WE HAVE CONTINUED THE WINTER
STORM WARNING FOR THIS AREA THROUGH 6 AM FRIDAY. ELSEWHERE...
ADDITIONAL LIGHT TO MODERATE ACCUMS POSSIBLE. OTHERWISE...CONTINUED
WINDY AND COLD...WITH MINS GENERALLY IN THE TEENS AND 20S...AND FRI
MAXES MAINLY IN THE UPPER 20S TO MID 40S.
FRI NIGHT-SUN...A WEAK CLIPPER SYSTEM APPEARS TO PASS JUST SOUTH OF FA
...IN RESPONSE TO DEEP CLOSED MID/UPPER LEVEL LOW OVER CANADIAN
MARITIMES. LATEST 12Z GFS NOW BRINGS THIS SYSTEM FAR ENOUGH NORTH TO
IMPACT SOUTHERN PORTION OF FA WITH SOME SNOW ON SATURDAY. MAX TEMPS
MAINLY IN THE 20S TO LOWER 30S ACROSS THE HIGHER TERRAIN...AND 30S
TO 40S WITHIN THE VALLEYS. HOWEVER...PERSISTENT BRISK WINDS WILL
MAKE CONDITIONS FEEL EVEN COLDER.
SUN NIGHT-TUE...THIS MAYBE A VERY ACTIVE PERIOD AS YET ANOTHER
STORM IMPACTS THE REGION. BOTH GFS AND ECMWF SUGGEST THAT A
SIGNIFICANT EAST COAST STORM WILL IMPACT FA IN THE SUN NIGHT AND MON
NIGHT TIME FRAME. WHILE THIS IS STILL A LONG WAY OUT IN THE FUTURE
HAVE INCLUDED CHANCE POPS AT THIS TIME.
&&
.AVIATION /20Z TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/...
VFR CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH AT LEAST 00Z/WED...WITH
LOWERING CIGS AS OVC050 MOVE IN FROM THE WEST. LIGHT SHOWERS WILL
MOVE INTO KGFL/KALB AROUND 23Z/00Z. SOMEWHAT STEADIER PRECIP WILL
DEVELOP AT 01Z KPOU AND 02Z KGFL/KALB. THIS PRECIP WILL BE
ACCOMPANIED BY MVFR/IFR VSBYS AND CIGS. CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE TO
DETERIORATE WITH THE WORST CONDITIONS AS IFR AFTER SUNRISE 13Z/14Z
AT ALL TERMINALS.
AS FOR PRECIP AND P-TYPE...PRECIP WILL START AS A RAIN/SNOW MIX.
THEREAFTER...PRECIP SHOULD BECOME A RAIN/SLEET MIX...EXCEPT AT KGFL
WHERE A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET IS MORE LIKELY. PRECIP SHOULD
BECOME ALL RAIN BY 12Z/WED...EXCEPT AT KGFL WHERE FREEZING RAIN IS
EXPECTED TO LINGER.
WINDS STRONGEST AT KALB AND REMAIN SO THROUGHOUT THE NEXT 24HRS.
KGFL AND KPOU WIND SPEEDS INCREASING IN THE EVENING...STAYING BTWN
4-8KTS.
OUTLOOK...
WED-THU AM...MVFR/IFR. RAIN AND OR MIXED PCPN LIKELY.
THU PM...VFR/MVFR. SCT -SHRA/-SHSN...STRONG WINDS POSSIBLE.
FRI THRU SUN...VFR...NO SIG WX.
&&
.FIRE WEATHER...
A COMPLEX LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL LIFT NORTHEAST INTO THE OHIO
VALLEY TONIGHT PUSHING A WARM FRONT IN OUR DIRECTION. THE LOW
PRESSURE SYSTEM IS THEN EXPECTED TO TRACK EAST ACROSS PENNSYLVANIA
ON WEDNESDAY AND THEN LIFT NORTHEAST ACROSS SOUTHEAST NEW YORK AND
SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND WEDNESDAY NIGHT...BRINGING UNSETTLED WEATHER TO
THE REGION TUESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY.
THREE QUARTERS OF THE FA REMAINS SNOW COVERED WITH THE EASTERN
MOHAWK VALLEY...THE HUDSON VALLEY SOUTH OF SARATOGA
SPRINGS...PORTIONS OF THE SOUTHERN BERKSHIRES AND THE LITCHFIELD
HILLS BEING THE ONLY AREAS WITHOUT SNOW COVER.
