A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR THE MID HUDSON VALLEY REGION OF EASTERN ULSTER AND DUTCHESS COUNTIES...AS WELL AS SOUTHERN LITCHFIELD COUNTY IN CONNECTICUT REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO MIDNIGHT EST SUNDAY NIGHT.
SNOW WILL DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT... SPREADING FROM SOUTH TO NORTH ACROSS THE REGION. THE SNOW WILL QUICKLY CHANGE TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN SUNDAY MORNING...BEFORE CHANGING OVER TO LIQUID RAIN SUNDAY AFTERNOON AS TEMPERATURES RISE ABOVE FREEZING. BEFORE THE PRECIPITATION CHANGES TO RAIN...2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION IS POSSIBLE...WITH UP TO ONE THIRD OF AN INCH OF ICE ACCRETION. THE PRECIPITATION MAY BRIEFLY CHANGE BACK TO LIGHT SNOW OR FREEZING DRIZZLE BEFORE ENDING SUNDAY NIGHT...WITH LITTLE ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION.
EASTERLY WINDS MAY GUST BETWEEN 20 AND 30 MPH SUNDAY AFTERNOON... WHICH COULD BRING DOWN SOME TREES...ESPECIALLY WHERE THERE IS MORE SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCRETION. THIS MAY RESULT IN ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES.
THE WINTRY PRECIPITATION WILL RESULT FROM A SPRAWLING STORM SYSTEM THAT WILL BEGIN TO TAKE SHAPE ACROSS THE OHIO VALLEY AND MID ATLANTIC REGION TONIGHT...THEN DEVELOP INTO A POWERFUL NOR EASTER ACROSS SOUTHEAST NEW YORK STATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON. THIS STORM WILL TRACK ACROSS SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND...EMERGING NEAR THE GULF OF MAINE SUNDAY NIGHT.
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.