Alert archive / New York / Winter Storm Watches in 2012
Winter Storm Watch 3, NWS Albany, NY
NWS Albany, NY issued this winter storm watch at Dec 24, 2012, 4:29 PM EST for 4 states. It took effect at Dec 26, 2012, 7:00 PM EST. It was in force for .
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 24, 2012, 4:29 PM EST (21:29 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 26, 2012, 7:00 PM EST
- Expired
- Dec 26, 2012, 4:31 AM EST
- In force
- Issued by
- NWS Albany, NY
Counties Northwest Hills Planning Region, CT, Berkshire County, MA, Albany County, NY, Columbia County, NY, Dutchess County, NY, Fulton County, NY, Greene County, NY, Hamilton County, NY, Herkimer County, NY, Montgomery County, NY, Rensselaer County, NY, Saratoga County, NY, Schenectady County, NY, Schoharie County, NY, Ulster County, NY, Warren County, NY, Washington County, NY, Bennington County, VT, Windham County, VT
The radar
The Albany radar (KENX), 24 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:35 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, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 7 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
- 940 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 66 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 27 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 67 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
434 WWUS41 KALY 242129 WSWALY URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 429 PM EST MON DEC 24 2012 CTZ001-013-NYZ063>066-250530- /O.NEW.KALY.WW.Y.0018.121225T0600Z-121225T1100Z/ /O.NEW.KALY.WS.A.0003.121227T0000Z-121228T0000Z/ NORTHERN LITCHFIELD-SOUTHERN LITCHFIELD-WESTERN ULSTER- EASTERN ULSTER-WESTERN DUTCHESS-EASTERN DUTCHESS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TORRINGTON...OAKVILLE...NEW MILFORD... TERRYVILLE...SUNDOWN...ELLENVILLE...WOODSTOCK...WEST HURLEY... KERHONKSON...NAPANOCH...PHOENICIA...KINGSTON...NEW PALTZ... POUGHKEEPSIE...BEACON...ARLINGTON...PAWLING...DOVER PLAINS... MILLBROOK...PINE PLAINS...AMENIA...MILLERTON 429 PM EST MON DEC 24 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 6 AM EST TUESDAY... ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR LIGHT SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 6 AM EST TUESDAY. A WINTER STORM WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS WINTER STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. * LOCATIONS...ULSTER AND DUTCHESS COUNTIES IN EASTERN NEW YORK AND LITCHFIELD COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN CONNECTICUT. * HAZARD TYPES...LIGHT SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN TONIGHT. MODERATE TO HEAVY AMOUNTS OF SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW TONIGHT. A MODERATE TO HEAVY ACCUMULATION OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...A TRACE TO A FEW HUNDREDTHS OF AN INCH OF ICE TONIGHT. MORE SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCRETION IS POSSIBLE ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY AS WELL. * TIMING...LIGHT SNOW WILL DEVELOP AROUND MIDNIGHT AND CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. SOME LIGHT FREEZING RAIN MAY MIX IN WITH THE SNOW BEFORE PRECIPITATION ENDS ON TUESDAY MORNING. A MORE SIGNIFICANT PRECIPITATION EVENT IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN ON WEDNESDAY EVENING AND CONTINUE INTO THE DAY ON THURSDAY. PRECIPITATION WILL BE HEAVIEST AFTER MIDNIGHT AND THROUGH THE MORNING COMMUTE ON THURSDAY. * IMPACTS...SNOW AND ICE ON UNTREATED ROADWAYS WILL MAKE FOR DIFFICULT AND HAZARDOUS TRAVEL TONIGHT. HEAVIER ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW AND ICE WILL MAKE FOR DANGEROUS TRAVEL ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 20S TONIGHT. TEMPERATURES WILL BE IN THE UPPER 20S TO LOW 30S WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ MAZ001-025-NYZ032-033-038>043-047>054-058>061-082>084-VTZ013>015- 250530- /O.NEW.KALY.WS.A.0003.121227T0000Z-121228T0000Z/ NORTHERN BERKSHIRE-SOUTHERN BERKSHIRE-NORTHERN HERKIMER-HAMILTON- SOUTHERN HERKIMER-SOUTHERN FULTON-MONTGOMERY-NORTHERN SARATOGA- NORTHERN WARREN-NORTHERN WASHINGTON-SCHOHARIE-WESTERN SCHENECTADY- EASTERN SCHENECTADY-SOUTHERN SARATOGA-WESTERN ALBANY- EASTERN ALBANY-WESTERN RENSSELAER-EASTERN RENSSELAER- WESTERN GREENE-EASTERN GREENE-WESTERN COLUMBIA-EASTERN COLUMBIA- NORTHERN FULTON-SOUTHEAST WARREN-SOUTHERN WASHINGTON-BENNINGTON- WESTERN WINDHAM-EASTERN WINDHAM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PITTSFIELD...NORTH ADAMS... GREAT BARRINGTON...LEE...LENOX...HOUSATONIC...ATWELL... BIG MOOSE...EAGLE BAY...MCKEEVER...NOBLEBORO...NORTHWOOD... OLD FORGE...SPECULATOR...ILION...HERKIMER...LITTLE FALLS... MOHAWK...FRANKFORT...DOLGEVILLE...GLOVERSVILLE...JOHNSTOWN... AMSTERDAM...WELLSVILLE...SARATOGA SPRINGS...WARRENSBURG... WHITEHALL...GRANVILLE...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...NORTHVILLE...MAYFIELD...GLENS FALLS... WEST GLENS FALLS...HUDSON FALLS...FORT EDWARD...CAMBRIDGE... GREENWICH...BENNINGTON...JACKSONVILLE...NEWFANE...BRATTLEBORO... WEST BRATTLEBORO...BELLOWS FALLS 429 PM EST MON DEC 24 2012 ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. * LOCATIONS...SOUTHERN AND WESTERN ADIRONDACKS...LAKE GEORGE SARATOGA REGION...MOHAWK AND SCHOHARIE VALLEYS...GREATER CAPITAL REGION...SOUTHERN VERMONT...BERKSHIRES...NORTHERN AND CENTRAL TACONICS...NORTHERN CATSKILLS...AND THE HUDSON VALLEY OF GREENE AND COLUMBIA COUNTIES. * HAZARD TYPES...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW. SOME MIXING WITH SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN IS POSSIBLE FOR AREAS TO THE SOUTH AND EAST OF THE CAPITAL REGION. * ACCUMULATIONS...A MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL IS POSSIBLE. * TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA BY WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND CONTINUE INTO THE DAY ON THURSDAY. SNOW WILL BE HEAVIEST AFTER MIDNIGHT AND THROUGH THE MORNING COMMUTE ON THURSDAY. SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN MAY MIX FOR AREAS SOUTH AND EAST OF THE CAPITAL REGION LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...SNOW AND ICE COVERED ROADWAYS WILL MAKE FOR DANGEROUS TRAVEL. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 20S. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$
6 follow-up statements
