New York weather: Winter advisories, storm watches project up to 8 inches of snow
New York had a polar vortex and record-breaking high temperatures in February. The month is ending with snow.
The National Weather Service has issued winter weather advisories and winter storm watches for parts of New York.
A storm system is moving into the Northeast as high pressure from Canada is driving cold air back into the system. The winter weather will begin Monday evening and could burden the Tuesday commute with slippery roads.
The winter storm watches cover Orange, Otsego, Delaware, Sullivan and northern Oneida counties. Total snowfall could reach 5 to 8 inches with wind gusts peaking at 35 mph. Heavy snow is possible in the evening and overnight with rates as high as one inch per hour.
Onondaga, Madison, Cortland, Chenango, Tioga and Broome counties are under a winter weather advisory out of the NWS in Binghamton from 6 p.m. Monday to 7 p.m. Tuesday. The forecast calls for up to 3 to 6 inches of snow and wind gusts as high as 40 mph. Mixed precipitation may result in a light glaze of ice.
"The potential has increased for the first widespread plowable snowfall of the season," said the National Weather Service in New York City. The NWS issued a winter weather advisory in Columbia, Dutchess, Rensselaer and Washington counties. Snow totals of 3 to 5 inches are projected from 7 p.m. Monday to 10 a.m. Tuesday.
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This article originally appeared on Rockland/Westchester Journal News: NY weather: Winter advisories, storm watches call for heavy snow
