Flurries and slush predicted in NY for the post-holiday journey interval

ALBANY — The Capital District and Hudson Valley doubtless received’t have a white Christmas this yr, however weekend snow flurries and sleet might complicate post-holiday journey.

Travelers can count on messy roads Friday night into Saturday morning, with the heaviest snowfall predicted in a single day. Snowy circumstances are anticipated to decrease all through the day on Saturday, with meteorologists predicting a lull in wintry climate from about midday Saturday to 2 p.m. Sunday.

Between 1 and three inches of snow are forecast throughout the Capital District by Saturday morning. Parts of the Hudson Valley might see considerably extra. Greene County was on observe to obtain between 6 and eight inches, with meteorologists calling the japanese Catskills “the area to watch.”

Roadways will begin getting slushy once more Sunday afternoon. Around 2 p.m., flurries might begin once more. The precipitation is anticipated to show into freezing rain by Sunday night and Monday morning.

“It’s going to be slippery for the Monday morning commute,” mentioned Rosemary Webb, a National Weather Service meteorologist primarily based in Albany.

It was too early on Wednesday for native meteorologists to find out the place the worst of the winter storm would strike. Some early projections confirmed wintry circumstances hitting the decrease a part of the state from Binghamton to areas south of Kingston within the decrease Hudson Valley, whereas different fashions confirmed New Jersey receiving the brunt of the storm.

The weekend mixture of snow and rain showers was not anticipated to have an effect on planes touring in or out of Albany International Airport.

AAA warned vacationers to count on clogged roads and slower-than-usual journey instances, particularly close to the New York City metro space. According to the affiliation, practically 122 million Americans are projected to journey in the course of the upcoming vacation — a 2% enhance over final yr. The majority of these vacationers shall be driving because of low gas prices and lingering hesitation about reserving flights following November’s flight cancellations.