A snow shower developed across central Saratoga County during the afternoon of Saturday, February 2nd, 2013. The snow shower developed as a result of moisture off Lake Ontario interacting with a weak area of low pressure moving across the region.
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A snow shower developed across central Saratoga County during the afternoon of Saturday, February 2nd, 2013. The snow shower developed as a result of moisture off Lake Ontario interacting with a weak area of low pressure moving across the region. While the snow shower was rather localized, it produced visibility of less than one-half mile for about a half-hour period. This allowed for about a half inch to inch of snow to accumulate between exits 15 and 16 on the Adirondack Northway (Interstate 87). This light accumulation of snow froze to the roadway, making the roadway rather slick. As a result, a chain of automobile accidents on the highway led to a 30 car pileup, including a tractor trailer. The Interstate was closed for several hours as a result of the accident and around 30 people reported minor injuries. No major injuries or deaths were reported.
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 Feb 2, 12:44 PM EST, 2 hours 16 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 1244 PM EST SAT FEB 2 2013 .SYNOPSIS... A CLIPPER LOW WILL APPROACH FROM THE LOWER GREAT LAKES REGION WITH ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING. ANOTHER CLIPPER WILL IMPACT THE REGION LATE SUNDAY INTO SUNDAY NIGHT WITH SOME LIGHT SNOW AND CONTINUED BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES TO OPEN NEXT WEEK. MUCH OF THE UPCOMING WEEK WILL BE DRY WITH SEASONABLY CHILLY TEMPERATURES. && .NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 PM THIS EVENING/... AS OF 1230 PM EST...LAKE PLUMES REMAIN CONFINED ACROSS THE KART AREA AND INTO PORTIONS OF THE ST LAWRENCE VALLEY /SEE LATEST SWOMCD/. THIS BAND OF SNOW SHOULD REMAIN NORTH AND WEST OF THE CWA PER THE LATEST RUC13/RAP/HRRR BOUNDARY LAYER WIND FORECASTS OF AROUND 240 DEGREES. MEANWHILE THE APPROACHING SHORT WAVE TROUGH WILL INCREASE THE CLOUD COVER AND PROVIDE THE INCREASE CHANCE FOR A LITTLE LIGHT SNOW. PER REGIONAL RADARS...SEEMS UPSTREAM REFLECTIVITIES REMAIN VERY LIGHT WITH THE HIGHER VALUES REMAINING JUST SOUTH OF THE NY STATE BORDER. HIGH TEMPS ARE LOOKING ON TARGET AND NO ADDITIONAL CHANGES AT THIS TIME. OTHERWISE...DESPITE WEAK LOW TO MID LEVEL WARM ADVECTION...H850 TEMPS WILL STILL BE -12C TO -16C FROM SOUTH TO NORTH OVER THE CWA. EXPECT HIGHS TO BE 5 TO 10 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL WITH HIGHS IN THE MID TO U20S IN THE CAPITAL DISTRICT...THE MID HUDSON VALLEY...AND CT VALLEY. EXPECT TEENS TO L20S OVER THE MTNS...LAKE GEORGE REGION...W-CNTRL MOHAWK VALLEY...SRN VT...AND THE LITCHFIELD HILLS. && .SHORT TERM /6 PM THIS EVENING THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT/... TONIGHT...THE FIRST OF TWO CLIPPERS PASSES SOUTH OF THE REGION WITH SCT SNOW SHOWERS/LIGHT SNOW ENDING FROM NORTH TO SOUTH. EXPECT MAINLY COATINGS TO A HALF AN INCH AROUND THE REGION. PORTIONS OF THE ERN CATSKILLS...AND WRN ADIRONDACKS COULD SEE AROUND AN INCH OR SO. THE FLOW VEERS TO THE W/NW AGAIN WITH THE UPPER LEVEL TROUGH OVER CNTRL-ERN CANADA CONTINUING TO THE DRIVE THE WX OVER NY AND NEW ENGLAND. MIN TEMPS WERE BLENDED FROM THE MET/MAV GUIDANCE WITH