A series of strong arctic cold fronts moved through the region between Wednesday January 9th, 2013 and the early morning hours on Thursday, January 10th, 2013. With the passage of the final boundary, a weak line of rain and snow showers developed.
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A series of strong arctic cold fronts moved through the region between Wednesday January 9th, 2013 and the early morning hours on Thursday, January 10th, 2013. With the passage of the final boundary, a weak line of rain and snow showers developed. Strong, gusty winds occurred both accompanying and in the wake of the showers. A wind gust to 58 mph was recorded at the Automated Surface Observation System (ASOS) at Harriman-and-West Airport in North Adams.
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 Jan 10, 12:26 AM EST, 2 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 1226 AM EST THU JAN 10 2013 .SYNOPSIS... WINDS WILL BE BRISK AND GUSTY OVERNIGHT AND THIS MORNING IN THE WAKE OF A COLD FRONT. AN AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD IN FROM THE MIDWEST THIS AFTERNOON AND NIGHT...WITH DRY AND RELATIVELY MILD WEATHER. A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM APPROACHING FROM THE SOUTHWEST WILL BRING CLOUDS AND SOME RAIN TO THE REGION FOR FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. && .NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 AM THIS MORNING/... GUSTY WINDS ASSOCIATED WITH THE COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE. GRADUAL COOLING SEEN UPSTREAM...SO NO BIG CHANGES TO TEMPERATURES THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS...EVEN THOUGH SOME CURRENT TEMPERATURES A BIT WARM FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR. RAIN ON RADAR ONLY REACHING THE GROUND AS SPRINKLES IN SOME AREAS...SO FEW CHANGES NEEDED TO RAIN CHANCES AS MANY AREAS MAY SEE SPRINKLES AT BEST FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS. && .SHORT TERM /6 AM THIS MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY/... THURSDAY-THURSDAY NIGHT...HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN FROM THE SOUTHWEST. THIS SHOULD BRING MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES...OUTSIDE OF SOME INCREASE IN HIGH CLOUDS LATER THU INTO THU NT. IN ADDITION...SOME LINGERING CLOUDS COULD OCCUR IN SOME AREAS THU MORNING. GENERALLY WENT CLOSE TO A MAV/MET MOS BLEND FOR THU...THEN COLDER THAN ALL MOS FOR THU NT...AS RADIATIONAL COOLING SHOULD BE FAIRLY DECENT DESPITE HIGH CLOUDS. FOR MAX TEMPS...GENERALLY INDICATED 35-40 IN MOST VALLEY AREAS...AND LOWER/MID 30S ACROSS HIGHER TERRAIN. FOR THU NT/FRI AM...HAVE FORECASTED MINS IN THE TEENS TO LOWER 20S...ALTHOUGH SINGLE DIGITS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS SOME SHELTERED VALLEY AREAS ACROSS THE NORTH COUNTRY AND SOUTHERN VT. FRI-FRI NT...SHEARING UPPER LEVEL LOW CURRENTLY ALONG ACROSS TEXAS SHOULD CONTINUE WEAKENING. HOWEVER...A THRUST OF WARM ADVECTION SHOULD BRING A ROUND OF PRECIPITATION TO THE REGION...MOST LIKELY FRI AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THIS TIMING WILL BE CRITICAL...AS ANY EARLIER TIMING COULD COINCIDE WITH SUBFREEZING SFC TEMPS ACROSS MANY AREAS...WHICH WOULD ALLOW FOR FREEZING RAIN AND SOME SLEET. ASSUMING THIS LATER TIMING...HAVE INDICATED MAINLY PLAIN RAIN FOR FRI AFTERNOON-EVENING...ALTHOUGH HAVE INCLUDED SOME CHC FOR FREEZING RAIN AT LEADING EDGE. IF TEMPS FAIL TO RISE AS EXPECTED...FREEZING RAIN ISSUES COULD BE MORE WIDESPREAD AND LINGER INTO FRI AFTERNOON OR EVENING. WILL ADDRESS THIS POSSIBILITY IN HWOALY. OTHERWISE...HAVE SIDED WITH THE COLDER MET MOS FOR FRI MAXES...WITH GENERALLY MID 30S TO AROUND 40 FOR VALLEY AREAS...AND LOWER/MID 30S ACROSS HIGHER ELEVATIONS. TEMPS SHOULD HOLD NEARLY STEADY...OR MAY EVEN RISE A BIT FRI NT...WITH WIDESPREAD LOWER/MID 30S EXPECTED. SAT...IN THE WAKE OF PASSING FRI-FRI NT WAVE...VERY LIGHT WINDS AND LIMITED MIXING ARE EXPECTED FOR SATURDAY. THIS MAY ALLOW CLOUDS TO LINGER THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY...AND SHOULD KEEP TEMPS COOLER THAN MOS SUGGESTS. HAVE THEREFORE FORECASTED MAXES COOLER THAN GMOS...WITH WIDESPREAD 40S EXPECTED...ALTHOUGH SOME UPPER 30S COULD HOLD ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE UPPER HUDSON RIVER VALLEY/SOUTHERN ADIRONDACKS. && .LONG TERM /SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY/... LOOKING AT