RELATIVE HUMIDITY LEVELS WILL RISE TO 80 TO 100 PERCENT
TONIGHT...FALL TO 65 TO 80 PERCENT ON WEDNESDAY...RISE TO NEAR 100
PERCENT WEDNESDAY NIGHT...AND THEN FALL TO 35 TO 80 PERCENT ON
THURSDAY.
NO PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED UNTIL THIS EVENING...WHEN A MIX OF
LIGHT RAIN/SNOW/SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED...WITH A
TRANSITION TO MOSTLY RAIN ESPECIALLY ACROSS SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE
FA ON WEDNESDAY. THE RAIN WILL CHANGE BACK TO SNOW IN MOST AREAS
WEDNESDAY NIGHT...WITH A MIXTURE OF RAIN AND SNOW ON THURSDAY.
TRANSPORT WINDS WILL BE SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST AT 15 TO 25 MPH TONIGHT
AND WEDNESDAY...THEN SHIFT TO THE WEST AND NORTHWEST WEDNESDAY NIGHT
AND INCREASE TO 25 TO 40 MPH WITH NORTHWEST WINDS 30 TO 40 MPH WITH
GUSTS TO 50 ON THU.
&&
.HYDROLOGY...
ANOTHER SIGNIFICANT PRECIPITATION EVENT IS EXPECTED TONIGHT INTO WED
NIGHT. THE EVENT SHOULD CONSIST OF 2 MAXIMA...THE FIRST OCCURRING
AHEAD OF A WARM FRONT FOR TUE NT/EARLY WED...WHICH SHOULD INVOLVE
SOME FROZEN/MIXED P-TYPE. THE MORE SIGNIFICANT
PRECIPITATION...MAINLY IN THE FORM OF RAIN...IS EXPECTED WED
AFTERNOON THROUGH WED NT. CURRENT FORECASTS INDICATE THE POTENTIAL
FOR 1-2+ INCHES OF TOTAL QPF BY THU MORNING...ALTHOUGH CONFIDENCE IS
STILL SOMEWHAT LOW ON THE EXPECTED PLACEMENT OF THE MAXIMA WHICH
SEEMS TO CHANGE FROM ONE MODEL RUN TO THE NEXT. SINCE
RIVERS/STREAMS/CREEKS ARE ALREADY RUNNING ANOMALOUSLY HIGH DUE TO
THE ABUNDANCE OF ANTECEDENT RAINFALL...FLOODING CONCERNS EXIST
ACROSS MUCH OF THE HSA NOT ONLY FROM THE RAINFALL BUT SNOWMELT IN
THE MOUNTAINS AS WELL. THE MAIN AREAS OF CONCERN AT THIS POINT ARE
FROM THE MOHAWK RIVER TO THE SOUTHEAST CATSKILLS AND FROM THE
SOUTHWEST VERMONT AND THE HUDSON RIVER FROM SCHUYLERVILLE SOUTH AND
EAST THROUGH THE BERKSHIRES AND LITCHFIELD HILLS. ESPECIALLY
VULNERABLE WILL BE THE ESOPUS AND RONDOUT CREEKS AS WELL AS THE
HOUSATONIC BASIN SOUTH OF MASSACHUSETTS. ALSO SIGNIFICANT SNOWMELT
MAY OCCUR IN THE CATSKILLS...SOUTHWEST VERMONT AND THE BERKSHIRES
WHICH WOULD ADD ADDITIONAL RUNOFF TO THE SCHOHARIE CREEK...AS WELL
AS THE METTAWEE RIVER...BATTEN KILL AND HOOSIC RIVER AND MAY EVEN
PRODUCE SIGNIFICANT RISES ON THE HUDSON RIVER BETWEEN SCHUYLERVILLE
AND MECHANICVILLE. THERE IS ALSO A POSSIBILITY OF SOME CONVECTION ON
WED AFTERNOON AND WED EVENING ACROSS SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE HSA
WHICH WOULD ADD TO THE QPF AMOUNTS. AT THIS POINT WILL HOIST A FLOOD
WATCH FOR ALL OF THE AFOREMENTIONED AREAS FROM 18Z WEDNESDAY THROUGH
18Z THURSDAY.
WEDNESDAY NIGHT COLD AIR WILL CONTINUE TO FUNNEL BACK INTO THE AREA
AND CHANGE ANY LINGERING PCPN BACK TO SNOW ACROSS MOST OF FA BY
THURSDAY MORNING EXCEPT FOR FAR SOUTHEAST PORTIONS OF FA WHERE A
MIXTURE OF SNOW AND RAIN IS EXPECTED. QPF AMOUNTS ON THURSDAY INTO
THURSDAY NIGHT WILL GENERALLY BE A TENTH TO A QUARTER OF AN
INCH...EXCEPT OVER A QUARTER OF AN INCH ACROSS NORTHWEST PORTIONS OF
THE FA WHERE THE PCPN WILL BE SNOW.
