Strong northwest to north winds occurred in the wake of a cold front during Wednesday morning, November 24th.
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Strong northwest to north winds occurred in the wake of a cold front during Wednesday morning, November 24th.
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 Nov 24, 4:08 AM EST, 1 hour 52 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 408 AM EST WED NOV 24 2010 .SYNOPSIS... MUCH COLDER AIR WILL FILTER INTO THE REGION ON BRISK AND GUSTY WESTERLY WINDS THROUGH TODAY. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD IN WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THANKSGIVING. A COMPLEX STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING MIXED PRECIPITATION TO EASTERN NEW YORK AND WESTERN NEW ENGLAND THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY. && .NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 PM THIS EVENING/... LEADING AXIS OF DEEPER COLD AIR TRACKING THROUGH BEFORE SUNRISE...RESULTING IN SOME SCATTERED SHOWER AND SNOW SHOWER ACTIVITY. AS COLD AIR DEEPENS OVER THE REGION...MEAN BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW TURNS MORE NORTHWEST AND NORTH...WHICH SHOULD MINIMIZE THE LAKE EFFECT SHOWERS AND SNOW SHOWER POTENTIAL AFTER SUNRISE. CLOUDS WILL TEND TO BECOME SCATTERED THROUGH THE MORNING AND AFTERNOON AS WELL. ALL AREAS WILL SEE GUSTY WINDS OVER 30 MPH...BUT THE STRONGEST WIND GUSTS...AROUND 40 MPH AT TIMES...WILL BE FROM THE EASTERN CATSKILLS THROUGH THE HUDSON RIVER VALLEY AND POINTS EAST THROUGH WESTERN NEW ENGLAND. RAPIDLY COOLING BOUNDARY LAYER TEMPERATURES WILL PREVENT SURFACE TEMPERATURES FROM RISING AS MUCH AS THEY COULD WITH THE MIXING FROM THE STRONG WINDS AND INCREASING SUNSHINE. HIGHS IN THE LOWER TO MID 40S...30S IN THE MOUNTAINS...SOME UPPER 40S MID HUDSON VALLEY AND NW CT. && .SHORT TERM /6 PM THIS EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT/... LOW LEVEL RIDGE AXIS BUILDS INTO THE REGION TONIGHT WITH WINDS DIMINISHING TO LIGHT...AND A MOSTLY CLEAR SKY. TEMPERATURES SHOULD FALL INTO THE LOWER 20S...TEENS IN THE MOUNTAINS. SYSTEM CURRENTLY AFFECTING AREAS FROM THE ROCKIES TO THE CENTRAL AND NORTHERN PLAINS WILL APPROACH OUR REGION TOMORROW. UPPER RIDGING WILL BUILD INTO THE EASTERN U.S. AS LOW LEVEL RIDGING BEGINS TO BUILD OFFSHORE. LIGHT WINDS AND INCREASING HIGH CLOUDS WILL LIMIT MIXING...AND CAPPING OUR HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE MID 30S TO LOWER 40S. TOMORROW NIGHT INTO FRIDAY...MAIN UPPER LOW TRACKS NORTHWEST AND NORTH OF OUR REGION...BUT LOW LEVEL COLD AND DRY AIR WILL NOT BE DISLODGED FROM OUR REGION SO EASILY. AGEOSTROPHIC WINDS FROM THE NORTH AND NORTHEAST...ASSOCIATED WITH THE SLOWLY RETREATING LOW LEVEL RIDGING TO OUR EAST WILL REINFORCE THE COOL AND DRY AIRMASS OVER OUR REGION INTO FRIDAY MORNING. SO...ONCE PRECIPITATION BEGINS SOME TIME AROUND OR JUST AFTER SUNSET TOMORROW...DIABATIC