UNSETTLED WEATHER WITH MAINLY ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES. MODEL GUIDANCE IS IN FAIRLY GOOD AGREEMENT WITH THE LONGWAVE PATTERN. ITS AMPLIFIED WITH A TROUGH OVER THE WESTERN CONUS AND A RIDGE ALONG THE EAST COAST AND WESTERN ATLANTIC. BY SATURDAY NIGHT/SUNDAY A FRONTAL BOUNDARY IS EXPECTED TO STRETCH FROM THE DEEP SOUTH TO NEW ENGLAND. WAVES OF LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE ALONG THE BOUNDARY AS IT PROGRESSES EASTWARD AND OFFSHORE. THE FLOW ALOFT WILL PARALLEL THE BOUNDARY. THE UNCERTAINTY IN THE FORECAST IS WITH THE TIMING OF THE WAVES OF LOW PRESSURE AND THE POSITION OF THE SLOW MOVING BOUNDARY. AT THIS TIME...BEST CHANCES FOR PRECIPITATION WILL BE SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY. NORMAL TEMPERATURES FROM THIS TIME OF YEAR... ALBANY...HIGHS NEAR FREEZING AND LOWS MID TEENS GLENS FALLS: HIGHS UPPER 20S AND LOWS UPPER SINGLE DIGITS POUGHKEEPSIE...HIGHS MID 30S AND LOWS MID TEENS BENNINGTON...HIGHS AROUND 30 AND LOWS NEAR 12 DEGREES PITTSFIELD...HIGHS UPPER 20S AND LOWS NEAR 12 DEGREES && .AVIATION /06Z THURSDAY THROUGH MONDAY/... VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE TAF PERIOD ENDING AT 06Z/FRIDAY. WHILE A COLD FRONT HAS MOVED OFF TO OUR EAST...A SECONDARY BOUNDARY ASSOCIATED UP THE UPPER TROUGH AXIS IS CURRENTLY MOVING ACROSS THE REGION. WESTERLY WINDS HAVE BECOME VERY GUSTY...ESP FOR KALB/KPSF...WHERE GUSTS TO AROUND 35 KTS WILL CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS. THE PRESSURE GRADIENT AND ASSOCIATED WINDS WILL WEAKEN ON THURSDAY ESPECIALLY DURING THE AFTERNOON AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN. BKN-OVC CIGS OF 5K-7K WILL BE IN PLACE FOR MUCH OF THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. THESE CLOUDS WILL SCT OUT TOWARDS MORNING...WITH MOST AREAS CLEAR BY THE MID TO LATE MORNING ON THURSDAY. ONLY A FEW PASSING HIGH CIRRUS CLOUDS WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION BY TOMORROW EVENING. OUTLOOK... FRI-FRI NIGHT...MVFR....MAINLY CIGS. CHC -RA. SAT...VFR. NO SIG WX. SUN-TUE...VFR/MVFR. CHC -SHRAS. && .HYDROLOGY... NO HYDRO PROBLEMS ARE EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT FIVE DAYS. TEMPERATURES OVER THE NEXT FIVE DAYS WILL BE AVERAGING ABOVE NORMAL. WITH DAYTIME TEMPERATURES ABOVE FREEZING...SNOW MELT WILL OCCUR...ALTHOUGH IT INITIALLY WILL BE GRADUAL...AS OVERNIGHT LOWS THROUGH FRIDAY WILL STILL DROP BELOW FREEZING. SOME RIVER AND LAKE ICE MAY BEGIN TO ERODE INTO THIS WEEKEND...ESP WITH MIN TEMPS OVER THE WEEKEND MAINLY REMAINING ABOVE FREEZING. A WEAK COLD FRONT MAY BRING SOME LIGHT RAIN OR SNOW SHOWERS TO THE ADIRONDACKS TONIGHT...BUT PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS WILL BE NEGLIGIBLE. ANOTHER STORM SYSTEM MAY BRING A PERIOD OF MAINLY LIGHT RAIN TO THE REGION FOR FRIDAY...BUT PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS LOOK TO BE LIGHT...GENERALLY LESS THAN A HALF INCH. THIS MAY ALLOW FOR SOME VERY MINOR RIVER RISES...BUT FLOODING OR ICE JAMS ARE NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. DRY WEATHER WILL MAKE A RETURN FOR MOST OF THE WEEKEND. 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...KL LONG TERM...IAA AVIATION...FRUGIS HYDROLOGY...FRUGIS/KL
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 443 PM EST WED JAN 9 2013 CTZ001-013-MAZ001-025-NYZ032-033-038>043-047>054-058>061-063>066- 082>084-VTZ013>015-101200- NORTHERN LITCHFIELD-SOUTHERN LITCHFIELD-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-EASTERN ULSTER- WESTERN DUTCHESS-EASTERN DUTCHESS-NORTHERN FULTON-SOUTHEAST WARREN- SOUTHERN WASHINGTON-BENNINGTON-WESTERN WINDHAM-EASTERN WINDHAM- 443 PM EST WED JAN 9 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWESTERN CONNECTICUT...WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS...EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK AND SOUTHERN VERMONT. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. THERE IS A CHANCE FOR A BRIEF PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN LATE FRIDAY MORNING...BEFORE TRANSITIONING TO PLAIN RAIN FOR SHELTERED VALLEYS WITHIN THE SOUTHERN ADIRONDACKS AND EASTERN CATSKILLS...AS WELL AS THE GLENS FALLS AND LAKE GEORGE AREAS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A measured wind gust of 58 mph was recorded in North Adams at 12:38 AM EST.
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