Icy, Snowy Apocalypse Watch

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Update Wednesday morning
Obviously this storm was worse than expected. We're going to mark this down as a loss for the snowy apocalypse meter. ISAW starts the season 0-1.

Updated Tuesday 5:40 pm

Winter has finally decided to get its act together and we're looking at what might be our first serious winter storm of the season on Wednesday.

And you know what that means? Yep, that's right: the return of Icy, Snowy Apocalypse Watch.

Here's the paraphrased forecast from the National Weather Service:

Tonight: It's almost certainly going to snow, late. Probably a few inches.
Wednesday morning: Some more snow, turning into sleet.
Wednesday afternoon: Rain. Highs in the upper 30s.
Wednesday night: More rain. Lows near 30.

So we're going to peg this as a "Whatever" storm.

The NWS doesn't seem to think that we're actually going get a whole lot of snow -- it says it's holding off on issuing a winter weather advisory.

The National Weather Service has issued a winter weather advisory:

Total snowfall accumulations are expected to range between 2 to 5 inches...with sleet and ice accumulations up to one tenth of an inch.

The thing to watch will be how the precipitation reacts to the rising temps tomorrow morning. If it makes a quick switch to rain -- and stays liquid on the ground -- great. But if it freezes, the commute could be tricky.

Note: You should take this all with an enormous bag of rock salt. AOA has absolutely no weather forecasting expertise. At all. We do, however, think it's funny how every winter storm is treated like the end of the world. Also: Ellsass, we're sorry.

Comments

Whatever. Last year around this time you posted the same thermometer (or maybe it read "mildly annoying") and BOOM! five days without power.

That said, I'm not one to treat storms like the end of the world (or anything other than a driving inconvenience), and there's no ice forecasted this time so you're probably right.

December 11 2008, the ice storm last year, is the reason forcasters are gunshy on this one. Our power was out for 88 hours following that horrible Thursday night one year ago.

That too was a whatever storm:

http://alloveralbany.com/archive/2008/12/11/icy-snowy-apocalypse-watch

Oh Icy, Snowy Apocalypse Watch how I have missed thee!

@Ellsass and Jeff: You're right.

We've updated the disclaimer accordingly. ; )

How did I miss the "Snowy Apocalypse Watch" last year?
I love it and totally agree that people go nutso over the weather. This one especially since it's the "first" of the year.

And don't worry about your weather forecasting abilities, those in the weather business don't know what they're doing either.

December 11 -- Never Forget!

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