072 WWUS41 KALY 250328 WSWALY URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 1028 PM EST MON DEC 24 2012 CTZ001-013-NYZ063>066-251030- /O.CON.KALY.WW.Y.0018.121225T0600Z-121225T1100Z/ /O.CON.KALY.WS.A.0003.121227T0000Z-121228T0000Z/ NORTHERN LITCHFIELD-SOUTHERN LITCHFIELD-WESTERN ULSTER- EASTERN ULSTER-WESTERN DUTCHESS-EASTERN DUTCHESS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TORRINGTON...OAKVILLE...NEW MILFORD... TERRYVILLE...SUNDOWN...ELLENVILLE...WOODSTOCK...WEST HURLEY... KERHONKSON...NAPANOCH...PHOENICIA...KINGSTON...NEW PALTZ... POUGHKEEPSIE...BEACON...ARLINGTON...PAWLING...DOVER PLAINS... MILLBROOK...PINE PLAINS...AMENIA...MILLERTON 1028 PM EST MON DEC 24 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST TUESDAY... ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... * LOCATIONS...ULSTER AND DUTCHESS COUNTIES IN EASTERN NEW YORK AND LITCHFIELD COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN CONNECTICUT. * HAZARD TYPES...LIGHT SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN TONIGHT. MODERATE TO HEAVY AMOUNTS OF SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW TONIGHT. A MODERATE TO HEAVY ACCUMULATION OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...A TRACE TO A FEW HUNDREDTHS OF AN INCH OF ICE TONIGHT. MORE SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCRETION IS POSSIBLE ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY AS WELL. * TIMING...LIGHT SNOW WILL DEVELOP AROUND MIDNIGHT AND CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. SOME LIGHT FREEZING RAIN WILL MIX IN WITH THE SNOW BEFORE PRECIPITATION ENDS ON TUESDAY MORNING. A MORE SIGNIFICANT PRECIPITATION EVENT IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN ON WEDNESDAY EVENING AND CONTINUE INTO THE DAY ON THURSDAY. PRECIPITATION WILL BE HEAVIEST AFTER MIDNIGHT AND THROUGH THE MORNING COMMUTE ON THURSDAY. * IMPACTS...SNOW AND ICE ON UNTREATED ROADWAYS WILL MAKE FOR DIFFICULT AND HAZARDOUS TRAVEL TONIGHT. HEAVIER ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW AND ICE WILL MAKE FOR DANGEROUS TRAVEL ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 20S TONIGHT. TEMPERATURES WILL BE IN THE UPPER 20S TO LOW 30S WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ MAZ001-025-NYZ032-033-038>043-047>054-058>061-082>084-VTZ013>015- 251030- /O.CON.KALY.WS.A.0003.121227T0000Z-121228T0000Z/ NORTHERN BERKSHIRE-SOUTHERN BERKSHIRE-NORTHERN HERKIMER-HAMILTON- SOUTHERN HERKIMER-SOUTHERN FULTON-MONTGOMERY-NORTHERN SARATOGA- NORTHERN WARREN-NORTHERN WASHINGTON-SCHOHARIE-WESTERN SCHENECTADY- EASTERN SCHENECTADY-SOUTHERN SARATOGA-WESTERN ALBANY- EASTERN ALBANY-WESTERN RENSSELAER-EASTERN RENSSELAER- WESTERN GREENE-EASTERN GREENE-WESTERN COLUMBIA-EASTERN COLUMBIA- NORTHERN FULTON-SOUTHEAST WARREN-SOUTHERN WASHINGTON-BENNINGTON- WESTERN WINDHAM-EASTERN WINDHAM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PITTSFIELD...NORTH ADAMS... GREAT BARRINGTON...LEE...LENOX...HOUSATONIC...ATWELL... BIG MOOSE...EAGLE BAY...MCKEEVER...NOBLEBORO...NORTHWOOD... OLD FORGE...SPECULATOR...ILION...HERKIMER...LITTLE FALLS... MOHAWK...FRANKFORT...DOLGEVILLE...GLOVERSVILLE...JOHNSTOWN... AMSTERDAM...WELLSVILLE...SARATOGA SPRINGS...WARRENSBURG... WHITEHALL...GRANVILLE...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...NORTHVILLE...MAYFIELD...GLENS FALLS... WEST GLENS FALLS...HUDSON FALLS...FORT EDWARD...CAMBRIDGE... GREENWICH...BENNINGTON...JACKSONVILLE...NEWFANE...BRATTLEBORO... WEST BRATTLEBORO...BELLOWS FALLS 1028 PM EST MON DEC 24 2012 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... * LOCATIONS...SOUTHERN ADIRONDACKS...LAKE GEORGE SARATOGA REGION...MOHAWK AND SCHOHARIE VALLEYS...GREATER CAPITAL DISTRICT...SOUTHERN VERMONT...BERKSHIRES...NORTHERN AND CENTRAL TACONICS...NORTHERN AND CENTRAL CATSKILLS...AND THE HUDSON VALLEY OF GREENE AND COLUMBIA COUNTIES. * HAZARD TYPES...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW. SOME MIXING WITH SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN IS POSSIBLE FOR AREAS TO THE SOUTH AND EAST OF THE CAPITAL REGION. * ACCUMULATIONS...A MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL IS POSSIBLE. * TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA BY WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND CONTINUE INTO THE DAY ON THURSDAY. SNOW WILL BE HEAVIEST AFTER MIDNIGHT AND THROUGH THE MORNING COMMUTE ON THURSDAY. SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN MAY MIX FOR AREAS SOUTH AND EAST OF THE CAPITAL REGION LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...SNOW AND ICE COVERED ROADWAYS WILL MAKE FOR DANGEROUS TRAVEL. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 20S. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$
372 WWUS41 KALY 250901 WSWALY URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 401 AM EST TUE DEC 25 2012 CTZ001-013-NYZ063>066-251715- /O.CON.KALY.WW.Y.0018.000000T0000Z-121225T1100Z/ /O.CON.KALY.WS.A.0003.121227T0000Z-121228T0000Z/ NORTHERN LITCHFIELD-SOUTHERN LITCHFIELD-WESTERN ULSTER- EASTERN ULSTER-WESTERN DUTCHESS-EASTERN DUTCHESS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TORRINGTON...OAKVILLE...NEW MILFORD... TERRYVILLE...SUNDOWN...ELLENVILLE...WOODSTOCK...WEST HURLEY... KERHONKSON...NAPANOCH...PHOENICIA...KINGSTON...NEW PALTZ... POUGHKEEPSIE...BEACON...ARLINGTON...PAWLING...DOVER PLAINS... MILLBROOK...PINE PLAINS...AMENIA...MILLERTON 401 AM EST TUE DEC 25 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST EARLY THIS MORNING... ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... * LOCATIONS...ULSTER AND DUTCHESS COUNTIES IN EASTERN NEW YORK AND LITCHFIELD COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN CONNECTICUT. * HAZARD TYPES...LIGHT SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN TONIGHT. MODERATE TO HEAVY AMOUNTS OF SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW TONIGHT. A MODERATE TO HEAVY ACCUMULATION OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...A TRACE TO A FEW HUNDREDTHS OF AN INCH OF ICE TONIGHT. MORE SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCRETION IS POSSIBLE ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY AS WELL. * TIMING...LIGHT SNOW WILL DEVELOP AROUND MIDNIGHT AND CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. SOME LIGHT FREEZING RAIN WILL MIX IN WITH THE SNOW BEFORE PRECIPITATION ENDS ON TUESDAY MORNING. A MORE SIGNIFICANT PRECIPITATION EVENT IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN ON WEDNESDAY EVENING AND CONTINUE INTO THE DAY ON THURSDAY. PRECIPITATION WILL BE HEAVIEST AFTER MIDNIGHT AND THROUGH THE MORNING COMMUTE ON THURSDAY. * IMPACTS...SNOW AND ICE ON UNTREATED ROADWAYS WILL MAKE FOR DIFFICULT AND HAZARDOUS TRAVEL TONIGHT. HEAVIER ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW AND ICE WILL MAKE FOR DANGEROUS TRAVEL ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 20S TONIGHT. TEMPERATURES WILL BE IN THE UPPER 20S TO LOW 30S WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ MAZ001-025-NYZ032-033-038>043-047>054-058>061-082>084-VTZ013>015- 251715- /O.CON.KALY.WS.A.0003.121227T0000Z-121228T0000Z/ NORTHERN BERKSHIRE-SOUTHERN BERKSHIRE-NORTHERN HERKIMER-HAMILTON- SOUTHERN HERKIMER-SOUTHERN FULTON-MONTGOMERY-NORTHERN SARATOGA- NORTHERN WARREN-NORTHERN WASHINGTON-SCHOHARIE-WESTERN SCHENECTADY- EASTERN SCHENECTADY-SOUTHERN SARATOGA-WESTERN ALBANY- EASTERN ALBANY-WESTERN RENSSELAER-EASTERN RENSSELAER- WESTERN GREENE-EASTERN GREENE-WESTERN COLUMBIA-EASTERN COLUMBIA- NORTHERN FULTON-SOUTHEAST WARREN-SOUTHERN WASHINGTON-BENNINGTON- WESTERN WINDHAM-EASTERN WINDHAM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PITTSFIELD...NORTH ADAMS... GREAT BARRINGTON...LEE...LENOX...HOUSATONIC...ATWELL... BIG MOOSE...EAGLE BAY...MCKEEVER...NOBLEBORO...NORTHWOOD... OLD FORGE...SPECULATOR...ILION...HERKIMER...LITTLE FALLS... MOHAWK...FRANKFORT...DOLGEVILLE...GLOVERSVILLE...JOHNSTOWN... AMSTERDAM...WELLSVILLE...SARATOGA SPRINGS...WARRENSBURG... WHITEHALL...GRANVILLE...