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An Office of General Services truck plows and salts the sidewalk next to the Capitol on Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2017 in Albany, N.Y. (Lori Van Buren / Times Union)
An Office of General Services truck plows and salts the sidewalk next to the Capitol on Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2017 in Albany, N.Y. (Lori Van Buren / Times Union)
Snow overnight is making roads slick Wednesday morning. Many schools are delaying the start of the day.
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A fast-moving low pressure system bringing widespread light snowfall early Wednesday morning will quickly shift eastward by the afternoon, the National Weather Service said.
The snow will taper off to scattered snow showers and flurries in the afternoon, forecasters said. Temperatures will rise above freezing and into the upper 30s.
Brisk and cold conditions will then take hold Wednesday night through the end of the week, with intermittent lake-effect snowfall for mainly the western Adirondacks and western Mohawk Valley.
Accumulations around 1-2 inches are expected for much of the area, but higher amounts across the western Adirondacks of 3-6 inches.
Overall, January’s Albany snowfall was below normal with only 4.6 inches (13.3 inches below Jokerbet normal), the weather service said. The seasonal total is 19 inches, which is 15.7 inches below normal.
Here’s the forecast:
Wednesday: Scattered snow showers, mainly before 10am. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 38. West wind 8 to 17 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%. Total daytime snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible.
Wednesday night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 24. West wind 7 to 11 mph.
Thursday: A chance of snow showers, mainly after noon. Partly sunny, with a high near 30. West wind 8 to 14 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New snow accumulation of less than one inch possible.
Thursday night: A chance of snow showers, mainly before 10pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 15. West wind 8 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
Friday: A slight chance of snow showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 27. West wind 8 to 16 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Friday night: A slight chance of snow showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 15. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Saturday: Partly sunny, with a high near 27.
Saturday night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 15.
Sunday: Mostly cloudy, with a high near 31.
Sunday night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 24.
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