Weather with Pat Pagano - Tuesday December 17, 2019

 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT TO 10 PM EST TUESDAY... 

* WHAT...Mixed precipitation expected. Total snow accumulations of  2 to 5 inches and ice accumulations of up to two tenths of an  inch. 

* WHERE...The eastern Catskills, mid Hudson Valley, southern  Taconics, southern Berkshires and Litchfield Connecticut.  Greatest ice accretion is expected over southern Dutchess and  Litchfield Counties. 

YOUR FORECAST:

TDY: SNOW & FREEZING RAIN,RESULTING IN HAZARDOUS ICING CONIDITONS….LOWER 30S…ACCUMULATIONS OF 2”-5”. 

TNTE: WINTRY MIX ENDS – CLEARING – LOWER 20S 

WED: PARTLY CLOUDY AND BREEZY WITH SNOWS HOWERS – MID 30S 

THURS: SUNNY – BITTERLY BRISK – MID 20S FRI: SUNNY- LOWER 30S 

WEATHER TRIVIA:1983- RECORD COLD HITS MIDWEST: HIGH TEMPS FOR MINNEAPOLIS WAS -7,OMAHA, NE WAS -3: SOME PLACES HAD 202 HOURS OF SUB ZERO WEATHER.

Satellite picture above shows storm in the East with snow for New England...ice then rain and thunderstorm for South. Cold arctic air covers the remainder of the Nation with freeze warnings for California.Below....snowfall predictions thru this weekend...followed by rainfall.

Below animated maps for the next couple. Cold air for the most part and it looks like quiet weather except for West Coast - (NW) and Southeast..where this weekend will see rain.