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...NORTHVILLE...MAYFIELD...GLENS FALLS... WEST GLENS FALLS...HUDSON FALLS...FORT EDWARD...CAMBRIDGE... GREENWICH...BENNINGTON...JACKSONVILLE...NEWFANE...BRATTLEBORO... WEST BRATTLEBORO...BELLOWS FALLS 401 AM EST TUE DEC 25 2012 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... * LOCATIONS...SOUTHERN ADIRONDACKS...LAKE GEORGE SARATOGA REGION...MOHAWK AND SCHOHARIE VALLEYS...GREATER CAPITAL DISTRICT...SOUTHERN VERMONT...BERKSHIRES...NORTHERN AND CENTRAL TACONICS...NORTHERN AND CENTRAL CATSKILLS...AND THE HUDSON VALLEY OF GREENE AND COLUMBIA COUNTIES. * HAZARD TYPES...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW. SOME MIXING WITH SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN IS POSSIBLE FOR AREAS TO THE SOUTH AND EAST OF THE CAPITAL REGION. * ACCUMULATIONS...A MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL IS POSSIBLE. * TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA BY WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND CONTINUE INTO THE DAY ON THURSDAY. SNOW WILL BE HEAVIEST AFTER MIDNIGHT AND THROUGH THE MORNING COMMUTE ON THURSDAY. SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN MAY MIX FOR AREAS SOUTH AND EAST OF THE CAPITAL REGION LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...SNOW AND ICE COVERED ROADWAYS WILL MAKE FOR DANGEROUS TRAVEL. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 20S. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$
423 WWUS41 KALY 251107 WSWALY URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 607 AM EST TUE DEC 25 2012 CTZ001-013-NYZ063>066-252200- /O.EXP.KALY.WW.Y.0018.000000T0000Z-121225T1100Z/ /O.CON.KALY.WS.A.0003.121227T0000Z-121228T0000Z/ NORTHERN LITCHFIELD-SOUTHERN LITCHFIELD-WESTERN ULSTER- EASTERN ULSTER-WESTERN DUTCHESS-EASTERN DUTCHESS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TORRINGTON...OAKVILLE...NEW MILFORD... TERRYVILLE...SUNDOWN...ELLENVILLE...WOODSTOCK...WEST HURLEY... KERHONKSON...NAPANOCH...PHOENICIA...KINGSTON...NEW PALTZ... POUGHKEEPSIE...BEACON...ARLINGTON...PAWLING...DOVER PLAINS... MILLBROOK...PINE PLAINS...AMENIA...MILLERTON 607 AM EST TUE DEC 25 2012 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... * LOCATIONS...ULSTER AND DUTCHESS COUNTIES IN EASTERN NEW YORK AND LITCHFIELD COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN CONNECTICUT. * HAZARD TYPES...MODERATE TO HEAVY AMOUNTS OF SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...A MODERATE TO HEAVY ACCUMULATION OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCRETION IS POSSIBLE ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY AS WELL. * TIMING...A SIGNIFICANT PRECIPITATION EVENT IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN ON WEDNESDAY EVENING AND CONTINUE INTO THE DAY ON THURSDAY. PRECIPITATION WILL BE HEAVIEST AFTER MIDNIGHT AND THROUGH THE MORNING COMMUTE ON THURSDAY. * IMPACTS...SNOW AND ICE ON UNTREATED ROADWAYS WILL MAKE FOR DIFFICULT AND HAZARDOUS TRAVEL TONIGHT. HEAVIER ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW AND ICE WILL MAKE FOR DANGEROUS TRAVEL ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY. * TEMPERATURES...TEMPERATURES WILL BE IN THE MID 20S TO UPPER 30S WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ MAZ001-025-NYZ032-033-038>043-047>054-058>061-082>084-VTZ013>015- 252200- /O.CON.KALY.WS.A.0003.121227T0000Z-121228T0000Z/ NORTHERN BERKSHIRE-SOUTHERN BERKSHIRE-NORTHERN HERKIMER-HAMILTON- SOUTHERN HERKIMER-SOUTHERN FULTON-MONTGOMERY-NORTHERN SARATOGA- NORTHERN WARREN-NORTHERN WASHINGTON-SCHOHARIE-WESTERN SCHENECTADY- EASTERN SCHENECTADY-SOUTHERN SARATOGA-WESTERN ALBANY- EASTERN ALBANY-WESTERN RENSSELAER-EASTERN RENSSELAER- WESTERN GREENE-EASTERN GREENE-WESTERN COLUMBIA-EASTERN COLUMBIA- NORTHERN FULTON-SOUTHEAST WARREN-SOUTHERN WASHINGTON-BENNINGTON- WESTERN WINDHAM-EASTERN WINDHAM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PITTSFIELD...NORTH ADAMS... GREAT BARRINGTON...LEE...LENOX...HOUSATONIC...ATWELL... BIG MOOSE...EAGLE BAY...MCKEEVER...NOBLEBORO...NORTHWOOD... OLD FORGE...SPECULATOR...ILION...HERKIMER...LITTLE FALLS... MOHAWK...FRANKFORT...DOLGEVILLE...GLOVERSVILLE...JOHNSTOWN... AMSTERDAM...WELLSVILLE...SARATOGA SPRINGS...WARRENSBURG... WHITEHALL...GRANVILLE...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...NORTHVILLE...MAYFIELD...GLENS FALLS... WEST GLENS FALLS...HUDSON FALLS...FORT EDWARD...CAMBRIDGE... GREENWICH...BENNINGTON...JACKSONVILLE...NEWFANE...BRATTLEBORO... WEST BRATTLEBORO...BELLOWS FALLS 607 AM EST TUE DEC 25 2012 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... * LOCATIONS...SOUTHERN ADIRONDACKS...LAKE GEORGE SARATOGA REGION...MOHAWK AND SCHOHARIE VALLEYS...GREATER CAPITAL DISTRICT...SOUTHERN VERMONT...BERKSHIRES...NORTHERN AND CENTRAL TACONICS...NORTHERN AND CENTRAL CATSKILLS...AND THE HUDSON VALLEY OF GREENE AND COLUMBIA COUNTIES. * HAZARD TYPES...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW. SOME MIXING WITH SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN IS POSSIBLE FOR AREAS TO THE SOUTH AND EAST OF THE CAPITAL DISTRICT. * ACCUMULATIONS...A MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL IS POSSIBLE ALONG WITH SOME ICE ACCRETION FOR AREAS TO THE SOUTH AND EAST OF THE CAPITAL DISTRICT. * TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA BY WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND CONTINUE INTO THE DAY ON THURSDAY. SNOW WILL BE HEAVIEST AFTER MIDNIGHT AND THROUGH THE MORNING COMMUTE ON THURSDAY. SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN MAY MIX FOR AREAS SOUTH AND EAST OF THE CAPITAL REGION LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...SNOW AND ICE COVERED ROADWAYS WILL MAKE FOR DANGEROUS TRAVEL. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE 20S TO MID 30S. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$
