A strong atmospheric river moving into northern California later today will bring a threat for moderate to heavy rainfall and flooding, gusty to high winds, and mountain snows for parts of the Northwest U.S. through Wednesday. Gusty winds and isolated showers are expected today in the Northeast U.S. behind a cold front. Wind Advisories have been issued. Read More >
Overview
A high-impact, long-duration winter storm affected the region from December 15-17, 2022. This was an elevation-dependent storm with heavy snowfall for the higher elevations and a mix of rain and snow in the valleys. Snowfall totals of 12-24 inches were common across areas above 1000 feet with mainly 6 inches or less below. A brief period of sleet and freezing rain occurred across portions of the Hudson Valley during the evening hours on December 15 before precipitation changed over to plain rain. Rain then changed over to snow during the daytime hours on December 16.
This was a heavy, wet snow and the weight of the snow caused downed trees and power lines resulting in scattered power outages. Hamilton County was hit hardest with power outages with over 30 percent of customers tracked without power at some point during the event. Speed and chain-up restrictions went into effect along some western New England roads including the Massachusetts Turnpike and VT Route 9. A few vehicle accidents also occurred as a result of the slippery road conditions.
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Public Information Statement
Spotter Reports
National Weather Service Albany NY
1200 PM EST Sat Dec 17 2022
The following are unofficial observations taken during the past 46
hours for the storm that has been affecting our region. Appreciation
is extended to highway departments, cooperative observers, Skywarn
spotters and media for these reports. This summary also is available
on our home page at weather.gov/albany
********************STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL********************
LOCATION TOTAL TIME/DATE COMMENTS
SNOWFALL MEASURED
(inches)
CONNECTICUT
...Litchfield County...
1 SSE Canaan 6.2 800 AM 12/16 Trained Spotter
Norfolk 4.0 1000 AM 12/16 Elev. 1405 FT.
Colebrook 4.0 1000 AM 12/16 Elev. 1310 FT.
2 SW Norfolk 3.0 930 AM 12/16 Elev. 1345 FT.
4 ESE Canaan 1.8 700 AM 12/17 CoCoRaHS
2 WNW Warren 1.4 700 AM 12/17 CoCoRaHS
Torrington 1.2 814 AM 12/16 Twitter
2 NNE Litchfield 0.8 530 AM 12/17 CoCoRaHS
3 SW New Hartford Ce 0.3 700 AM 12/17 CoCoRaHS
Bakersville 0.3 700 AM 12/17 Co-Op Observer
MASSACHUSETTS
...Berkshire County...
Savoy 18.8 502 PM 12/16 WeatherNet6
Florida 18.0 500 PM 12/16 Amateur Radio
Dalton 8.0 855 AM 12/17 Storm Total.
6 SSW Becket 7.4 700 AM 12/17 CoCoRaHS
3 S Sandisfield 6.7 738 AM 12/17 Storm total.
Clarksburg 6.0 1028 AM 12/16 Twitter
Becket 6.0 448 PM 12/16 WeatherNet6
1 NNW Cheshire 5.5 700 AM 12/17 CoCoRaHS
Sandisfield 5.0 400 PM 12/16 Twitter
East Otis 4.5 230 PM 12/16 Amateur Radio
4 NNE Hancock 3.0 1200 PM 12/16 CoCoRaHS
Pittsfield 3.0 651 AM 12/17 WeatherNet6
Williamstown 2.1 744 AM 12/17 Social Media
3 N Great Barrington 1.5 700 AM 12/17 CoCoRaHS
N Great Barrington 0.8 1159 PM 12/16 CoCoRaHS
2 NW Sheffield 0.5 700 AM 12/17 CoCoRaHS
NNE Stockbridge 0.3 600 AM 12/17 CoCoRaHS
NEW YORK
...Albany County...
Westerlo 21.0 917 AM 12/17 Facebook
Rensselaerville 20.0 556 PM 12/16 WeatherNet6
2 NNW Rensselaervill 16.5 700 AM 12/17 CoCoRaHS
3 W Berne 16.0 909 AM 12/17 Storm total.
Knox 15.0 226 AM 12/17 Social Media
Voorheesville 13.0 945 AM 12/17 Facebook
4 NW Altamont 12.6 700 AM 12/17 CoCoRaHS
3 SSW Altamont 9.7 801 AM 12/17 CoCoRaHS
New Scotland 4.5 325 PM 12/16 Amateur Radio
Albany Intl AP 3.9 753 AM 12/17 Storm Total.
