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Icy, Snowy Apocalypse Watch
Sure, it's all sunny and (relatively) warm right now, but it's only the calm before our next Icy. Snowy. Apocalypse. Here are the (paraphrased) details from the National Weather Service:
Today
Nice. Highs in the 30s.Tonight
Snow starts in the evening -- it could turn to sleet around midnight. We're looking at as much as 4 inches.Wednesday morning
More wintry mix, accumulations of up to 3 inches.Wednesday afternoon
Temps in the 30s -- but also a good chance of everyone's favorite: freezing rain.Rest of the week
An even chance of some more snow, temps going down as the weekend approaches.
OK, so it's looking like a lot of this is going to depend of the temp. If it stays warm enough, maybe we can get some rain and it's no big deal. Cold enough and perhaps we get about 5 inches of snow -- sure, whatever. But temps in between could mean ice from freezing rain and, as we've found out, that's no fun.
We're going to peg this impending icy, snowy apocalypse somewhere between "mildly annoying" and "winter's making an effort."
Note: 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.
Baby, it's cold outside
Brrr.
This picture by Sebastien just seemed to capture the last few days.
photo: Sébastien Barré
Icy, Snowy Apocalypse Watch
Yes, a "winter weather event" will soon be upon us. Here's the (paraphrased) forecast from the National Weather Service, which has issued a winter storm warning for tomorrow:
Tonight
Eh. Not too cold.Tomorrow
Snow could start in the morning, and very likely will pick up in the afternoon with accumulations of up to 8 inches.Tomorrow night
More snow with temps in the teens. Total accumulation could be as much as 12 inches.Saturday
Cold, highs in the 20s, but probably no snow.Sunday
Warming up a bit (30s), but a good chance of snow again.
We're going to project this as a "Winter's Making an Effort" storm as this looks like it'll be the first significant snow accumulation of the year. Shoveling will almost certainly be involved. If you can plan to knock off work a little early tomorrow, that might not be a bad idea.
But, hey, it's looking like there will be little, if any, ice. Here's to keeping the lights on.
Note: 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.
Tens of thousands still without power, Paterson to propose "obesity tax," friend says Bruno indictment likely, SPAC renovation on ice
As of this morning, 75,000 homes in the Capital Region were still without power. National Grid says homes are being returned to the grid "every minute of every day." The utility company says it could be Wednesday before all the repairs are made -- and now there's concern that high winds today will set things back. [Daily Gazette] [Troy Record] [TU]
A married couple in Glenville died this weekend from carbon monoxide fumes produced by their generator. At least 15 other people around the region were taken to hospitals for carbon monoxide poisoning caused by using grills inside. [Daily Gazette] [TU]
With no power at home, people flocked to stores and restaurants this weekend. An Italian restaurant in Schenectady was so busy it ran out of spaghetti. [TU] [Saratogian] [Daily Gazette]
Many of the Amtrak trains running between Rensselaer and NYC are still canceled. [CapNews9]
Ice storm photos
Washington Park
A few more pics from Washington Park are after the jump. The ice brought down some pretty big parts of trees.
If you have some interesting pics from the storm, we'd love for you to post a link to them in the comments or send them along: editors |at| alloveralbany |dot| com.
Ice storm knocks out power, violence at Albany High said to be out of control, Freihofers sold, alleged puppy-napping in Troy
Note: The Daily Gazette's website wasn't loading this morning.
Updated: 11:25 am
The ongoing ice storm has knocked out power for about 160,000 National Grid customers in the four core counties of the Capital Region (that figure is from National Grid's website this morning at 11:25 am). National Grid says it has 150 crews in the area working on repairs. [National Grid] [TU]
An anonymous Albany High School employee tells CBS6 that violence is out of control at the school. Among the incidents collected from police reports this school year: a teacher has been pushed to the ground and kicked, another teacher was punched repeatedly in the ribs, there was a three-on-one student beating, and two students hit another student in the back of the head with a padlock. [CBS6]
An anonymous source tells the TU that "ghost" parking tickets have been circulating in the City of Albany since the early 1990s -- and the stickers that marked a car as being eligible for the no-fine tickets were distributed by the Albany Police Officer's Union. Current police chief James Tuffey was president of the union in the early 90s, but he says he never knew about the stickers. [TU]
One upside to the slowing economy: the price of electricity and natural gas is falling. The price National Grid is charging for a kilowatt hour of electricity has dropped about 15 percent over the last year. [TU]
Icy, Snowy Apocalypse Watch
It'd be a "Whatever," but ice can be tricky.
So, yep, it looks like we're going to get the first significant snow and ice of the season during the next 24 hours. The National Weather Service has issued a winter storm warning until 1 pm Friday. Here's the forecast from the NWS:
Tonight
Freezing rain, snow and sleet -- possibly heavy at times. Snow and sleet accumulation could be 1 to 3 inches. Temps will start out in the 20s and rise over night.Friday
Freezing rain and snow in the morning. Chance of snow in the afternoon -- accumulation of maybe 1 to 3 inches. Temps in the mid 30s.
We're going to have to project this as an almost "Mildly Annoying" icy, snowy apocalypse. It'd be a total "whatever" event, but ice can be tricky. We're hoping those warmer temps will keep the accumulation down.
Note: AOA has absolutely no weather forecasting expertise. We do, however, think it's funny how every winter storm is treated like the end of the world.
Update: NBC News did a live hit about the storm from Albany last night...
Does this count as "Indian Summer"
It is unusually warm today -- like early Fall warm (the average high temp this time of year is around 50 degrees).
So does this count as "Indian Summer?"
Snow days
Let's hope we don't need the plows just yet.
The forecast for tonight includes the possibility of snow accumulation (and it's snowy big fluffy flakes as we post this). It's being described as "rare" and "early" snow.
OK, so when's a typical first snow around here?
So, this is what it means to be in a trough. When do we get to be on the ridge?
Some more flood pictures after the jump. Take some good pictures of the flooding? We'd love to post them: editors |at| alloveralbany |dot| com .
photo: Paul Turner
... said Katherine about All hail the great State of Long Island