Governor Cuomo today directed state agencies to mobilize emergency response assets as a major winter weather system will impact the state with two rounds of heavy snow, cold temperatures and ice.
All counties in the state are under a National Weather Service-issued weather advisory or warning through Tuesday as many locations are forecast to receive more than a foot of snow, while some areas could be impacted by a mixture of sleet and ice up to 3/10 of an inch.
Travel conditions could become extremely difficult at times, especially late Monday evening through Tuesday morning, when heavier snow could combine with gusty winds and cause blowing and drifting snow.
For Western and Central New York, Finger Lakes, Mohawk Valley, the North Country, Capital Region, the Southern Tier, snow is forecast to occur in multiple rounds with most locations seeing either light snow or a mixture of sleet and snow during the day Monday with a switch to heavier snow late Monday evening into Tuesday morning. Snow accumulations through Tuesday are expected to range from 6 to 14 inches in varying locations.
For the North Country, moderate heavy snow is possible Monday night through Tuesday morning with snow accumulations exceeding 12 inches in some places. Travel could be very difficult to impossible due to areas of blowing snow along the south shores of Lake Ontario and Lake Erie.
Downstate areas and Long Island could see a mixture of snow, sleet and/or freezing ice, with accumulations up to a 1/10 of an inch Monday. The freezing rain is expected to turn into regular rain as temperatures climb on Tuesday.
Weather forecasters are tracking another widespread precipitation event for Thursday and Friday that could bring even more snow, sleet, freezing rain and rain to the state.
Multiple weather warnings, watches, and advisories have been issued for several parts of the state. ■
A low pressure wave forming along a cold front will track across the New England coast this morning, bringing a period of rain, heavy at times for much of New England, especially for Maine today.