COOLING WILL TEND TO MAKE SURFACE TEMPERATURES COOL TOWARD WET BULB TEMPERATURES. GUIDANCE SUGGESTS 925 MB AND 850 MB TEMPERATURES RISE VERY SLOWLY...WITH 850 MB TEMPERATURES RISING FASTER THAN 925 MB TEMPERATURES. THIS SUGGESTS A MIX OF RAIN...SNOW AND SLEET IN WARMER AREAS SUCH AS THE MID HUDSON VALLEY TO PARTS OF THE CAPITAL DISTRICT AND INTO NW CT. A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN...SNOW AND SLEET IS LIKELY IN THE MOUNTAINS...AND INTO THE BERKSHIRES...SOUTHERN VT AND LAKE GEORGE SARATOGA REGION. THE MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL BE WORDED AS LIGHT...SINCE THE BEST FORCING SUGGESTED IN GUIDANCE LOOKS TO BE LATER FRIDAY MORNING INTO FRIDAY AFTERNOON...MORE PROXIMATE TO THE COLD FRONT. ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW COULD BE UP TO ABOUT 3 INCHES IN THE HIGHEST PEAKS...WHILE FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET COULD ACCUMULATE TO A TENTH OR A COUPLE OF TENTHS OF AN INCH. MIXED PRECIPITATION SHOULD BECOME RAIN IN MOST AREAS BY MIDDAY FRIDAY...AND BRIEFLY INCREASE IN INTENSITY AS THE BOUNDARY LAYER FORCING INCREASES ALONG THE BOUNDARY LAYER THERMAL GRADIENT...LOW LEVEL JET ENERGY AND MAXIMUM ISENTROPIC LIFT. LOWS THURSDAY NIGHT SHOULD BE JUST ABOVE FREEZING IN THE MID HUDSON VALLEY TO PARTS OF THE CAPITAL DISTRICT AND INTO NW CT...WITH MID 20S TO LOWER 30S ELSEWHERE. HIGHS FRIDAY SHOULD BE AROUND 40 MOST AREAS...BUT MID 30S IN THE MOUNTAINS...AND LAKE GEORGE SARATOGA REGION. BRIEF WARM SECTOR IN SOUTHERN AREAS COULD PUSH POU AND NW CT TO AROUND 50. RAPID BOUNDARY LAYER COOLING BEGINS FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...AND LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS SHOULD EXTEND EASTWARD INTO THE SOUTHERN ADIRONDACKS AND WESTERN MOHAWK VALLEY. 2 OR MORE INCHES OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. WINDS WILL BE QUITE GUSTY FRIDAY NIGHT...SO TEMPERATURES SHOULD NOT FALL AS MUCH AS THEY COULD. LOWS IN THE MID TO UPPER 20S MOST AREAS...LOWER 20S IN THE MOUNTAINS. WIND CHILLS FRIDAY NIGHT WILL LIKELY REMIND US WINTER IS ON ITS WAY IN LESS THAN A MONTH. && .LONG TERM /SATURDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/... SAT-SAT NT...00Z/24 DETERMINISTIC MODELS...AND GEFS IN FAIRLY GOOD AGREEMENT THAT STRONG LOW PUSHES N/NE OF REGION...WITH COLD CYCLONIC FLOW REMAINING IN ITS WAKE. THIS SHOULD PROVE CONDUCIVE TO LAKE EFFECT SNOW...WHICH COULD BE HEAVY IN LOCALIZED AREAS WITHIN THE WESTERN ADIRONDACKS. CURRENT MODELS SUGGEST A TRAJECTORY FAVORING NORTHERN HERKIMER/HAMILTON COS INITIALLY...BEFORE VEERING SLIGHTLY SOUTHWARD BY LATE SAT OR SAT NT...BUT AT THIS TIME RANGE...STILL SOME UNCERTAINTY AS ANY EMBEDDED SMALLER DISTURBANCES COULD EASILY CHANGE THIS TRAJECTORY. WILL INDICATE CAT POPS ACROSS THE WESTERN DACKS...WITH CHC TO LIKELIES EXTENDING FURTHER S INTO THE WESTERN MOHAWK VALLEY...AS WELL AS ACROSS SW VT AND THE NORTHERN