Steve LaPointe

That is a healthy snow shower moving through southern Saratoga, eastern Schenectady, NE Albany and west central Rensselaer counties...it will coat the ground as it goes by.

Some brief moderation in temperatures through midweek, but nothing that will stick...back into the chill for Friday and the weekend.

Lots of fog out there tonight, locally dense now in some spots like Glens Falls where the visibility has been dropping. It's colder across the north as well, so be cautious into the morning as temperatures drop a few more degrees, wet surfaces will get icy.

At this hour, every station in Arizona and Nevada is recording a new *ALL-TIME* monthly record highs. Numerous other states have a majority of stations also recording new all-time high temperatures. Historic is, in my opinion, an understatement.

Looks like some fog settling in over Glens Falls and likely in other areas as well. Murky

30 degree temperature spread between Massena and Saranac Lake to Poughkeepsie right now.

And here comes the rain

HISTORIC HEAT♨️ As of 2pm CDT Thursday, 110+ locations across the Central/Western U.S. & Canada had already broken their March 19th record highs 20 of those also set all-time March records Another 90 places have a few hours left to tie/break their daily records before sunset

Be ready for some rain Friday afternoon and evening...this could initially begin early in the afternoon as snow across the Adirondacks, but will flip to rain there pretty quickly. Wet for the rest of us.

That wind was something very early this morning, still blustery now, but better. This is a plot of all peak wind gusts since midnight of at least 40 mph on the NYS mesonet across central and eastern New York.

Never fun to have to show wind chill observations in mid March, but here we are. The wind will slowly subside overnight with much lighter wind on Wednesday...so it does get better

Short lines and clusters of heavy rain continue to evolve in areas west of the Hudson valley. Localized strong gusts up to 50 mph are possible with some of these heavier rain elements this evening.

Temperatures and wind chills tomorrow, St. Patrick's Day. Not the warmest, that's for sure.

Temperatures right now....pretty mild...not for much longer though. Temps. will drop sharply between 11pm and 2am with the passage of a strong cold front.

It's breezy and mild with bands of showers moving through. Expect rain to expand in coverage through the evening with some passing downpours likely in spots. Winds could be particularly gusty in any passing downpour.

⚠️ Wind Advisory Until Mar 17 11:00AM: Strong winds ranging from 31-39 mph and/or gusting from 46 to 57 mph are expected in the advisory area. Isolated to scattered power outages will be possible #nywx #mawx #vtwx

⚠️ Wind Advisory Until Mar 17 11:00AM: Strong winds ranging from 31-39 mph and/or gusting from 46 to 57 mph are expected in the advisory area. Isolated to scattered power outages will be possible #nywx #mawx #vtwx

⚠️ Flood (FA) Watch Until Mar 17 8:00AM: A WATCH means there is the potential for general flooding of rivers, streams, or poor drainage areas. Be weather alert and aware. #nywx #mawx #vtwx

St. Patrick's Day parade forecast for Albany tomorrow...clouds and sunny breaks, dry, but super windy. Gusts from 45-50 mph at times during the parade. Temperatures in the upper 30s with wind chills in the 20s.

⚠️ Wind Advisory Until Mar 14 6:00PM: Strong winds ranging from 31-39 mph and/or gusting from 46 to 57 mph are expected in the advisory area. Isolated to scattered power outages will be possible #nywx #mawx #vtwx