By JORDAN CARLEO-EVANGELIST, Staff writer Monday, December 31, 2007 Happy New Year's Eve. Stay home.
The National Weather Service has issued a heavy snow warning until 10 a.m. today. And while the storm is expected to subside this morning, forecasters are calling for a second storm to lumber in tomorrow morning. While Route 85 and interstates 90 and and 87 were slick but passable, snow was shin deep on some side roads in Albany and Schenectady counties this morning. Meanwhile, the town of East Greenbush has already declared a snow emergency, outlawing parking on all town roads. Authorities were reporting no road closures and no major accidents. "They're all open," said a State Police dispatcher. "I wouldn't say clear, but they're open." Unofficial snow totals gathered from various sources by the weather service including the following demoralizing numbers: 10 inches in Altamont, 9.2 inches in Albany, 7.3 inches in Latham, 8 inches in Chatham Center, 9 inches in Coxsackie, 6 inches in Stephentown, 7.3 inches in Saratoga Springs, 8.5 inches in Wilton, 9.5 inches in Delanson and Rotterdam, 9 inches in Glenville and six inches in Salem. What makes today's storm so remarkable, said weather service meteorologist John Quinlan, is what is expected to follow: a second storm that is forecast for tomorrow morning. ``To have two storms this close to each other is highly unusual,'' Quinlan said. And while the snowfall from today's storm was relatively uniform basically six to 10 inches everywhere tomorrow's will vary much more by location, he said. The southern Green Mountains and northern Berkshires could be hardest hit with more than nine inches of additional snow fall. The greater Capital Region could be spared heavier accumulations if the air coming down from the Berkshire and Taghkanic mountains warms and drys as it descends into the Hudson Valley said. Snow could fall at one-to-two inches an hour at higher elevations but amount to not much more than flurries here. That storm is expected to begin around 7 a.m. and could bring three-to-five more inches of snow. If that isn't enough to keep you home, the Bell Helicopter Armed Forces Bowl kicks off at 12:30 p.m. eastern time -- Cal versus Air Force. For storm updates, check http://timesunion.com throughout the day.
So they made us nuts with the last snow storm saying that it was going to be huge, when in fact, it was close to nothing. And now with last night/todays snow, the weathermen told us it wouldn't be so bad and BAM....10+ inches. Don't ya just love the new technology??
When the INSANE are running the ASYLUM In individuals, insanity is rare; but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule. -- Friedrich Nietzsche
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Storm pushes December snowfall among highest ever December 31, 2007 By Kathy Parker (Contact) Gazette Reporter Seanna and Riley Kenyon, play in the fresh snow with their dog Skittle, a Peekachoo, at their home on Puritan Drive in Rotterdam on Monday morning.
The last month of 2007 will go in the record books as the seventh snowiest December in more than 200 years, according to the National Weather Service. Meteorologist Kevin Lipton said that as of this afternoon, Albany had recorded 31.2 inches of snow for the month. "That places the month at No. 7, according to records that go back to 1795," Lipton said. Areas in the Capital Region got 8 to 11 inches of snow from a storm that began Sunday evening and continued in some areas until mid-morning today. Observed snow totals reported by the National Weather Service this morning include 10.7 inches in Saratoga Springs, 10.1 inches in Schenectady and Albany, 9.8 inches in Amsterdam, 8.5 inches in Cobleskill and 8 inches in Johnstown. Daily Gazette forecast For the complete Daily Gazette forecast, click here for our updated weather page. Lipton said the heaviest snowfall came after midnight, when some areas saw 1 to 2 inches per hour. Because the snow was wet and heavy, a number of power lines were brought down, according to National Grid spokesman Patrick Stella. "At most, we had 3,000 customers without power, some for as long as a couple of hours," Stella said. "I would call them mostly spotty outages, with 40 or 50 customers at a time." He said Rotterdam and Greenfield were without power into this afternoon. Lipton said a second storm was headed to the area late today from the Ohio Valley and was expected to arrive with 4 to 6 inches of snow during the day Tuesday. "It's not quite a nor'easter, but we expect the storm to continue east and redevelop off the New England coast, and moister air will be thrown back into our area," he said.
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