PLEASE REFER TO OUR ADVANCED HYDROLOGIC PREDICTION SERIES /AHPS/
PAGES ON THE WEB FOR DETAILS AND UPDATES ON THE RIVERS.
&&
.ALY WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
CT...FLOOD WATCH FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY
AFTERNOON FOR CTZ001-013.
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 AM EDT
WEDNESDAY FOR CTZ001-013.
NY...FLOOD WATCH FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY
AFTERNOON FOR NYZ038>041-043-047>054-058>061-063>066-082-
084.
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 AM EDT
WEDNESDAY FOR NYZ038>041-047>054-058>061-063>066-082-084.
WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM EDT
WEDNESDAY FOR NYZ042-043-083.
WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM EDT
FRIDAY FOR NYZ032-033.
MA...FLOOD WATCH FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY
AFTERNOON FOR MAZ001-025.
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 AM EDT
WEDNESDAY FOR MAZ001-025.
VT...FLOOD WATCH FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY
AFTERNOON FOR VTZ013.
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 AM EDT
WEDNESDAY FOR VTZ013.
WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM EDT
WEDNESDAY FOR VTZ014-015.
&&
SYNOPSIS...FRUGIS
NEAR TERM...BGM
SHORT TERM...BGM
LONG TERM...11
AVIATION...KGS
FIRE WEATHER...11
HYDROLOGY...11
FOR THE LATEST UPDATES...PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBPAGE AT
WWW.WEATHER.GOV/ALBANYHazardous weather outlook, Mar 18, 4:25 AM EDT, 12 hours 25 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 425 AM EDT TUE MAR 18 2008 CTZ001-013-MAZ001-025-NYZ049>054-058>061-063>066-191100- NORTHERN LITCHFIELD-SOUTHERN LITCHFIELD-NORTHERN BERKSHIRE- SOUTHERN BERKSHIRE-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- 425 AM EDT TUE MAR 18 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWESTERN CONNECTICUT...WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS...THE EASTERN CATSKILLS...CAPITAL DISTRICT AND TACONICS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY SOME MINOR FLOODING MAY OCCUR IN THE HOUSATONIC RIVER VALLEY FROM THE MASSACHUSETTS STATE LINE SOUTH TO STEVENSON IN NORTHWEST CONNECTICUT WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON INTO THURSDAY. IF CONFIDENCE INCREASES A FLOOD WATCH MAY BE NECESSARY FOR THIS AREA. STRONG WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WITH GUSTS POSSIBLY AROUND 50 MPH MAY OCCUR ON THURSDAY...WHICH WOULD REQUIRE A WIND ADVISORY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. NYZ032-033-038>043-047-048-082>084-VTZ013>015-191100- NORTHERN HERKIMER-HAMILTON-SOUTHERN HERKIMER-SOUTHERN FULTON- MONTGOMERY-NORTHERN SARATOGA-NORTHERN WARREN-NORTHERN WASHINGTON- SCHOHARIE-WESTERN SCHENECTADY-NORTHERN FULTON-SOUTHEAST WARREN- SOUTHERN WASHINGTON-BENNINGTON-WESTERN WINDHAM-EASTERN WINDHAM- 425 AM EDT TUE MAR 18 2008 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 AM EDT WEDNESDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE WESTERN MOHAWK VALLEY...SOUTHERN ADIRONDACKS...LAKE GEORGE AND SARATOGA REGIONS...AND THE SOUTHERN GREEN MOUNTAINS OF 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. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. .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 WEATHER ADVISORY. STRONG WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WITH GUSTS POSSIBLY AROUND 50 MPH MAY OCCUR ON THURSDAY...WHICH WOULD REQUIRE A WIND ADVISORY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT 2 INCHES OR MORE OF SNOW OR ANY ICE ACCUMULATIONS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Albany, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 18, 3:22 AM EDT | Winter Weather Advisory | ALY | Albany, Columbia, Dutchess, Fulton, Greene, Hamilton and 9 more | 32 hr |
| Mar 18, 4:09 PM EDT | Flood Watch | ALY | Albany, Columbia, Dutchess, Fulton, Greene, Herkimer and 7 more | 37 hr |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.