SINGLE DIGITS NORTH OF THE CAPITAL REGION...AND THE MOHAWK VALLEY...AND TEENS FROM THE I-90 CORRIDOR SOUTH AND EAST. SUNDAY-SUNDAY NIGHT...ANOTHER LULL IS BRIEFLY EXPECTED IN THE PARADE OF SHORT-WAVES/CLIPPERS IN THE W/NW FLOW ALOFT SUNDAY MORNING. THE GUIDANCE HAS TRENDED A BIT SLOWER WITH THE NEXT CLIPPER. SOME SLIGHT CHC POPS WERE PUT IN DURING THE LATE MORNING WEST OF THE HUDSON RIVER VALLEY...AND THEN CHC POPS WERE PUT IN EVERYWHERE IN THE PM INTO THE EVENING. THIS CLIPPER AND ITS ASSOCIATED SHORT- WAVE MOVE ACROSS THE CNTRL-ERN GREAT LAKES INTO THE REGION. THEIR IS SOME PRONOUNCED CYCLONIC VORTICITY ADVECTION WITH IT. THE DISTURBANCE WILL PRODUCE A ROUND OF LIGHT SNOW FOR THE REGION WITH GENERALLY A DUSTING TO AN INCH OR SO IN MOST LOCATIONS. THE SHORT- WAVE ENERGY WITH THIS CLIPPER WILL LIKELY PHASE WITH A STORM EAST OF THE GULF OF MAINE SUNDAY NIGHT. THE STORM WILL INTENSIFY AND DEEPEN NEAR THE CANADIAN MARITIMES. SOME WESTERLY UPSLOPE OR LAKE EFFECT SNOWFALL MAY IMPACT THE SRN GREENS AND WRN DACKS. WE HAVE 1-4" OF SNOW SUNDAY TO SUNDAY NIGHT IN THESE AREAS. HIGHS WILL RANGE FROM THE 20S TO L30S ACROSS THE REGION...TO SINGLE DIGITS TO TEENS FOR LOWS. MONDAY-MONDAY NIGHT...THE WORK WEEK WILL OPEN WITH BLUSTERY AND COLD CONDITIONS...AS A DEEPENING AND INTENSIFYING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES TOWARD LABRADOR...AND ARCTIC HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN FROM THE GREAT LAKES REGION AND ONTARIO. W/NW WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WILL BE COMMON WITH SOME GUSTS AROUND 30-40 MPH. WESTERLY UPSLOPE SNOW SHOWERS OVER THE SRN GREENS AND WRN DACKS WILL END DURING THE AFTERNOON WITH ADDITIONAL LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS. IN THE COLD ADVECTION REGIME...H850 TEMPS FALL TO -17C TO -22C. MAX TEMPS WILL CONTINUE TO RUN BELOW NORMAL WITH TEENS TO M20S OVER THE HILLS AND MTNS...AND L20S TO L30S IN THE VALLEY AREAS. TEMPS MAY FALL DURING THE AFTERNOON. DIMINISHING WINDS AND FRIGID CONDITIONS ARE ANTICIPATED MON NIGHT WITH HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING IN WITH LOWS BELOW ZERO OVER THE ADIRONDACK PARK...AND SRN GREENS...SINGLE DIGITS EVERYWHERE ELSE...EXCEPT 10-15F IN THE MID HUDSON VALLEY AND SRN LITCHFIELD COUNTY. && .LONG TERM /TUESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/... MODEL GUIDANCE IS IN FAIRLY GOOD AGREEMENT KEEPING THE REGION UNDER A LONGWAVE TROUGH. A SHORT WAVE IS FORECAST TO MOVE THROUGH THE BASE OF THE TROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY BRINGING THE THREAT FOR SOME SNOW SHOWERS. THE FLOW ALOFT IS EXPECTED TO BECOME MORE ZONAL WITH RIDGING BUILDING IN AT THE SURFACE AND IN THE LOW LEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE FOR THURSDAY BETWEEN SHORT WAVES AS THE UPPER LOW OVER EASTERN CANADA/HUDSONS BAY SHIFTS A BIT NORTHWARD. THE SURFACE HIGH WILL WEAKEN AND SHIFT EASTWARD AS ANOTHER SHORT WAVE TROUGH APPROACHES FROM THE GREAT LAKES THURSDAY NIGHT. THE UPPER TROUGH AND ASSOCIATED SURFACE LOW PRESSURE SHOULD CROSS THE REGION FRIDAY BRINGING WIDESPREAD CHANCES FOR SNOW SHOWERS. QPF SHOULD BE LIGHT SINCE MOISTURE ASSOCIATED WITH THE FEATURES WILL BE FAIRLY LIMITED. AS FOR TEMPERATURES LOOKING AT AROUND SEASONABLE LEVELS FOR EARLY FEBRUARY. SHOULD WARM TO A BIT ABOVE NORMAL ON FRIDAY AHEAD OF THE APPROACHING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM. NORMALS