494 WWUS41 KALY 252132 WSWALY URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 432 PM EST TUE DEC 25 2012 NYZ032-033-038>043-047-048-051-058-063-082>084-VTZ013>015-261100- /O.UPG.KALY.WS.A.0003.121227T0000Z-121228T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KALY.WS.W.0003.121227T0000Z-121228T0000Z/ NORTHERN HERKIMER-HAMILTON-SOUTHERN HERKIMER-SOUTHERN FULTON- MONTGOMERY-NORTHERN SARATOGA-NORTHERN WARREN-NORTHERN WASHINGTON- SCHOHARIE-WESTERN SCHENECTADY-WESTERN ALBANY-WESTERN GREENE- WESTERN ULSTER-NORTHERN FULTON-SOUTHEAST WARREN- SOUTHERN WASHINGTON-BENNINGTON-WESTERN WINDHAM-EASTERN WINDHAM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATWELL...BIG MOOSE...EAGLE BAY... MCKEEVER...NOBLEBORO...NORTHWOOD...OLD FORGE...SPECULATOR... ILION...HERKIMER...LITTLE FALLS...MOHAWK...FRANKFORT... DOLGEVILLE...GLOVERSVILLE...JOHNSTOWN...AMSTERDAM...WELLSVILLE... SARATOGA SPRINGS...WARRENSBURG...WHITEHALL...GRANVILLE... COBLESKILL...MIDDLEBURGH...DELANSON...ESPERANCE...DUANESBURG... ALTAMONT...HUNTER...TANNERSVILLE...WINDHAM...SUNDOWN... ELLENVILLE...WOODSTOCK...WEST HURLEY...KERHONKSON...NAPANOCH... PHOENICIA...NORTHVILLE...MAYFIELD...GLENS FALLS... WEST GLENS FALLS...HUDSON FALLS...FORT EDWARD...CAMBRIDGE... GREENWICH...BENNINGTON...JACKSONVILLE...NEWFANE...BRATTLEBORO... WEST BRATTLEBORO...BELLOWS FALLS 432 PM EST TUE DEC 25 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM WEDNESDAY TO 7 PM EST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM WEDNESDAY TO 7 PM EST THURSDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * LOCATIONS...WESTERN MOHAWK VALLEY...SCHOHARIE VALLEY..EASTERN CATSKILLS...SOUTHERN ADIRONDACKS...LAKE GEORGE SARATOGA REGION AND SOUTHERN VERMONT. * HAZARD TYPES...MODERATE TO HEAVY AMOUNTS OF SNOW...SLEET...AND LIGHT FREEZING RAIN WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY. * ACCUMULATIONS...BETWEEN 8 AND 14 INCHES OF SNOW AND SLEET IS POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY. * MAXIMUM SNOWFALL RATES...BRIEF INTERMITTENT BURSTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW PER HOUR WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...LIGHT ICE ACCRETION...A TENTH OF AN INCH OR LESS OF ICE...IS POSSIBLE IN THE SCHOHARIE VALLEY...EASTERN CATSKILLS...SARATOGA REGION AND SOUTHERN VERMONT. LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY. * TIMING...SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN WEDNESDAY NIGHT...HEAVY AT TIMES LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT. SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED TO MIX IN AROUND DAYBREAK THURSDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE THURSDAY MORNING...THEN END AS SNOW SHOWERS THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...HEAVY ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW...SLEET AND LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS OF ICE WILL MAKE FOR DANGEROUS TRAVEL ON LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY. * VISIBILITIES...FREQUENTLY BELOW 1 MILE IN MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW...WITH INTERMITTENT PERIODS BELOW ONE HALF MILE. * TEMPERATURES...TEMPERATURES WILL BE IN THE MID 20S WEDNESDAY NIGHT...WARMING TO THE LOWER 30S THURSDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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-NYZ049-050-052>054-059>061-064>066-261100- /O.CON.KALY.WS.A.0003.121227T0000Z-121228T0000Z/ NORTHERN LITCHFIELD-SOUTHERN LITCHFIELD-NORTHERN BERKSHIRE- SOUTHERN BERKSHIRE-EASTERN SCHENECTADY-SOUTHERN SARATOGA- EASTERN ALBANY-WESTERN RENSSELAER-EASTERN RENSSELAER- EASTERN GREENE-WESTERN COLUMBIA-EASTERN COLUMBIA-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...ALBANY...TROY...HOOSICK FALLS... CATSKILL...COXSACKIE...ATHENS...CAIRO...JEFFERSON HEIGHTS... HUDSON...CHATHAM...KINGSTON...NEW PALTZ...POUGHKEEPSIE...BEACON... ARLINGTON...PAWLING...DOVER PLAINS...MILLBROOK...PINE PLAINS... AMENIA...MILLERTON 432 PM EST TUE DEC 25 2012 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... * LOCATIONS...MID HUDSON VALLEY...TACONICS...CAPITAL DISTRICT...WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS AND NORTHWESTERN CONNECTICUT. * HAZARD TYPES...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW CHANGING TO A MIX WITH SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN. A CHANGE TO RAIN IS LIKELY IN THE MID HUDSON VALLEY..SOUTHERN TACONICS AND NORTHWESTERN CONNECTICUT. * ACCUMULATIONS...BETWEEN 4 AND 8 INCHES OF SNOW AND SLEET AND A QUARTER INCH OF ICE OR LESS IN THE CAPITAL DISTRICT...NORTHERN TACONICS AND NORTHERN BERKSHIRES OF MASSACHUSETTS. 2 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW AND A TENTH OF AN INCH OR LESS OF ICE IN THE MID HUDSON VALLEY...SOUTHERN BERKSHIRES SOUTHERN TACONICS AND NORTHWESTERN CONNECTICUT. PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE TO A COLD RAIN IN THE MID HUDSON VALLEY AND NORTHWESTERN CONNECTICUT * TIMING...SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN WEDNESDAY NIGHT...HEAVY AT TIMES. SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED TO MIX IN BEFORE DAYBREAK THURSDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE THURSDAY MORNING...THEN END AS SNOW SHOWERS THURSDAY AFTERNOON. PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE TO A COLD RAIN IN THE MID HUDSON VALLEY AND NORTHWESTERN CONNECTICUT THURSDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...SNOW AND ICE COVERED ROADWAYS WILL MAKE FOR DANGEROUS TRAVEL. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE 20S WEDNESDAY NIGHT...WARMING TO THE LOWER TO MID 30S IN THE CAPITAL DISTRICT...NORTHERN TACONICS AND NORTHERN BERKSHIRES OF MASSACHUSETTS. TEMPERATURES IN THE UPPER 20S...WARMING TO THE MID TO UPPER 30S IN THE MID HUDSON VALLEY...SOUTHERN TACONICS AND NORTHWESTERN CONNECTICUT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$
654 WWUS41 KALY 252135 CCA WSWALY URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 433 PM EST TUE DEC 25 2012 NYZ032-033-038>043-047-048-051-058-063-082>084-VTZ013>015-261115- /O.UPG.KALY.WS.A.0003.121227T0000Z-121228T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KALY.WS.W.0003.121227T0000Z-121228T0000Z/ NORTHERN HERKIMER-HAMILTON-SOUTHERN HERKIMER-SOUTHERN FULTON- MONTGOMERY-NORTHERN SARATOGA-NORTHERN WARREN-NORTHERN WASHINGTON- SCHOHARIE-WESTERN SCHENECTADY-WESTERN ALBANY-WESTERN GREENE- WESTERN ULSTER-NORTHERN FULTON-SOUTHEAST WARREN- SOUTHERN WASHINGTON-BENNINGTON-WESTERN WINDHAM-EASTERN WINDHAM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATWELL...BIG MOOSE...EAGLE BAY... MCKEEVER...NOBLEBORO...NORTHWOOD...OLD FORGE...SPECULATOR... ILION...HERKIMER...LITTLE FALLS...MOHAWK...FRANKFORT... DOLGEVILLE...GLOVERSVILLE...JOHNSTOWN...AMSTERDAM...WELLSVILLE... SARATOGA SPRINGS...WARRENSBURG...WHITEHALL...GRANVILLE... COBLESKILL...MIDDLEBURGH...DELANSON...ESPERANCE...DUANESBURG... ALTAMONT...HUNTER...TANNERSVILLE...WINDHAM...SUNDOWN... ELLENVILLE...WOODSTOCK...WEST