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Ben, Son of Charles
December 15th, 2007, 02:05 AM
SNOW WILL RAPIDLY DEVELOP EARLY SUNDAY MORNING AND WILL BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH THE DAY. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 10 TO 20 INCHES ARE LIKELY BY LATE SUNDAY NIGHT. THE GREATER SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL OCCUR ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE WESTERN AND SOUTHERN ADIRONDACKS...WHERE UP TO TWO FEET OF SNOW COULD FALL. SOME SLEET MAY MIX IN FOR A SHORT TIME SUNDAY AFTERNOON...ESPECIALLY IN THE MOHAWK VALLEY AND UPPER HUDSON VALLEY. SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO SUNDAY EVENING...BEFORE TAPERING OFF LATE SUNDAY NIGHT.

DURING THE HEIGHT OF THE STORM...SNOWFALL RATES COULD EXCEED THREE INCHES PER HOURS. INCREASING WINDS WILL RESULT IN OCCASIONAL WHITE OUT CONDITIONS. BLOWING SNOW WILL START TO OCCUR SUNDAY AFTERNOON...AND EVEN MORE SO SUNDAY NIGHT AS WINDS STRENGTHEN FURTHER.

THE HEAVY SNOWFALL WILL RESULT FROM A SPRAWLING STORM SYSTEM THAT WILL BEGIN TO TAKE SHAPE ACROSS THE OHIO VALLEY AND MID ATLANTIC REGION SATURDAY NIGHT...BEFORE DEVELOPING INTO A POWERFUL NOR EASTER NEAR NEW YORK CITY SUNDAY AFTERNOON. THIS STORM WILL TRACK ACROSS SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND...EMERGING NEAR BOSTON SUNDAY EVENING.

Ben, Son of Charles
December 15th, 2007, 04:20 PM
SNOW WILL DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT...SPREADING FROM SOUTH TO NORTH ACROSS THE REGION. THE SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING...PRODUCING 4 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION. BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON...WARMER AIR WILL MOVE IN ALOFT...WHICH WILL CAUSE THE SNOW TO CHANGE TO A MIX OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN. ICE ACCRETION OF ONE TENTH TO ONE QUARTER INCH WILL BE LIKELY SUNDAY AFTERNOON. MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE BACK TO SNOW BEFORE ENDING SUNDAY NIGHT...WITH ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION OF AN INCH OR TWO POSSIBLE.

EASTERLY WINDS MAY GUST BETWEEN 20 AND 30 MPH SUNDAY AFTERNOON...WHICH COULD BRING DOWN SOME TREES...ESPECIALLY WHERE THERE IS MORE SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCRETION. THIS MAY RESULT IN ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES.

Ben, Son of Charles
December 16th, 2007, 12:58 PM
Another Update:

SNOW HAS ALREADY MIXED WITH...OR CHANGED TO SLEET ACROSS THE REGION AS OF MID MORNING. EXPECT A LIGHT MIXTURE OF MAINLY SLEET AND FREEZING DRIZZLE TO PERSIST INTO EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. THEN...THE PRECIPITATION WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY ONCE AGAIN...AND CHANGE BACK TO SNOW LATER THIS AFTERNOON...WITH OCCASIONAL SNOW CONTINUING INTO TONIGHT BEFORE ENDING EARLY MONDAY MORNING.

SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES HAS ALREADY FALLEN ACROSS THE REGION. EXPECT ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES TO OCCUR LATER THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT ACROSS THE WESTERN AND SOUTHERN ADIRONDACKS...AND 3 TO 6 INCHES ACROSS THE LAKE GEORGE AND SARATOGA SPRINGS REGION THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT. IN ADDITION...ICE ACCRETIONS OF ONE TENTH TO ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH FROM FREEZING RAIN IS POSSIBLE WITHIN THE LAKE GEORGE AND SARATOGA SPRINGS REGION.

Hermanus
December 16th, 2007, 04:21 PM
Near DC we were supposed to get ice, but all we got was rain.