BERKSHIRES...WITH SLIGHT CHC TO LOW CHC POPS FOR PORTIONS OF THE UPPER HUDSON VALLEY...INCLUDING THE CAPITAL REGION. EXPECT STRONG WEST TO NW WINDS...WHICH COULD REACH ADVISORY LEVELS. FOR MAX TEMPS...HAVE GENERALLY INDICATED MAXES COLDER THAN GMOS...WITH MAINLY MID TO UPPER 30S IN THE VALLEYS...AND 20S FOR HIGHER ELEVATIONS. HOWEVER...THERE IS SOME POTENTIAL FOR EVEN COLDER MAXES...WITH EVEN VALLEY REGIONS POSSIBLY STRUGGLING TO EXCEED THE FREEZING MARK...ESP SHOULD THE NAM12 PROVE CORRECT. EXPECT WIDESPREAD TEENS AND 20S FOR SAT NT/SUN AM MINS. SUN-MON NT...LINGERING SNOW SHOWERS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS WESTERN AREAS...AND PERHAPS UPSLOPE WEST FACING HIGHER ELEVATIONS WITHIN WESTERN NEW ENGLAND SUNDAY MORNING. THEN...A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING NE INTO THE REGION SHOULD ALLOW SNOW SHOWERS TO DIMINISH...WITH GENERALLY FAIR CONDITIONS EXPECTED BY SUN AFTERNOON THROUGH MON NT. EXPECT MAX TEMPS TO RANGE FROM THE UPPER 30S/LOWER 40S WITHIN VALLEYS...AND 20S TO LOWER 30S ACROSS HIGHER ELEVATIONS FOR SUN...THEN LOWER/MID 40S FOR VALLEYS AND 30S FOR HIGHER ELEVATIONS MON. OVERNIGHT MINS SUN NT/MON AM SHOULD FALL INTO THE TEENS AND 20S...WITH SLIGHTLY WARMER MINS IN THE UPPER 20S TO LOWER 30S TUE AM IN VALLEYS...AND MAINLY 20S FOR HIGHER ELEVATIONS. TUE...NEXT SYSTEM APPROACHES FROM THE W WITHIN HIGHLY AMPLIFIED PATTERN. CURRENT LONG RANGE DETERMINISTIC MODELS AND GEFS SUGGEST ANOTHER STORM TRACKING WEST OF THE REGION...WHICH WOULD BRING MAINLY RAIN...ALONG WITH POTENTIALLY GUSTY SOUTHEAST TO SOUTH WINDS TO THE REGION. FOR NOW...WILL INDICATE CHC POPS...FOR RAIN SHOWERS...WITH MAX TEMPS REACHING THE 40S TO LOWER 50S WITHIN VALLEYS...AND LOWER 40S FOR HIGHER ELEVATIONS. && .AVIATION /09Z WEDNESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/... EXPECT MAINLY VFR CONDITIONS OVER THE NEXT 24-36 HOURS. A FAIRLY SOLID CLOUD DECK WILL AFFECT KALB AND KGFL THROUGH 12Z/WED...WITH BASES OF 3500-5000 FT AGL. SOME OF THESE CLOUDS MAY PERIODICALLY REACH KPOU THROUGH 12Z/WED. LAKE EFFECT RAIN SHOWERS...POSSIBLY MIXING WITH SOME SNOW...WILL DEVELOP OVER THE NEXT 1-3 HOURS...AND MAY IMPACT KALB AT TIMES THROUGH 12Z/WED. THIS MAY ALLOW VSBYS/CIGS TO BRIEFLY DIP INTO THE MVFR RANGE. SHOULD SOME SNOW MIX IN TOWARD 12Z/WED...NO ACCUMS ARE EXPECTED. WINDS WILL INCREASE FROM THE W/NW AT 15-25 KT AT KALB...AND 10-20 KT AT KGFL AND KPOU THROUGH 12Z/WED. THESE WINDS WILL INCREASE FURTHER AFTER 12Z...WITH SOME GUSTS POSSIBLY REACHING 30-35 KT AT KALB...AND 25-30 KT AT KGFL AND KPOU. THESE WINDS SHOULD GRADUALLY DIMINISH AFTER 20Z/WED...BUT MAY REMAIN SOMEWHAT GUSTY AT KALB UNTIL AFTER 00Z/THU. OUTLOOK... WED NIGHT-THU...VFR...NO SIG WX. THU NIGHT...MVFR WITH IFR POSSIBLE WITH PRECIPITATION OVERSPREADING AREA. RAIN WITH SOME SLEET POSSIBLE AT KALB AND KPOU AND A WINTRY MIX FOR KGFL. FRI...IFR-MVFR WITH RAIN LIKELY IN THE MORNING TAPERING