HURLEY...KERHONKSON...NAPANOCH... PHOENICIA...NORTHVILLE...MAYFIELD...GLENS FALLS... WEST GLENS FALLS...HUDSON FALLS...FORT EDWARD...CAMBRIDGE... GREENWICH...BENNINGTON...JACKSONVILLE...NEWFANE...BRATTLEBORO... WEST BRATTLEBORO...BELLOWS FALLS 433 PM EST TUE DEC 25 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM WEDNESDAY TO 7 PM EST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM WEDNESDAY TO 7 PM EST THURSDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * LOCATIONS...WESTERN MOHAWK VALLEY...SCHOHARIE VALLEY..EASTERN CATSKILLS...SOUTHERN ADIRONDACKS...LAKE GEORGE SARATOGA REGION AND SOUTHERN VERMONT. * HAZARD TYPES...MODERATE TO HEAVY AMOUNTS OF SNOW...SLEET...AND LIGHT FREEZING RAIN WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY. * ACCUMULATIONS...BETWEEN 8 AND 14 INCHES OF SNOW AND SLEET IS POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY. * MAXIMUM SNOWFALL RATES...BRIEF INTERMITTENT BURSTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW PER HOUR WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...LIGHT ICE ACCRETION...A TENTH OF AN INCH OR LESS OF ICE...IS POSSIBLE IN THE SCHOHARIE VALLEY...EASTERN CATSKILLS...SARATOGA REGION AND SOUTHERN VERMONT. LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY. * TIMING...SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN WEDNESDAY NIGHT...HEAVY AT TIMES LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT. SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED TO MIX IN AROUND DAYBREAK THURSDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE THURSDAY MORNING...THEN END AS SNOW SHOWERS THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...HEAVY ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW...SLEET AND LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS OF ICE WILL MAKE FOR DANGEROUS TRAVEL ON LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY. * VISIBILITIES...FREQUENTLY BELOW 1 MILE IN MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW...WITH INTERMITTENT PERIODS BELOW ONE HALF MILE. * TEMPERATURES...TEMPERATURES WILL BE IN THE MID 20S WEDNESDAY NIGHT...WARMING TO THE LOWER 30S THURSDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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-NYZ049-050-052>054-059>061-064>066-261115- /O.COR.KALY.WS.A.0003.121227T0000Z-121228T0000Z/ NORTHERN LITCHFIELD-SOUTHERN LITCHFIELD-NORTHERN BERKSHIRE- SOUTHERN BERKSHIRE-EASTERN SCHENECTADY-SOUTHERN SARATOGA- EASTERN ALBANY-WESTERN RENSSELAER-EASTERN RENSSELAER- EASTERN GREENE-WESTERN COLUMBIA-EASTERN COLUMBIA-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...ALBANY...TROY...HOOSICK FALLS... CATSKILL...COXSACKIE...ATHENS...CAIRO...JEFFERSON HEIGHTS... HUDSON...CHATHAM...KINGSTON...NEW PALTZ...POUGHKEEPSIE...BEACON... ARLINGTON...PAWLING...DOVER PLAINS...MILLBROOK...PINE PLAINS... AMENIA...MILLERTON 433 PM EST TUE DEC 25 2012 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... * LOCATIONS...MID HUDSON VALLEY...TACONICS...CAPITAL DISTRICT...WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS AND NORTHWESTERN CONNECTICUT. * HAZARD TYPES...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW CHANGING TO A MIX WITH SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN. A CHANGE TO RAIN IS LIKELY IN THE MID HUDSON VALLEY..SOUTHERN TACONICS AND NORTHWESTERN CONNECTICUT. * ACCUMULATIONS...BETWEEN 4 AND 8 INCHES OF SNOW AND SLEET AND A QUARTER INCH OF ICE OR LESS IN THE CAPITAL DISTRICT...NORTHERN TACONICS AND NORTHERN BERKSHIRES OF MASSACHUSETTS. 2 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW AND A TENTH OF AN INCH OR LESS OF ICE IN THE MID HUDSON VALLEY...SOUTHERN BERKSHIRES SOUTHERN TACONICS AND NORTHWESTERN CONNECTICUT. PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE TO A COLD RAIN IN THE MID HUDSON VALLEY AND NORTHWESTERN CONNECTICUT * TIMING...SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN WEDNESDAY NIGHT...HEAVY AT TIMES. SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED TO MIX IN BEFORE DAYBREAK THURSDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE THURSDAY MORNING...THEN END AS SNOW SHOWERS THURSDAY AFTERNOON. PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE TO A COLD RAIN IN THE MID HUDSON VALLEY AND NORTHWESTERN CONNECTICUT THURSDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...SNOW AND ICE COVERED ROADWAYS WILL MAKE FOR DANGEROUS TRAVEL. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID TO UPPER 20S WEDNESDAY NIGHT... WARMING TO THE LOWER TO MID 30S IN THE CAPITAL DISTRICT... NORTHERN TACONICS AND NORTHERN BERKSHIRES OF MASSACHUSETTS. TEMPERATURES AROUND 30...WARMING TO THE MID TO UPPER 30S IN THE MID HUDSON VALLEY...SOUTHERN TACONICS AND NORTHWESTERN CONNECTICUT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$
552 WWUS41 KALY 260931 WSWALY URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 431 AM EST WED DEC 26 2012 MAZ001-025-NYZ049-050-052>054-061-262115- /O.UPG.KALY.WS.A.0003.121227T0000Z-121228T0000Z/ /O.EXA.KALY.WS.W.0003.121227T0000Z-121228T0000Z/ NORTHERN BERKSHIRE-SOUTHERN BERKSHIRE-EASTERN SCHENECTADY- SOUTHERN SARATOGA-EASTERN ALBANY-WESTERN RENSSELAER- EASTERN RENSSELAER-EASTERN COLUMBIA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PITTSFIELD...NORTH ADAMS... GREAT BARRINGTON...LEE...LENOX...HOUSATONIC...SCHENECTADY... ROTTERDAM...BALLSTON SPA...MECHANICVILLE...WATERFORD...ALBANY... TROY...HOOSICK FALLS...CHATHAM 431 AM EST WED DEC 26 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM EST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM EST THURSDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * LOCATIONS...CAPITAL DISTRICT...WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS AND CENTRAL TACONICS. * HAZARD TYPES...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW CHANGING TO A MIX WITH SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN BY THURSDAY MORNING. A CHANGE TO RAIN IS POSSIBLE THURSDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATION OF 6 TO 12 INCHES. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...ONE TO TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH. * MAXIMUM SNOWFALL RATES...BRIEF INTERMITTENT BURSTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW PER HOUR TONIGHT AND EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. * TIMING...SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN AROUND OR JUST AFTER SUNSET...AND BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES THIS EVENING. SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED TO MIX IN BEFORE DAYBREAK THURSDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE THURSDAY MORNING...THEN END AS SNOW SHOWERS THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...HEAVY ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW...SLEET AND LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS OF ICE WILL MAKE FOR DANGEROUS TRAVEL ON LATE TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY. * VISIBILITIES...FREQUENTLY BELOW 1 MILE IN MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW...WITH INTERMITTENT PERIODS BELOW ONE HALF MILE. