Wintry Precipitation To Effect The Area Thursday Night

Alerts:
CPV Weather
         -Champlain Valley Weather has issued a Winter Weather Advisory for all of Northern New York, and all of Vermont. For a mix of wintry precipitation, with snow/ sleet accumulations up to 2 inches in the higher terrain, and ice accumulations of up to a third of an inch, with the highest amounts being in the higher terrain, and in the St. Lawrence Valley of Northern New York.

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Champlain Valley Weather Discussion:

OVERVIEW
         Low pressure will continue to develop over the midwestern state, and move Northeast through the Great Lakes region, while a new low pressure system will form off the Southern New England Coast, and move Northeast into the Canadian Maritimes Friday afternoon/ evening.

WINTRY PRECIPITATION
         Snow, Sleet, and Freezing rain will begin from South and move north overnight Thursday night into Friday Morning. The precipitation will switch to mainly freezing rain, and then mix with or change to plain rain in the afternoon hours Friday, before changing back to snow showers Friday evening. For the Champlain Valley snowfall accumulations up to 1 inch are possible with ice accumulations from one to two tenths of an inch. For the St. Lawrence Valley snowfall accumulations up to 1 inch are possible with ice accumulations of two tenths of an inch to one third of an inch. For the higher elevations of New York, and Vermont snowfall accumulations of up to 2 inches with ice accumulations of two tenths of an inch to one third of an inch are possible. Isolated higher snow and ice totals are possible by Friday afternoon. This is going to create hazardous driving conditions, if you must be out on the roads, use extreme caution overnight Thursday into Friday afternoon. Stay tuned for further updates on this developing weather situation.