FEB 5TH-8TH: ALBANY: HIGHS LOWER 30S. LOWS MID TEENS. GLENS FALLS: HIGHS LOWER 30S. LOWS UPPER SINGLE DIGITS. POUGHKEEPSIE: HIGHS UPPER 30S. LOWS UPPER TEENS. BENNINGTON: HIGHS LOWER 30S. LOWS MID TEENS. PITTSFIELD: HIGHS AROUND 30. LOWS MID TEENS. && .AVIATION /18Z SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/... A WEAK CLIPPER SYSTEM WILL APPROACH FOR THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. THERE IS LITTLE MOISTURE ASSOCIATED WITH THIS SYSTEM...AND THE BEST CHANCE FOR ANY SNOW LOOKS MAINLY SOUTH OF THE TAF SITES...AS THE STORM REDEVELOPS OFF THE MID ATLANTIC COAST. FOR NOW...WILL ONLY GO WITH VCSH FOR ANY LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS OR FLURRIES THAT DO DEVELOP IN OUR AREA. IN ADDITION...WITH GO WITH A POP30 FOR MVFR -SHSN FOR KPOU FOR THE LATE EVENING HOURS...AS KPOU WILL BE A LITTLE CLOSER TO THE REDEVELOPING STORM THAN ANY OF THE OTHER TAF SITES. OTHERWISE...CIGS WILL BECOME BKN-OVC BY THE LATE AFTN/EVE AROUND 4 KFT WITH LIGHT WINDS WITH VFR CONDITIONS. SOME MVFR CIGS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE AT KPOU/KPSF FOR LATE TONIGHT/EARLY TOMORROW MORNING AS LOW LEVEL MOISTURE TRIES TO INCREASE. OTHERWISE...KGFL/KALB WILL CONTINUE TO SEE VFR CONDITIONS WITH BKN-OVC CIGS OF AROUND 3500-4000 FT. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BE LIGHT FOR THE LATE NIGHT HOURS INTO SUNDAY MORNING. OUTLOOK... SUN PM...MAINLY VFR. CHC FOR SUB-VFR WITH CHC LIGHT SNOW MID TO LATE AFTN. SUN NIGHT...MAINLY VFR. CHC FOR SUB-VFR WITH CHC FOR LIGHT SNOW. AT KPSF SNOW LIKELY AFTER MIDNIGHT. MON-TUE...VFR. NO SIG WX. TUE NIGHT. MAINLY VFR. CHC -SHSN MAINLY AFTER MIDNIGHT. WED...MAINLY VFR. CHC -SHSN IN THE AM AND SLIGHT CHC IN THE AFTN. WED NIGHT-THU...VFR. NO SIG WX. && .HYDROLOGY... THE NEXT 5 DAYS EXTENDING INTO THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK WILL FEATURE NO HYDRO PROBLEMS. COLD TEMPS AND LIGHT PCPN SYSTEMS /SNOW AS THE PTYPE/ WILL ALLOW RIVERS AND STREAM TO CONTINUE TO RECEDE FROM LAST WEEKS STORM SYSTEM. THE BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES WILL ALLOW ICE TO REFORM AND THICKEN ON BODIES OF WATER IN THE ALBANY HYDRO SERVICE AREA. FOR SPECIFIC RIVER AND LAKE FORECASTS...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...FRUGIS/WASULA NEAR TERM...BGM/FRUGIS/WASULA SHORT TERM...WASULA LONG TERM...IAA AVIATION...FRUGIS HYDROLOGY...WASULA
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 417 AM EST SAT FEB 2 2013 CTZ001-013-MAZ001-025-NYZ032-033-038>043-047>054-058>061-063>066- 082>084-VTZ013>015-031200- 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- 417 AM EST SAT FEB 2 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWESTERN CONNECTICUT...WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS...EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK AND SOUTHERN VERMONT. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. FOR THE LATEST UPDATES...PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBPAGE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/ALBANY
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 winter weather. Local standard time, as filed.
Around 30 cars, including a tractor trailer, were involved in an accident on the Adirondack Northway (Interstate 87) due to a light accumulation of snow from a localized heavy snow shower.
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