1 high wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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The local office's own words before the first event, 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 the first event at Dec 1, 4:00 PM EST, 3 hours 30 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 400 PM EST WED DEC 1 2004 WORKZONES OUT. .SYNOPSIS...A LOW PRESSURE OVER NEW YORK STATE WILL DEEPEN AS IT MOVES EAST TO THE GULF OF MAINE TONIGHT. THIS DEPARTING STORM WILL PRODUCE A TIGHT GRADIENT...RESULTING IN STRONG WINDS FROM THE NORTHWEST. THE WIND WILL USHER IN COLDER AIR...COLD ENOUGH TO TRIGGER TO SOME LAKE EFFECT SNOW. THE GRADIENT WILL WEAKEN TOMORROW AS A SECONDARY ARCTIC FRONT ATTEMPTS TO SLIDE SOUTH FROM UPSTATE NEW YORK. THIS FRONT WILL STALL OUT OVER THE LISTENING AREA ON FRIDAY AND A WEAK DISTURBANCE WILL RIDE ALONG IT. && .SHORT TERM (TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT)...SURFACE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM NOW MOVING THROUGH NORTHERN NEW YORK. LATEST METAR OBSERVATIONS SHOWING COLD FRONT ACROSS WESTERN NEW YORK. KENX RADAR SHOWING PRECIP ACROSS NORTHERN TWO THIRDS OF CWA WITH SECONDARY BAND ACROSS WESTERN NEW YORK. WINDS STARTING TO PICK UP ACROSS THE CWA. WILL CONTINUE WITH HIGH WIND WARNING THROUGH MIDNIGHT . 12Z RUN OF ETA SHOWING 50 TO 60 KNOT WINDS TONIGHT ACROSS THE REGION. METARS ACROSS NEW YORK SHOWING GUSTS OF 40 KTS ACROSS WESTERN NEW YORK. BY THURSDAY MORNING FLOW IS FAVORABLE FOR LAKE EFFECT...SO WILL GO WITH A LOW CHANCE OF SNOW SHOWERS ACROSS THE NORTHERN TWO THIRDS OF THE COUNTY WARNING AREA. THE ONE THING THAT WILL LIMIT THIS IS IF THE 850 FLOW IS TOO STRONG EARLY THURSDAY...IT COULD DIMINISH THE LAKE EFFECT THREAT TO MORE OF FLURRIES ACROSS THE CAPITAL DISTRICT. WINDS WILL SUBSIDE THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND WILL CONTINUE WITH SNOW SHOWERS. && .LONG TERM (FRIDAY THROUGH TUESDAY)...A SECONDARY COLD FRONT...THAT ACTUALLY HAS ARCTIC AIR ASSOCIATED WITH IT...WILL SLIDE SOUTH FROM SOUTHERN CANADA...AND STALL OUT ACROSS THE COUNTY WARNING AREA ON FRIDAY. A WEAK WAVE...RIDING ALONG IT...FORECAST BY BOTH THE GFS/ETA...WILL PRODUCE ISENTROPIC LIFT...WHICH COULD SQUEEZE OUT MOISTURE COMING FROM LAKE ONTARIO. THIS COULD RESULT IN MORE WIDESPREAD SNOW SHOWERS OR EVEN A PERIOD OF LIGHT SNOW FROM ALBANY NORTH ON FRIDAY. (ANY MIXING OF RAIN SHOULD BE CONFINED TO OUR SOUTHERN ZONES). STILL EARLY TO PINPOINT TIMING AND AMOUNTS...AND STILL IN THE CHANCE CATEGORY. HAVE LEANED WITH MAV NOS ON FRIDAY AS THE MET NOS LOOKED TOO WARM. ON THE OTHER HAND...WENT ABOUT 3 DEGS HIGHER THAN THE MAV NOS ON FRIDAY AS WE EXPECT LOT OF LOW CLOUDS TO LINGER. THIS SYSTEM LEAVES ON SATURDAY. HOWEVER...THE FRONT (WHATS LEFT OF IT) WILL LINGER BEHIND. ANOTHER CLIPPER TRACKING TO OUR NORTH...WILL SLOWLY LIFT THE WASHOUT UP WARM FRONT TO THE NORTH. NOT AS MUCH FORCING OR MOISTURE WITH IT (OTHER THAN PLENTY OF CLOUDS). SINCE IT IS STILL SEVERAL DAYS