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 50 MPH POSSIBLE ACROSS HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE BERKSHIRES AND TACONICS. * TEMPERATURES...UPPER 20S RISING INTO THE LOWER 30S. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && $$ NYZ032-033-038>043-047-048-051-058-063-082>084-VTZ013>015-262115- /O.CON.KALY.WS.W.0003.121227T0000Z-121228T0000Z/ NORTHERN HERKIMER-HAMILTON-SOUTHERN HERKIMER-SOUTHERN FULTON- MONTGOMERY-NORTHERN SARATOGA-NORTHERN WARREN-NORTHERN WASHINGTON- SCHOHARIE-WESTERN SCHENECTADY-WESTERN ALBANY-WESTERN GREENE- WESTERN ULSTER-NORTHERN FULTON-SOUTHEAST WARREN- SOUTHERN WASHINGTON-BENNINGTON-WESTERN WINDHAM-EASTERN WINDHAM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATWELL...BIG MOOSE...EAGLE BAY... MCKEEVER...NOBLEBORO...NORTHWOOD...OLD FORGE...SPECULATOR... ILION...HERKIMER...LITTLE FALLS...MOHAWK...FRANKFORT... DOLGEVILLE...GLOVERSVILLE...JOHNSTOWN...AMSTERDAM...WELLSVILLE... SARATOGA SPRINGS...WARRENSBURG...WHITEHALL...GRANVILLE... COBLESKILL...MIDDLEBURGH...DELANSON...ESPERANCE...DUANESBURG... ALTAMONT...HUNTER...TANNERSVILLE...WINDHAM...SUNDOWN... ELLENVILLE...WOODSTOCK...WEST HURLEY...KERHONKSON...NAPANOCH... PHOENICIA...NORTHVILLE...MAYFIELD...GLENS FALLS... WEST GLENS FALLS...HUDSON FALLS...FORT EDWARD...CAMBRIDGE... GREENWICH...BENNINGTON...JACKSONVILLE...NEWFANE...BRATTLEBORO... WEST BRATTLEBORO...BELLOWS FALLS 431 AM EST WED DEC 26 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM EST THURSDAY... * LOCATIONS...WESTERN MOHAWK VALLEY...SCHOHARIE VALLEY..EASTERN CATSKILLS...SOUTHERN ADIRONDACKS...LAKE GEORGE SARATOGA REGION AND SOUTHERN VERMONT. * HAZARD TYPES...MODERATE TO HEAVY AMOUNTS OF SNOW...SLEET...AND LIGHT FREEZING RAIN WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY. * ACCUMULATIONS...BETWEEN 8 AND 16 INCHES OF SNOW AND SLEET IS POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY...WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS EXPECTED ACROSS HIGHER ELEVATIONS. * MAXIMUM SNOWFALL RATES...BRIEF INTERMITTENT BURSTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW PER HOUR TONIGHT AND EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...LIGHT ICE ACCRETION...A TENTH OF AN INCH OR LESS OF ICE...IS POSSIBLE IN THE SCHOHARIE VALLEY...EASTERN CATSKILLS...SARATOGA REGION AND SOUTHERN VERMONT. LATE TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY. * TIMING...SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN THIS EVENING...HEAVY AT TIMES BY LATE TONIGHT. SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED TO MIX IN AROUND DAYBREAK THURSDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE THURSDAY MORNING...THEN END AS SNOW SHOWERS THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...HEAVY ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW...SLEET AND LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS OF ICE WILL MAKE FOR DANGEROUS TRAVEL ON LATE TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY. * VISIBILITIES...FREQUENTLY BELOW 1 MILE IN MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW...WITH INTERMITTENT PERIODS BELOW ONE HALF MILE. * TEMPERATURES...TEMPERATURES WILL BE IN THE MID 20S TONIGHT...WARMING TO THE LOWER 30S THURSDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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-NYZ059-060-064>066-262115- /O.UPG.KALY.WS.A.0003.121227T0000Z-121228T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KALY.WW.Y.0019.121226T2100Z-121228T0000Z/ NORTHERN LITCHFIELD-SOUTHERN LITCHFIELD-EASTERN GREENE- WESTERN COLUMBIA-EASTERN ULSTER-WESTERN DUTCHESS-EASTERN DUTCHESS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TORRINGTON...OAKVILLE...NEW MILFORD... TERRYVILLE...CATSKILL...COXSACKIE...ATHENS...CAIRO... JEFFERSON HEIGHTS...HUDSON...KINGSTON...NEW PALTZ... POUGHKEEPSIE...BEACON...ARLINGTON...PAWLING...DOVER PLAINS... MILLBROOK...PINE PLAINS...AMENIA...MILLERTON 431 AM EST WED DEC 26 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM EST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM EST THURSDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * LOCATIONS...MID HUDSON VALLEY...SOUTHERN TACONICS...AND NORTHWESTERN CONNECTICUT. * HAZARD TYPES...A MIX OF LIGHT SNOW AND RAIN CHANGING TO SNOW THIS EVENING...BEFORE MIXING WITH AND CHANGING TO FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET BY MIDNIGHT. PRECIPITATION SHOULD CHANGE TO PLAIN RAIN THURSDAY MORNING...BEFORE CHANGING BACK TO SNOW SHOWERS LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 1 TO 3 INCHES IN VALLEY REGIONS...AND 3 TO 6 INCHES ACROSS HIGHER ELEVATIONS. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...ONE TENTH...TO ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH. * MAXIMUM SNOWFALL RATES...ONE HALF INCH PER HOUR. * TIMING...A MIX OF LIGHT SNOW AND RAIN WILL DEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON. PRECIPITATION SHOULD CHANGE TO SNOW THIS EVENING...BEFORE MIXING WITH AND CHANGING TO FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET BY MIDNIGHT. PRECIPITATION SHOULD CHANGE TO PLAIN RAIN THURSDAY MORNING...BEFORE CHANGING BACK TO SNOW SHOWERS LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...SNOW AND ICE COVERED ROADWAYS WILL MAKE FOR DANGEROUS TRAVEL. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS ABOVE 50 MPH POSSIBLE ACROSS HIGHER ELEVATIONS. * TEMPERATURES...UPPER 20S TO LOWER 30S THIS EVENING...RISING INTO THE MID 30S THURSDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this winter storm watch 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 watch went out at Dec 24, 12:50 PM EST, 3 hours 39 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 24, 12:50 PM EST, 3 hours 39 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 1250 PM EST MON DEC 24 2012 .SYNOPSIS... HIGH PRESSURE WILL BRIEFLY BUILD IN FOR TONIGHT AND MONDAY. A LIGHT ACCUMULATION OF SNOW IS EXPECTED CHRISTMAS EVE NIGHT INTO CHRISTMAS MORNING AS AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE PASSES TO OUR SOUTH. A POTENT STORM SYSTEM WILL IMPACT THE REGION LATE WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY. INITIALLY SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD THE AREA FOLLOWED BY MIXED PRECIPITATION AS WARMER AIR WORKS INTO THE REGION. && .NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 PM THIS EVENING/... AS OF 1230 PM...FINALLY...THE LOW CLOUDS HAVE