00:00Now I want to start off with our current temperatures because this gives you an idea of why we're talking about these different types of precipitation.
00:06Buffalo, Syracuse, Albany, this is the zone where we're talking about that mix of snow, ice, rain, because right now Buffalo 37, Syracuse 33, Albany 33, hovering right around that freezing point, and that's where we end up with precipitation types mixing around here overall.
00:25Now I do want to zoom into radar and clouds, give you an idea of how this has been moving into the region because the Great Lakes has been the bigger focus today for all of the impacts.
00:33But even six hours ago, we had the rainfall into western New York, even into central Pennsylvania over the last couple of hours.
00:39Very scattered in Pennsylvania, it's much more widespread further north, which means tomorrow, New England, it'll be much more widespread for you compared to further south.
00:48Now I'm showing you the footprint here because it gives you an idea of what your biggest concern is depending on where you are.
00:52However, just because you're in the blue does not mean that you don't get a little bit of icy mix in there as well, and the ice really is the big concern.
01:00That's where we end up with traffic disruptions, we end up with crashes possible, just dangerous road conditions overall.
01:07As far as the rainfall, especially where we have the lighter green, the showers very scattered, not a big impact, but just enough to be annoying as we've had system after system after system.
01:15Let's time it out on future radar, especially because it's really into most of the region by 10 p.m. tonight.
01:22But we're going to stop the clock once again right around your morning commute tomorrow because, I mean, take a look, a messy setup, and we'll use Albany as an example here.
01:30We have the rain, but we have some pink mixing in there as well.
01:33That means you can have slick spots on the roads.
01:36We all know a little bit of rain, that slows things down anyway.
01:38But you start to get crashes because of the ice.
01:41Suddenly, you're late to work, you're late to school, wherever you might be heading.
01:44Not a bad idea to give yourself some extra time to avoid some of this and be able to take it slow.
01:49Maine, you see the last of this as you tend to.
01:51Throughout the day, Wednesday, we struggle to get rid of it.
01:54Now we're at Thursday, 4.30 p.m.
01:55Our next system already starting to work its way in.
01:57Jeff's going to break this down more.
01:59However, we'll just finish playing out future radar.
02:02You can see it's mostly rain for us.
02:04The backside of this, not out of the question to see some snow, but mostly further to the west.
02:09Again, Jeff will break that down.
02:10I want to back up a little bit.
02:12Let's break down each type of precipitation with this first system.
02:14But it is the fact that it's system after system after system that makes this a little bit more impactful overall.
02:21So as far as the snow, it's very far north.
02:23I mean, highlighting the portions of the U.S., it's far northern portions of the region.
02:27Though, some of you, especially into Maine and then the Green and White Mountains,
02:31we'll see three to six inches could get closer to that AccuWeather local storm max of a foot of snow.
02:36The snow isn't the high impact here.
02:37But, of course, can lead to some slick spots and travel disruptions.
02:41Like I've been saying, it's the ice.
02:43We're going to use Portland, Maine as an example here because you are in the thick of it.
02:47I know those numbers do not look too impressive.
02:49However, it just takes a little bit.
02:50And even looking at our probabilities here, it's not out of the question.
02:54You just get a trace.
02:55That will still cause problems.
02:57And especially, look at the timeline here, right in the middle of the morning commute.
03:02It is just not working in our favor here.
03:04Which is why I'm saying not a bad idea to give yourself some extra time.
03:07Now, if you're wondering, okay, a trace of ice, that doesn't sound that bad.
03:11Well, when we come to freezing rain especially, you're going to get slick spots on the roads and the sidewalks.
03:15Any amount of ice will do that.
03:17Now, thankfully, we're in the hazardous category.
03:20We're not talking about disruptive or significant where we're talking about power outages.
03:25Now, overall, this, again, is going to be the more impactful system for the northeast.
03:31But we look at the footprint for our late-week storm.
03:33And, I mean, so much of the country is getting in on this, especially as we head into the weekend.
03:37We could end up with some travel disruptions in the northeast.
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