ALERT FOR THE CAPITAL DISTRICT NEW YORK STATE ..WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... * LOCATIONS...EASTERN CATSKILLS...MOHAWK AND SCHOHARIE VALLEYS... GREATER CAPITAL REGION...HUDSON VALLEY OF GREENE AND COLUMBIA COUNTIES...TACONICS...BERKSHIRES...LAKE GEORGE SARATOGA REGION AND SOUTHERN VERMONT. . * HAZARD TYPES...HEAVY SNOW....MIXED WITH SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN. * MAXIMUM SNOWFALL RATES...ONE TO TWO INCHES PER HOUR POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY EVENING. * TIMING...SNOW WILL BEGIN EARLY IN THE DAY ON WEDNESDAY. THE SNOW WILL MIX WITH RAIN...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN. MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE BACK TO SNOW WEDNESDAY EVENING. * SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS...7 OR MORE INCHES POSSIBLE. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO TO A QUARTER OF AN INCH...MAINLY SOUTH AND EAST OF THE CAPITAL REGION. * IMPACTS...SNOW AND ICE COVERED ROADS AND LOW VISIBILITY WILL MAKE FOR POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS TRAVEL. THE COMBINATION OF A HEAVY WET SNOW...SOME FREEZING RAIN AND WIND COULD RESULT IN ISOLATED TO SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH BY WEDNESDAY EVENING. * TEMPERATURES...LOWER TO MID 30S WEDNESDAY...FALLING TO THE TEENS LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT. 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.
Posted on: Tue, 11 Mar 2014 09:24:07 +0000
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