Winter Weather Advisory for Friday, Feb. 20

The Winter Weather Advisory that we just had on Wednesday proved to be a bust at the GSD Home Office--just a few wet flakes and no accumulation--and we now have a second Advisory level storm to deal with on Friday.

Your weather app may be showing a moderate snowfall for Friday into Saturday, but we're not so sure this storm is going to generate that much snow.

NWS Albany

The Winter Weather Advisory is calling for a combination of mixed precipitation and snow. The forecast is for 2-4" for the County, with a the northeast hill towns seeing up to half a foot. Southern Vermont and the Adirondacks have Winter Storm Warnings posted. 

According to NWS Albany meteorologists, the precipitation will start as snow then transition to mixed precipitation then switch back over to snow. We should be right around 32 degrees for the day, which is why we will see snow and mixed precipitation. The transitions are supposed to happen throughout the day and early evening then snow showers will continue after midnight. If there is a period of heavier snow, it will take place well after dark. 

Accuweather's map shows the path of this clipper system.

Both the North American and Euro models are showing 4-6", but the shorter-term NAM model is showing less precipitation. The runs of the NAM model are telling us that snow totals will be on the lower end of the 2-4" prediction and we agree with that prediction.

Expect a messy day on Friday!