Hazardous Weather Outlook
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 447 AM EDT FRI APR 1 2016 CTZ001-013-MAZ001-025-NYZ051>054-058>061-063>066-VTZ013>015-021100- NORTHERN LITCHFIELD-SOUTHERN LITCHFIELD-NORTHERN BERKSHIRE- SOUTHERN BERKSHIRE-WESTERN ALBANY-EASTERN ALBANY-WESTERN RENSSELAER- EASTERN RENSSELAER-WESTERN GREENE-EASTERN GREENE-WESTERN COLUMBIA- EASTERN COLUMBIA-WESTERN ULSTER-EASTERN ULSTER-WESTERN DUTCHESS- EASTERN DUTCHESS-BENNINGTON-WESTERN WINDHAM-EASTERN WINDHAM- 447 AM EDT FRI APR 1 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWESTERN CONNECTICUT...WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS...SOUTHERN VERMONT....AND ALBANY...RENSSELAER...GREENE ...COLUMBIA...DUTCHESS...AND ULSTER COUNTIES IN EASTERN NEW YORK. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THIS MORNING INTO THIS AFTERNOON AHEAD OF AN ADVANCING COLD FRONT. THERE IS A MARGINAL RISK OF THUNDERSTORMS REACHING SEVERE LEVELS...WITH WINDS 58 MPH OR GREATER AND HAIL ONE INCH IN DIAMETER OR LARGER. THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE WEST TO EAST AT 40 MPH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. WITH COLDER AIR MOVING INTO THE REGION...A PERIOD OF LIGHT ACCUMULATING SNOW IS LIKELY FOR SATURDAY NIGHT. IF MORE MODERATE AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED...A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WOULD BE NEEDED. BEHIND THIS STORM SYSTEM...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL BECOME STRONG AND GUSTY FOR SUNDAY. GUSTS MAY EXCEED 45 MPH AND A WIND ADVISORY WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED. ANOTHER STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING AN ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION OF SNOWFALL ON MONDAY INTO MONDAY EVENING. A LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOWFALL IS POSSIBLE AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED TODAY. $$