WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE FRIDAY NIGHT...

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...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE FRIDAY NIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE FRIDAY NIGHT.

HEAVY SNOW MAY FALL ACROSS ALL OF EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK AND ADJACENT WESTERN NEW ENGLAND FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN ACROSS THE REGION ON FRIDAY BETWEEN SUNRISE AND MIDDAY...AND COULD BE HEAVY AT TIMES FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. LIGHT SNOW MAY PERSIST THROUGH THE REST OF FRIDAY NIGHT.

THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE 7 TO 14 INCHES OF SNOW ACROSS THE REGION. AT THIS POINT IT APPEARS THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL FALL ACROSS THE SCHOHARIE VALLEY...THE CAPITAL DISTRICT... EASTERN CATSKILLS...MID HUDSON VALLEY...SOUTHERN VERMONT...BERKSHIRE COUNTY AND LITCHFIELD COUNTY.

SNOW MAY FALL AT THE RATE OF ONE TO TWO INCHES PER HOUR FRIDAY AFTERNOON...WHICH WOULD SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACT THE FRIDAY EVENING COMMUTE.

A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.