NOAA has issued a Winter Weather Advisory for New York today that is calling for 3-5″ of snowfall.
* ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 5 INCHES OF HEAVY WET SNOW. - NOAA Burlington, VT today
When it comes, it’s forecast to come hard with up to 1″ of snow per hour forecast.
* MAXIMUM SNOWFALL RATE...UP TO 1 INCH PER HOUR...MAINLY THIS
EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. - NOAA Burlington, VT today
This is the first winter advisory of the season for the East Coast!
Vermont will be getting some light snow as well with this storm system.
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY for NEW YORK:
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT
200 PM EDT SAT OCT 22 2016
SOUTHEASTERN ST. LAWRENCE-SOUTHERN FRANKLIN-WESTERN CLINTON-
WESTERN ESSEX-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...STAR LAKE...SARANAC LAKE...
TUPPER LAKE...DANNEMORA...LAKE PLACID
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS
EVENING TO 11 AM EDT SUNDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BURLINGTON CONTINUES THE WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW ACROSS THE NORTHERN ADIRONDACK REGION
OF NEW YORK...FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 AM EDT SUNDAY.
* LOCATIONS...NORTHERN ADIRONDACKS OF NEW YORK.
* HAZARD TYPES...WET SNOW.
* ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 5 INCHES OF HEAVY WET SNOW.
* MAXIMUM SNOWFALL RATE...UP TO 1 INCH PER HOUR...MAINLY THIS
EVENING AND OVERNIGHT.
* TIMING...RAIN IS GRADUALLY CHANGING TO WET SNOW THIS
AFTERNOON...WITH ACCUMULATING SNOW EXPECTED THIS EVENING AND
OVERNIGHT. LINGERING SNOW WILL TAPER OFF TO SNOW SHOWERS DURING
SUNDAY MORNING.
* IMPACTS...DIFFICULT TRAVEL DUE TO WET AND SLUSHY SNOW
ACCUMULATION ON ROADWAYS...AND PERIODS OF LOW VISIBILITY. THERE
WILL BE A LARGE ELEVATION DEPENDENCE ON SNOWFALL
AMOUNTS...EXPECT VARIABLE ROAD CONDITIONS OVER SHORT DISTANCES
TRAVELED.
* WINDS...WEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH.
* TEMPERATURES...FALLING TO NEAR FREEZING THIS EVENING. OVERNIGHT
LOWS IN THE UPPER 20S TO LOWER 30S.
* VISIBILITIES...LESS THAN ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES TONIGHT.