WINTER STORM WATCH

Local Update...
   JRWeather Winter Storm Watch In Effect Until 10PM Friday; National Weather Service Winter Storm Watch In Effect Until Late Friday Night...





JRWeather WINTER STORM WATCH
     JRWeather has issued a Winter Storm Watch for Rutland, Bennington, Windsor, and Windham Counties in Southern Vermont until 10PM Friday Night.

     A low pressure system currently coming ashore of Southern California, will race across the country into the Midwestern states where it will slowly intensify, and move off the east coast, and out to sea by Saturday Morning. This will lead to the potential of heavy snowfall across the Watch area. A high pressure system to the north however will need to be monitored closely as it will cause a very sharp cut off line for the precipitation, so snowfall amounts will vary greatly from North to South in a short distance. At this point it appears 6-12 inches will fall across the Watch area, with significantly less snow north of the watch area. Some areas along the international border may not even see any snow at all. This storm will also have banding mechanisms that will enhance the snowfall, and could cause the snow to fall at rates in excess of an inch per hour for a time Friday. Conditions will continue to be monitored for the issuance of a Winter Weather Advisory, or Winter Storm Warning by tomorrow night.

     Snow should rapidly tapper off and should have pretty much come to an end by Saturday morning. A Winter Storm Watch means the potential for significant winter storm conditions are possible. Stay tuned!

National Weather Service WINTER STORM WATCH
Albany, NY Office:
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
319 PM EST WED DEC 17 2008


CTZ001-013-MAZ001-025-NYZ032-033-038>043-047>054-058>061-063>066-
082>084-VTZ013>015-181015-
/O.NEW.KALY.WS.A.0013.081219T1300Z-081220T0900Z/
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-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TORRINGTON...OAKVILLE...NEW MILFORD...
TERRYVILLE...PITTSFIELD...NORTH ADAMS...GREAT BARRINGTON...LEE...
LENOX...HOUSATONIC...ATWELL...BIG MOOSE...EAGLE BAY...MCKEEVER...
NOBLEBORO...NORTHWOOD...OLD FORGE...SPECULATOR...ILION...
HERKIMER...LITTLE FALLS...MOHAWK...FRANKFORT...DOLGEVILLE...
GLOVERSVILLE...JOHNSTOWN...AMSTERDAM...WELLSVILLE...
SARATOGA SPRINGS...WARRENSBURG...WHITEHALL...GRANVILLE...
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
319 PM EST WED DEC 17 2008

...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE
FRIDAY NIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE
FRIDAY NIGHT.

HEAVY SNOW MAY FALL ACROSS ALL OF EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK AND
ADJACENT WESTERN NEW ENGLAND FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT. SNOW IS
EXPECTED TO BEGIN ACROSS THE REGION ON FRIDAY BETWEEN SUNRISE AND
MIDDAY...AND COULD BE HEAVY AT TIMES FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
LIGHT SNOW MAY PERSIST THROUGH THE REST OF FRIDAY NIGHT.

THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE 7 TO 14 INCHES OF SNOW
ACROSS THE REGION. AT THIS POINT IT APPEARS THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL
FALL ACROSS THE SCHOHARIE VALLEY...THE CAPITAL DISTRICT... EASTERN
CATSKILLS...MID HUDSON VALLEY...SOUTHERN VERMONT...BERKSHIRE
COUNTY AND LITCHFIELD COUNTY.

SNOW MAY FALL AT THE RATE OF ONE TO TWO INCHES PER HOUR FRIDAY
AFTERNOON...WHICH WOULD SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACT THE FRIDAY EVENING
COMMUTE.

A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR
THE LATEST FORECASTS.