OFF TO RAIN/SNOW SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON. FRI NIGHT-SAT...VFR WITH MVFR POSSIBLE AT KALB. LAKE EFFECT SHOWERS ACROSS THE WESTERN ADIRONDACKS AND WESTERN MOHAWK VALLEY. SUN...VFR...NO SIG WX. && .HYDROLOGY... COLD AND DRIER WEATHER IS EXPECTED THROUGH THANKSGIVING DAY. A COMPLEX STORM SYSTEM MAY BRING A MIX OF PRECIPITATION THANKSGIVING EVENING...TRANSITIONING TO RAIN ON FRIDAY. SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS AND FLURRIES ARE POSSIBLE FRIDAY NIGHT. THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN ON FRIDAY ACROSS THE REGION ON FRIDAY. AFTER AROUND A THIRD OF AN INCH OF MIXED PRECIPITATION THANKSGIVING NIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING...AN ADDITIONAL THIRD OF AN INCH OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE THROUGH THE DAY FRIDAY. 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...NAS NEAR TERM...NAS SHORT TERM...NAS LONG TERM...KL AVIATION...KL HYDROLOGY...KL/NAS
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 432 AM EST WED NOV 24 2010 MAZ001-025-NYZ032-033-038>043-047-048-051-053-054-058-061-082>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- WESTERN ALBANY-WESTERN RENSSELAER-EASTERN RENSSELAER-WESTERN GREENE- EASTERN COLUMBIA-NORTHERN FULTON-SOUTHEAST WARREN- SOUTHERN WASHINGTON-BENNINGTON-WESTERN WINDHAM-EASTERN WINDHAM- 432 AM EST WED NOV 24 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE EASTERN CATSKILLS...WESTERN MOHAWK VALLEY...SCHOHARIE VALLEY...SOUTHERN ADIRONDACKS...LAKE GEORGE SARATOGA REGION...WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS...AND SOUTHERN VERMONT. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN...SNOW AND SLEET IS LIKELY THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING OVER PARTS OF THE REGION. A LIGHT ACCUMULATION OF SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN IS POSSIBLE. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES MAY BE NEEDED IN SOME AREAS THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. CTZ001-013-NYZ049-050-052-059-060-063>066-251200- NORTHERN LITCHFIELD-SOUTHERN LITCHFIELD-EASTERN SCHENECTADY- SOUTHERN SARATOGA-EASTERN ALBANY-EASTERN GREENE-WESTERN COLUMBIA- WESTERN ULSTER-EASTERN ULSTER-WESTERN DUTCHESS-EASTERN DUTCHESS- 432 AM EST WED NOV 24 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWESTERN CONNECTICUT...THE CAPITAL DISTRICT AND MID HUDSON VALLEY. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. SOME SNOW AND SLEET MAY MIX WITH RAIN THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY...WITH LITTLE TO NO SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATION EXPECTED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 strong wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A tree was reported down on a home due to strong winds. A 51 MPH wind gust was reported at that time.
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