- Winter Storm Watch for Eastern Dutchess County, New York
- Winter Storm Watch issued March 17 at 10:42PM EDT until March 19 at 6:00PM EDT by NWS
- Effective: Sunday, March 17, 2013 at 10:42 p.m.
- Expires: Tuesday, March 19, 2013 at 6 p.m.
...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY EVENING
THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON...
* LOCATIONS...EASTERN CATSKILLS...MID HUDSON VALLEY...CENTRAL
AND SOUTHERN TACONICS...BERKSHIRES...AND LITCHFIELD HILLS.
* HAZARD TYPES...SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN.
* ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 4 TO 8 INCHES...ALONG
WITH ONE TENTH TO ONE QUARTER INCH OF ICE. THE GREATER
SNOWFALL AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED TO FALL ACROSS THE HIGHER
TERRAIN.
* MAXIMUM SNOWFALL RATES...AROUND ONE INCH PER HOUR MONDAY NIGHT
INTO EARLY TUESDAY MORNING.
* TIMING...PRECIPITATION STARTING EARLY MONDAY EVENING...
BECOMING STEADIER MONDAY NIGHT...AND CONTINUING THROUGH MUCH
OF TUESDAY. PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN AS SNOW...THEN
GRADUALLY CHANGE TO A MIX OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN AFTER
MIDNIGHT INTO EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. VALLEY LOCATIONS WILL
LIKELY CHANGE TO JUST RAIN FOR A TIME ON TUESDAY.
* IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL DUE TO SNOW OR ICE COVERED ROADS
AND POOR VISIBILITY AT TIMES.
* WINDS...EAST 5 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH.
* TEMPERATURES...IN THE UPPER 20S TO LOWER 30S MONDAY NIGHT...
WARMING INTO THE MID 30S DURING THE DAY TUESDAY.