Rockefeller Institute Severe Weather Forum

With just a week to go before the Rockefeller Institute's half-day program, Facing the Storm: Preparing for Increased Extreme Weather in Upstate New York, event organizers have announced that, due to overwhelming demand, the program has been moved to the University at Albany Campus Center Ballroom. The event is scheduled for Monday, April 14th from 1:00-5:00 p.m.

This program is designed to showcase the research of the University at Albany's Atmospheric Sciences Department on prospects for upstate severe weather and to provide a forum for the emergency response community to discuss what they need to do to prepare for anticipated meteorological events.

Featured presenters include Congressman Paul Tonko and Commissioner Jerome M. Hauer from the New York State Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Services. Other panelists include meteorologists from the University at Albany, the NYS Department of Environmental Conservation, and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; and emergency responders from throughout New York State.

Facing the Storm was developed by the Nelson A.Rockefeller Institute of Government, the University at Albany's Department of Atmospheric and Environmental Sciences, the Rockefeller College of Public Affairs and Policy, and the New York State Emergency Management Association, in cooperation with the NYS Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Services.

The event is free and open to the public but, due to demand, reservations are required. Campus parking is, additionally, provided. To register, contact Michele Charbonneau at michele.charbonneau@rockinst.suny.edu or (518) 443-5258. The deadline for registration is April 10th.

Freeze warning in western Albany County, frost advisory in eastern Albany County

Freeze warning in effect from midnight tonight to 10 am EDT
Thursday...

The National Weather Service in Albany has issued a freeze
warning... which is in effect from midnight tonight to 10 am EDT
Thursday for western Massachusetts... southern Vermont... and for
the eastern Catskills... the Mohawk and Schoharie valleys... the
southern and eastern Adirondacks... the Lake George Saratoga region
and the northern and central Taconics of east central New York..

* temperature... temperatures are expected to drop into the mid 20s
to lower 30s across the warned area tonight.

* Impacts... widespread below freezing temperatures will likely
result in a killing frost across the warned area... bring to an
end the 2011 growing season.

Precautionary/preparedness actions...

A freeze warning means sub-freezing temperatures are imminent or
highly likely. These conditions will kill crops and other
sensitive vegetation.
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Frost advisory in effect from midnight tonight to 10 am EDT
Thursday...

The National Weather Service in Albany has issued a frost
advisory... which is in effect from midnight tonight to 10 am EDT
Thursday for northwestern Connecticut... and for the capital
district... Mid Hudson valley and southern Taconics of east central
New York..

* temperature... temperatures will drop to between 33 and 36
degrees tonight across the advisory area.

* Impacts... areas of frost are likely to form tonight across the
advisory area... resulting in damage to sensitive outdoor plants
and crops if no measures are taken to protect them.

Precautionary/preparedness actions...

A frost advisory means that frost is possible. Sensitive outdoor
plants may be killed if left uncovered.


From HERE.

WINTER STORM WATCH

EASTERN ALBANY-INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALBANY-350 PM EST THU JAN 6 2011

...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING...

TONIGHT...MOSTLY CLOUDY. A CHANCE OF SNOW AFTER MIDNIGHT. LOWS AROUND 18. SOUTHEAST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH. CHANCE OF SNOW 30 PERCENT.
FRIDAY...PERIODS OF SNOW. SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 1 TO 3 INCHES. HIGHS AROUND 30. EAST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. CHANCE OF SNOW 90 PERCENT. .
FRIDAY NIGHT...PERIODS OF SNOW. ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 4 TO 8 INCHES. LOWS AROUND 19. NORTHEAST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH. CHANCE OF SNOW 90 PERCENT.
SATURDAY...SNOW LIKELY. ADDITIONAL LIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATION POSSIBLE. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 20S. NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. CHANCE OF SNOW 70 PERCENT.
SATURDAY NIGHT...SNOW LIKELY IN THE EVENING...THEN A CHANCE OF SNOW SHOWERS AFTER MIDNIGHT. ADDITIONAL LIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATION POSSIBLE. LOWS AROUND 19. NORTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. CHANCE OF SNOW 70 PERCENT.
SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLOUDY. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 20S. LOWS AROUND 15.
MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY. HIGHS AROUND 30. LOWS 10 TO 15.
TUESDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 30S. .TUESDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLOUDY. LOWS 15 TO 20.
WEDNESDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY IN THE MORNING...THEN BECOMING PARTLY SUNNY. A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF SNOW. HIGHS AROUND 30.
WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS 10 TO 15. HIGH IN THE UPPER 20S.

ZONE FORECAST PRODUCT FOR EASTERN NEW YORK AND WESTERN NEW ENGLAND
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
350 PM EST THU JAN 6 2011

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NOAA’s U.S. Winter Outlook

Northeast and the Mid-Atlantic: Equal chances for above-, near-, or below-normal temperatures and precipitation. For regions with more definitive trends, see here.