Special Weather Statement
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 1028 AM EST TUE JAN 12 2016 CTZ001-013-MAZ001-025-NYZ038>041-047>054-058>061-063>066-082>084- VTZ013>015-122100- NORTHERN LITCHFIELD-SOUTHERN LITCHFIELD-NORTHERN BERKSHIRE- SOUTHERN BERKSHIRE-SOUTHERN HERKIMER-SOUTHERN FULTON-MONTGOMERY- NORTHERN SARATOGA-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- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TORRINGTON...OAKVILLE...NEW MILFORD... TERRYVILLE...PITTSFIELD...NORTH ADAMS...GREAT BARRINGTON...LEE... LENOX...HOUSATONIC...ILION...HERKIMER...LITTLE FALLS...MOHAWK... FRANKFORT...DOLGEVILLE...GLOVERSVILLE...JOHNSTOWN...AMSTERDAM... WELLSVILLE...SARATOGA SPRINGS...COBLESKILL...MIDDLEBURGH... DELANSON...ESPERANCE...DUANESBURG...SCHENECTADY...ROTTERDAM... BALLSTON SPA...MECHANICVILLE...WATERFORD...ALTAMONT...ALBANY... TROY...HOOSICK FALLS...HUNTER...TANNERSVILLE...WINDHAM... CATSKILL...COXSACKIE...ATHENS...CAIRO...JEFFERSON HEIGHTS... HUDSON...CHATHAM...SUNDOWN...ELLENVILLE...WOODSTOCK... WEST HURLEY...KERHONKSON...NAPANOCH...PHOENICIA...KINGSTON... NEW PALTZ...POUGHKEEPSIE...BEACON...ARLINGTON...PAWLING... DOVER PLAINS...MILLBROOK...PINE PLAINS...AMENIA...MILLERTON... NORTHVILLE...MAYFIELD...GLENS FALLS...WEST GLENS FALLS... HUDSON FALLS...FORT EDWARD...CAMBRIDGE...GREENWICH...BENNINGTON... JACKSONVILLE...NEWFANE...BRATTLEBORO...WEST BRATTLEBORO... BELLOWS FALLS 1028 AM EST TUE JAN 12 2016 ...SNOW SQUALLS POSSIBLE THIS EVENING ACROSS THE CAPITAL DISTRICT...GLENS FALLS/SARATOGA REGION...MOHAWK VALLEY...EXTREME SOUTHERN ADIRONDACKS...SCHOHARIE VALLEY...EASTERN CATSKILLS...MID HUDSON VALLEY...SOUTHERN GREENS...BERKSHIRES AND LITCHFIELD COUNTY IN NORTHWEST CONNECTICUT... BRIEF...BUT INTENSE SNOW SQUALLS AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS EVENING BETWEEN 5 AND 9 PM. THESE SNOW SQUALLS WILL BE BRIEF IN DURATION...LASTING NO MORE THAN 15 TO 30 MINUTES. A QUICK COATING TO AN INCH OF SNOWFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE SNOW SQUALLS...ON TOP OF ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL ASSOCIATED WITH A CLIPPER SYSTEM MOVING ACROSS THE REGION. IN ADDITION TO THE BURST OF SNOWFALL...GUSTY WINDS WILL ACCOMPANY THE SQUALLS...WITH GUSTS OF 35 TO 45 MPH POSSIBLE. THESE SNOW SQUALLS WILL PRODUCE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS AND SLIPPERY ROADS AND SURFACES...WITH NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS WITH VISIBILITY NEAR ZERO AT TIMES. TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL BE SEVERELY RESTRICTED DURING THE DURATION OF THE SQUALL.
