Weather with Pat Pagano - March 1

ADVISORIES: FLOOD WATCH FRIDAY A.M. TO 7AM SAT

WINTER STORM WATCH BERKSHIRES // WINTER STORM WARNINGS FOR ULSTER CO.

WEATHERCAST:

A STORM MOVING THRU OHIO VALLEY WILL HEAD INTO WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA AND TRANSFER ITS ENERGY TO AN INTENSE COASTAL STORM. RAIN OVERSPREADS THE AREA FROM WEST TO EAST AND CONTINUES TONIGHT…AND RIGHT INTO FRIDAY ACROSS THE NORTHEAST. SOME OF THE RAIN WILL BE HEAVY…AND WINDS WILL INCREASE GUSTING OVER 40 MPH BY FRIDAY. SHOWERS AND WIND INTO EARLY WEEKEND…THEN MARCH CALMS DOWN BY SUNDAY.  SO YOU WILL NEED TO HOLD ONTO YOUR UMBRELLAS AND HATS FOR THE NEXT COUPLE.

WEATHER TRIVIA:

1910 – 2 PASSENGER TRAINS NEAR WELLINGTON IN WASHINGTON STATE ARE BURIED UNDER SNOW FOR 6 DAYS: OUT OF 118 PASSENGERS ONLY 22 SURVIVE.

SHORT VERSION:

TDY: MOSTLY CLOUDY- MID 50S

TNTE: RAIN ARRIVING AND WINDY – LOWER 40S

FRI: WINDY –RAIN –MID 40S – RAIN CHANGES TO HEAVY WET SNOW FROM CATSKILLS TO BERKSHIRES

SAT: CLOUDY AND WINDY-RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS – MID 40S

SUN:PARTLY CLOUDY AND BREEZY – 40-45