BEGUN BREAKING UP...AT LEAST THE CAPITAL REGION...STILL LINGERING ACROSS THE MOHAWK VALLEY AND ADIRONDACKS. STILL THINK THEY WILL CONTINUE TO ERODE...BUT NOW THE HIGH CLOUDS HAVE BEGUN STREAMING NORTH AND EASTWARD FROM THE SYSTEM IN THE OHIO VALLEY THAT WILL BRING A LITTLE SNOW TONIGHT. MEANWHILE...SOME SUNSHINE SEEN FROM THE HUDSON VALLEY EAST. DUE TO THE SUNSHINE...AND HIGHER TEMPERATURES OVERNIGHT...CURRENT TEMPERATURES HAVE IN SOME CASES...ECLIPSED THE CURRENT ADVERTISED HIGHS...SO INCREASED TEMPERATURES FROM THE CAPITAL DISTRICT...BY A COUPLE OF DEGREES. IT WILL REMAIN DRY FOR THE REST OF TODAY...WITH A GRADUAL INCREASE IN HIGH CLOUDINESS...BUT A REDUCTION THE LAKE ENHANCED CLOUDS TO THE WEST OF THE CAPITAL REGION. EXPECT THE HIGH TEMPERATURES TO GENERALLY RANGE FROM THE MID 20S NORTHWEST TO UPPER 30S SOUTHEAST. && .SHORT TERM /6 PM THIS EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY/... TONIGHT INTO CHRISTMAS MORNING...A WEAK AREA OF LOW PRESSURE IS EXPECTED TO MOVE RAPIDLY EAST FROM THE OHIO VALLEY THIS EVENING WITH A SECONDARY LOW DEVELOPING IN THE DELMARVA REGION LATE TONIGHT AND THEN QUICKLY EXITING OFF THE NEW JERSEY COAST CHRISTMAS MORNING. THE SPEED OF THE SYSTEM...LACK OF MOISTURE ASSOCIATED WITH IT...AND INABILITY TO TAP MUCH IN THE WAY OF ATLANTIC MOISTURE WILL ONLY PRODUCE LIGHT AMOUNTS OF QPF...BETWEEN A TENTH AND TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH ACROSS THE FA. THE PTYPE IS EXPECTED TO BE MAINLY SNOW...HOWEVER LATE TONIGHT ACROSS THE MID HUDSON VALLEY AND LITCHFIELD HILLS IN CONNECTICUT PARTIAL THICKNESS VALUES AND MODEL SOUNDINGS SUPPORT THE POSSIBILITY OF SOME LIGHT FREEZING RAIN OR EVEN FREEZING DRIZZLE AS DRIER AIR WORKS IN ABOVE THE -10C LEVEL. HAVE ADDED CHANCE OF FREEZING RAIN TO THESE ZONES EARLY ON CHRISTMAS DAY. THE BULK OF THE PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO FALL FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT WITH AREAS FROM THE SOUTHERN ADIRONDACKS THROUGH THE LAKE GEORGE SARATOGA REGION INTO SOUTHERN VERMONT NOT LIKELY TO SEE ANY SNOW UNTIL AROUND OR SHORTLY AFTER MIDNIGHT. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO TAPER OFF FAIRLY EARLY CHRISTMAS MORNING WITH TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS GENERALLY AROUND AN INCH IN THE VALLEYS AND 1 TO 3 INCHES ACROSS THE HIGHER TERRAIN...EXCEPT 2 TO 4 INCHES EXPECTED ACROSS PASTS OF THE EASTERN CATSKILLS AND SOUTHERN ADIRONDACKS. LOWS ARE EXPECTED TO BE IN THE MID TEENS TO MID 20S. CHRISTMAS AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT...HIGH PRESSURE IS EXPECTED TO NOSE INTO THE REGION FROM SOUTHERN CANADA RESULTING IN SKIES BECOMING PARTLY SUNNY DURING THE AFTERNOON. THIS WILL BE FOLLOWED BY A CHILLY NIGHT WITH MAINLY CLEAR SKIES AND GOOD RADIATIONAL COOLING WITH A FRESH...ALBEIT THIN...SNOW COVER IN MANY AREAS. EXPECT HIGHS ON CHRISTMAS DAY IN THE MID 20S TO UPPER 30S WITH LOWS TUESDAY NIGHT IN THE SINGLE DIGITS AND TEENS IN MOST AREAS. ON WEDNESDAY...EXPECT INCREASING CLOUDS DURING THE MORNING AND PCPN DEVELOPING FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST DURING THE AFTERNOON AS A POTENT DOUBLE BARREL STORM SYSTEM LIFTS NORTHEAST THROUGH THE TENNESSEE VALLEY AND VIRGINIA BY LATE WEDNESDAY. FAIRLY STRONG FRONTOGENESIS IS ALREADY MOVING INTO SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE FA BY DAYS END WITH THE LEADING EDGE OF SNOW EXPECTED TO BE ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST 2/3RDS OF THE FA BY DAYS END. ANY ACCUMULATIONS ON WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON WILL BE FAIRLY LIGHT GENERALLY A FEW TENTHS OF AN INCH TO PERHAPS 2 INCHES ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST CATSKILLS. EXPECT HIGHS ON WEDNESDAY TO RANGE FROM THE MID 20S NORTHWEST TO THE MID 30S SOUTHEAST. && .LONG TERM /WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY/... A VERY ACTIVE STRETCH OF WEATHER EXPECTED...WITH TWO POTENTIALLY SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORMS...ONE WED NT-THU...THEN ANOTHER POSSIBLE STORM FOR LATE SAT-SUN. IN BETWEEN...EXPECT BELOW NORMAL TEMPS...ALONG WITH BLUSTERY CONDITIONS...AND POSSIBLE LAKE EFFECT/ENHANCED SNOW SHOWERS. GENERALLY UTILIZED 00Z/24 HPC DATA FOR POPULATING MOST PORTIONS OF THE GRIDDED DATABASE. HERE ARE SOME SPECIFICS... WED NT-THU...00Z/24 DETERMINISTIC MODELS AND GEFS CONTINUE TO NARROW DOWN THE POTENTIAL PATH AND EVOLUTION OF THE STORM SYSTEM...WITH THE INITIAL SFC LOW EXPECTED TO TRACK FROM THE WESTERN GULF COAST REGION...INTO THE TENNESSEE VALLEY REGION WED AFTERNOON...BEFORE REDEVELOPING EAST OF THE APPALACHIANS...SOMEWHERE NEAR OR JUST NORTHEAST OF THE NATION/S CAPITAL. THIS NEW LOW CENTER IS THEN EXPECTED TO TRACK NORTHEASTWARD...TO NEAR OR JUST EAST OF NYC THU MORNING...TO NEAR CAPE COD BY LATE THURSDAY. THIS TRACK WOULD BE QUITE FAVORABLE FOR A POTENTIALLY MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL FOR AT LEAST AREAS NORTH AND WEST OF THE IMMEDIATE CAPITAL REGION. FORECAST MODEL SOUNDINGS DO HINT AT A WARM NOSE OF ABOVE FREEZING TEMPS BETWEEN 900-800 MB INTRUDING FOR AREAS NEAR...EAST AND SOUTH OF ALBANY...BY DAYBREAK THURSDAY...BEFORE GRADUALLY ERODING THU AFTERNOON AS DYNAMIC COOLING INTENSIFIES AS THE MID LEVEL LOW CENTER PASSES JUST SOUTH AND EAST OF THE REGION. SO...FOR AREAS NORTH AND WEST OF ALBANY...INCLUDING THE SOUTHERN ADIRONDACKS...MOHAWK VALLEY...LAKE GEORGE/SARATOGA REGION...AND MUCH OF SOUTHERN VT...THE POTENTIAL IS INCREASING FOR A MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL ALONG WITH A PERIOD OF SLEET FROM LATE WED INTO THU. FROM THE SE CATSKILLS...SCHOHARIE VALLEY REGION...THE GREATER CAPITAL REGION...AND CENTRAL/NORTHERN BERKSHIRES...ALTHOUGH A BURST OF SNOW IS LIKELY WITH THE WARM ADVECTION WED NT WHICH COULD LEAVE MODERATE SNOWFALL AMOUNTS...ENOUGH WARMING ALOFT SHOULD ALLOW FOR SNOW TO MIX WITH...AND EVENTUALLY CHANGE TO SLEET/FREEZING RAIN AND PLAIN RAIN THU MORNING...BEFORE CHANGING BACK TO SNOW LATE THU. FURTHER SOUTH AND EAST...ACROSS THE MID HUDSON VALLEY...SOUTHERN BERKSHIRES AND LITCHFIELD HILLS...LESS SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED...BUT A PERIOD OF SLEET/FREEZING RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE BEFORE CHANGING TO PLAIN RAIN BY THU MORNING. IN THIS AREA...LIGHT TO MODERATE ICE ACCRETION IS POSSIBLE. THESE IDEAS ARE WELL SUPPORTED BY THE 00Z/24 ECMWF...WHICH IS THE COLDER/FARTHEST SOUTHEAST OF THE SOLUTIONS...AND THE 00Z/24 GEFS. THE DETERMINISTIC 00Z/24 GFS ACTUALLY IS AMONG THE WARMEST/FARTHEST NORTHWEST OF ITS MEMBERS...WITH THE GEFS MEAN PLACEMENT OF THE SFC LOW CLOSER TO THE ECMWF SOLUTION. THE GEFS ALSO INDICATE THE POTENTIAL FOR MODERATE TO HEAVY QPF...AS DENOTED BY THE 850 EASTERLY COMPONENT WINDS OF 5-6 STD OVER OUR REGION. THU NT-FRI NT...WINDY AND