AWAY...JUST WENT WITH A GENERIC SLIGHT CHANCE. OUR -PNA/+NAO WILL STRENGTHEN ONCE AGAIN DURING THE LATTER PORTION OF THIS EXTENDED TIME PERIOD. HIGH PRESSURE...BUILDING OVER THE SOUTHEAST WILL ATTEMPT TO WARM US UP A LITTLE ON SUNDAY...ESPECIALLY IF WE COULD BREAK INTO ANY SORT OF SUN. TEMPS ON THAT DAY SHOULD CLIMB SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL...IF NOT MORE. FURTHER WARMING IS EXPECTED ON MONDAY AS THE HIGH MOVES EAST OFF THE SOUTHEAST COAST. MEANWHILE...THE GFS TRACKS THE NEXT STORM WELL TO OUR WEST ONCE AGAIN...WHICH MEANS IT SHOULD BE YET ANOTHER RAIN MAKER. UP THE CHANCES TO 50 ON TUESDAY. && .HYDROLOGY...A FLOOD WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE MOHAWK RIVER AT UTICA UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. THE UPPER MOHAWK AND SACANDAGA REGION ARE AREAS THAT NEED TO BE MONITORED VERY CLOSELY. HOPE MAY COME TO CLOSE TO REACHING FLOOD STAGE. THE CATSKILL AREA AT THIS TIME LOOKS TO STAY BELOW FLOOD STAGE IN THE SHORT TERM. THE NEXT FEW DAYS SNOW SHOWERS WILL OCCUR ACROSS THE NORTHERN TWO THIRDS OF THE CWA. THE NEXT CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION THAT MAY CAUSE HYDRO PROBLEMS WILL BE NEXT TUESDAY. && .ALY WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... CT...HIGH WIND WARNING...CTZ001-013-020500- MA...HIGH WIND WARNING...MAZ001-025-020500- NY...HIGH WIND WARNING...NYZ032-033-038>043-047>054-058>061-063>066 ...FLOOD WARNING FOR THE MOHAWK RIVER NEAR UTICA...082>084-020500 VT...HIGH WIND WARNING....VTZ013>015-020500-
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 539 AM EST WED DEC 1 2004 CTZ001-013-MAZ001-025-NYZ032-033-038>043-047>054-058>061-063>066- 082>084-VTZ013>015-021200- BENNINGTON VT-EASTERN ALBANY NY-EASTERN COLUMBIA NY- EASTERN DUTCHESS NY-EASTERN GREENE NY-EASTERN RENSSELAER NY- EASTERN SCHENECTADY NY-EASTERN ULSTER NY-EASTERN WINDHAM VT- HAMILTON NY-MONTGOMERY NY-NORTHERN BERKSHIRE MA-NORTHERN FULTON NY- NORTHERN HERKIMER NY-NORTHERN LITCHFIELD CT-NORTHERN SARATOGA NY- NORTHERN WARREN NY-NORTHERN WASHINGTON NY-SCHOHARIE NY- SOUTHEAST WARREN NY-SOUTHERN BERKSHIRE MA-SOUTHERN FULTON NY- SOUTHERN HERKIMER NY-SOUTHERN LITCHFIELD CT-SOUTHERN SARATOGA NY- SOUTHERN WASHINGTON NY-WESTERN ALBANY NY-WESTERN COLUMBIA NY- WESTERN DUTCHESS NY-WESTERN GREENE NY-WESTERN RENSSELAER NY- WESTERN SCHENECTADY NY-WESTERN ULSTER NY-WESTERN WINDHAM VT- 539 AM EST WED DEC 1 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN NEW YORK AND ADJACENT WESTERN NEW ENGLAND. .DAY ONE... A HIGH WIND WARNING IS IN EFFECT. PLEASE SEE HIGH WIND WARNING PRODUCT FOR ADDITIONAL DETAILS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT REQUESTED AT THIS TIME...BUT WILL BE LIKELY LATER THIS MORNING OR EARLY THIS AFTERNOON.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Route 8 blocked by fallen trees at Barker and Valentine Roads in Pittsfield.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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