January 23, 2017 7 AM Update

Good morning! Monday’s come back around again. Four weeks to Presidents Day. Cloudy and 36 degrees in Delmar, NY. Rather gray start to the morning. There is a east breeze at 8 mph. The skies will clear Wednesday around 4 am. Coffee is ready, waffles covered with fruit are baking in the oven. It’s a Monday, just got to keep moving so I catch the bus on time. 

This morning is going to start out cloudy and then rain will mix in midday with a mix bag for the evening commute into the night. No significant accumulations or ice predicted for the Albany area, possibly more for the hilltowns. Very blustery through out the day. Forget your umbrella watch for the icy sidewalks. 

Today will have a chance of rain before 3pm, then rain, snow, and sleet. High of 38 degrees at 1pm. Seven degrees above normal. East wind 8 to 13 mph, with gusts as high as 26 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. Total daytime snow and sleet accumulation of less than a half inch possible. A year ago, we had mostly cloudy skies and a high of 26 degrees. The record high of 64 was set in 1906. 10.6 inches of snow fell back in 1963.

Tonight will rain and snow before 11pm, then rain, snow, and sleet between 11pm and 4am, then snow and sleet after 4am. Low of 33 degrees at 3am. 19 degrees above normal. North wind around 14 mph, with gusts as high as 28 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New snow and sleet accumulation of 1 to 3 inches possible. In 2016, it got down to 9 degrees under partly cloudy skies. The record low of -17 occurred back in 1948.

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