COLD BEHIND THE FIRST SYSTEM. NUMEROUS SNOW SHOWERS WILL BE LIKELY...WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF LAKE ENHANCED/EFFECT SNOWBANDS IMPACTING NORTHWEST AREAS. EXPECT MAX TEMPS TO REACH THE 20S TO LOWER 30S...EXCEPT TEENS ACROSS HIGHER ELEVATIONS...WITH OVERNIGHT MINS MAINLY IN THE SINGLE DIGITS AND TEENS. SAT-SUN...ANOTHER STORM SYSTEM IS SUGGESTED BY 00Z/24 DETERMINISTIC MODELS...WITH THE ECMWF FARTHEST NORTH AND WEST...AND MOST AGGRESSIVE IN DEEPENING THE SFC LOW...WHILE THE GFS AND GEFS MEAN ARE FURTHER SOUTH AND EAST. WILL INDICATE CHC POPS FOR SNOW FROM SAT AFTN INTO SUNDAY...WITH THE HIGHEST POPS ACROSS SOUTHERN AND EASTERN AREAS. SHOULD THE 00Z/24 ECMWF PROVE CORRECT...ANOTHER SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM COULD IMPACT AT LEAST PORTIONS OF THE REGION DURING THIS TIME...FAVORING AREAS MAINLY SOUTH AND EAST OF ALBANY. && .AVIATION /18Z MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/... AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE AND ASSOCIATED WEAK COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION OVERNIGHT. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD IN FOR MONDAY. A WEAK LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL THEN PASS SOUTH OF THE REGION MONDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY TUESDAY. AREAS OF MAINLY VFR LEVEL CIGS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH AROUND 14Z AT KGFL/KALB AND UNTIL 16Z AT KPSF. A FEW PERIODS OF HIGH MVFR CIGS ARE POSSIBLE. IN ADDITION...A FEW PASSING FLURRIES WILL BE POSSIBLE AT THESE TAF SITES...ESP AT KALB AND KPSF. AT KPOU...VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH MIDDAY. VFR CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY AT ALL TAF SITES FROM MID TO LATE THIS MORNING...INTO MONDAY EVENING. HOWEVER...AS A WEAK LOW PASSES SOUTH OF THE REGION LATER AT NIGHT...SOME VERY LIGHT SNOW SHOULD DEVELOP AT KPOU AFTER 04Z/TUE...AND MAY REACH KALB AND KPSF BETWEEN 04Z-06Z/TUE. MVFR CIGS/VSBYS WILL BE POSSIBLE AT THAT TIME DUE TO THE LIGHT SNOW...WITH IFR VSBYS/CIGS POSSIBLE AT KPOU AND KPSF. AT KGFL...ANY LIGHT SNOW SHOULD REMAIN TO THE SOUTH THROUGH 06Z/TUE. W/NW WINDS WILL PERSIST THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON AT 5-10 KT...WITH SOME GUSTS OF 15-20 KT POSSIBLE AT KPSF AND KALB THROUGH NOONTIME. WINDS WILL BECOME LIGHT/VARIABLE LATER THIS AFTERNOON. LIGHT/VARIABLE WINDS SHOULD TREND INTO THE NORTH OR NORTHEAST BY 06Z/TUE AT GENERALLY LESS THAN 7 KT. OUTLOOK... TUE...MVFR/IFR BCMG VFR LATE. -SN LIKELY IN THE MORNING. TUE NT-WED AM...VFR. NO SIG WX. WED PM...VFR/MVFR. SNOW LIKELY. WED NT...MVFR/IFR. SNOW CHANGING TO MIXED PCPN. POSSIBLY ALL RAIN SOUTH. THU...MVFR/IFR. SNOW OR MIXED PCPN BCMG MAINLY SNOW LATE. THU NT-FRI...VFR/MVFR. CHC -SHSN. WINDY. && .HYDROLOGY... FAIRLY LIGHT PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TONIGHT INTO CHRISTMAS MORNING WITH TOTAL QPF AMOUNTS OF A TENTH TO TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH WITH MOST OF THE PCPN IN THE FORM OF SNOW. A MORE POTENT STORM SYSTEM WILL IMPACT THE REGION LATE WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY. INITIALLY SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD THE AREA WEDNESDAY WITH MIXED PRECIPITATION EXPECTED AS WARMER AIR WORKS INTO THE REGION WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THIS SYSTEM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BRING SIGNIFICANT QPF TO THE AREA. HOWEVER THE MODELS ARE STILL IN SOME DISAGREEMENT ABOUT THE EXACT TRACK OF THE STORM...WHICH WILL HAVE AN IMPACT ON P-TYPE. REFER TO THE LONG TERM DISCUSSION FOR MORE DETAILS. WILL KEEP MENTION IN THE HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK. FOR DETAILS ON SPECIFIC AREA RIVERS AND LAKES...INCLUDING OBSERVED AND FORECAST RIVER STAGES AND LAKE ELEVATIONS...PLEASE VISIT THE ADVANCED HYDROLOGIC PREDICTION SERVICE /AHPS/ GRAPHS ON OUR WEBSITE. && .ALY WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... CT...NONE. NY...NONE. MA...NONE. VT...NONE. && SYNOPSIS...IAA/11 NEAR TERM...HWJIV/11 SHORT TERM...11 LONG TERM...KL AVIATION...KL HYDROLOGY...IAA/11
Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 24, 4:01 AM EST, 12 hours 28 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 401 AM EST MON DEC 24 2012 CTZ001-013-NYZ064>066-251200- NORTHERN LITCHFIELD-SOUTHERN LITCHFIELD-EASTERN ULSTER- WESTERN DUTCHESS-EASTERN DUTCHESS- 401 AM EST MON DEC 24 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWESTERN CONNECTICUT AND THE MID HUDSON VALLEY OF EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. THERE IS A CHANCE FOR SOME LIGHT FREEZING RAIN EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. A POTENT STORM SYSTEM WILL IMPACT THE REGION LATE WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY. THIS SYSTEM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BRING SIGNIFICANT PRECIPITATION TO THE AREA. HOWEVER...THERE IS STILL SOME UNCERTAINTY TO THE EXACT TRACK OF THE STORM...WHICH WILL HAVE A BIG IMPACT ON PRECIPITATION TYPE. AT THIS TIME...SNOW IS EXPECTED TO OVERSPREAD THE AREA WEDNESDAY WITH MIXED PRECIPITATION OCCURRING WEDNESDAY NIGHT AS WARMER AIR WORKS INTO THE REGION. THE PRECIPITATION SHOULD START TO TRANSITION BACK TO SNOW ON THURSDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. MAZ001-025-NYZ032-033-038>043-047>054-058>061-063-082>084-VTZ013>015- 251200- NORTHERN BERKSHIRE-SOUTHERN BERKSHIRE-NORTHERN HERKIMER-HAMILTON- SOUTHERN HERKIMER-SOUTHERN FULTON-MONTGOMERY-NORTHERN SARATOGA- NORTHERN WARREN-NORTHERN WASHINGTON-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-NORTHERN FULTON- SOUTHEAST WARREN-SOUTHERN WASHINGTON-BENNINGTON-WESTERN WINDHAM- EASTERN WINDHAM- 401 AM EST MON DEC 24 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS...EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK EXCLUDING THE MID HUDSON VALLEY...AND SOUTHERN VERMONT. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. A POTENT STORM SYSTEM WILL IMPACT THE REGION WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY. THIS SYSTEM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BRING SIGNIFICANT PRECIPITATION TO THE AREA. HOWEVER...THERE IS STILL SOME UNCERTAINTY TO THE EXACT TRACK OF THE STORM...WHICH WILL HAVE A BIG IMPACT ON PRECIPITATION TYPE. AT THIS TIME...SNOW IS EXPECTED TO OVERSPREAD THE AREA WEDNESDAY WITH MIXED PRECIPITATION OCCURRING WEDNESDAY NIGHT AS WARMER AIR WORKS INTO THE REGION. THE PRECIPITATION SHOULD START TO TRANSITION BACK TO SNOW ON THURSDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Albany, NY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 24, 4:29 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | ALY | Dutchess, Ulster | 14 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.