Guilderland 3.0 926 AM 12/17 Trained Spotter
1 SW Albany 2.8 700 AM 12/17 CoCoRaHS
Colonie 2.7 844 AM 12/17 WeatherNet6
NWS Albany 2.2 700 AM 12/17 CoCoRaHS
Ravena 2.0 842 AM 12/17 Social Media
Albany 2.0 100 AM 12/17 NWS Albany Office
2 W Albany 2.0 1057 PM 12/16 Retired NWS Emp.
...Columbia County...
3 N Austerlitz 9.3 816 AM 12/17 Trained Spotter
4 ENE Philmont 5.0 638 AM 12/17 Storm Total.
1 SW Chatham 4.5 700 AM 12/17 CoCoRaHS
3 N Valatie 3.4 700 AM 12/17 CoCoRaHS
Taghkanic 3.0 810 AM 12/17 WeatherNet6
1 S Valatie 2.8 700 AM 12/17 CoCoRaHS
Livingston 2.5 944 AM 12/17 Storm total.
Ancramdale 2.0 558 AM 12/17 WeatherNet6
...Dutchess County...
3 SE Millbrook 1.3 700 AM 12/17 CoCoRaHS
3 NE Lagrangeville 1.2 700 AM 12/17 CoCoRaHS
3 NE Hopewell Juncti 1.1 600 AM 12/17 CoCoRaHS
3 NE Millbrook 1.0 600 AM 12/17 CoCoRaHS
Pine Plains 1.0 710 AM 12/17 WeatherNet6
2 S Pleasant Valley 0.6 1200 AM 12/17 CoCoRaHS
...Fulton County...
Gloversville 7nw 10.9 700 AM 12/17 Co-Op Observer
5 ESE Broadalbin 10.0 900 AM 12/17 CoCoRaHS
5 NNE Amsterdam 8.0 838 PM 12/16 Trained Spotter
Perth 4.5 1055 PM 12/16 WeatherNet6
Johnstown 4.0 441 PM 12/16 WeatherNet6
1 N Northville 3.7 555 AM 12/17 CoCoRaHS
Northville 3.0 859 AM 12/17 Social Media
...Greene County...
1 E Greenville 13.5 700 AM 12/17 CoCoRaHS
Greenville Center 13.5 705 AM 12/17 WeatherNet6
East Jewett 13.0 754 PM 12/16 Trained Spotter
Tannersville 11.9 1210 PM 12/16 Facebook
2 N Lexington 11.6 700 AM 12/17 CoCoRaHS
Halcott Center 11.0 534 AM 12/17 WeatherNet6
3 E Freehold 8.5 530 AM 12/17 CoCoRaHS
4 NW Earlton 3.0 900 AM 12/16 Amateur Radio
Cairo 2.0 1235 PM 12/16 WeatherNet6
WNW Athens 0.2 700 AM 12/17 CoCoRaHS
...Hamilton County...
Piseco 20.0 704 AM 12/17 WeatherNet6
2 WSW Lake Pleasant 19.5 655 AM 12/17 CoCoRaHS
1 N Long Lake 19.0 700 AM 12/17 CoCoRaHS
2 E Hoffmeister 17.5 928 AM 12/17 Trained Spotter
2 WNW Hoffmeister 17.5 800 AM 12/17 CoCoRaHS
Indian Lake 17.1 730 AM 12/17 Co-Op Observer
Long Lake 17.0 924 AM 12/17 Storm total.
Inlet 13.0 618 AM 12/17 Storm Total.
...Herkimer County...
2 NW Salisbury Cente 9.0 700 AM 12/17 CoCoRaHS
1 WSW Ilion 5.1 700 AM 12/17 CoCoRaHS
...Montgomery County...
2 WSW Hessville 12.5 800 AM 12/17 CoCoRaHS
3 SE Sprakers 12.0 855 AM 12/17 Storm total.
Hessville 11.5 400 PM 12/16 Trained Spotter
Palatine Bridge 10.5 612 AM 12/17 WeatherNet6
1 ENE Amsterdam 8.0 920 AM 12/17 Storm total.
Glen 8.0 1057 PM 12/16 WeatherNet6
Amsterdam 7.0 352 PM 12/16 Trained Spotter
1 NNW Amsterdam 6.5 745 AM 12/17 CoCoRaHS
SE Fort Plain 3.3 700 AM 12/17 CoCoRaHS
Fonda 2.0 451 PM 12/16 WeatherNet6
...Rensselaer County...
Grafton 12.0 858 AM 12/17 Storm total.
1 WNW Averill Park 6.3 800 AM 12/17 CoCoRaHS
1 E Troy 5.3 700 AM 12/17 CoCoRaHS
7 NE Troy 5.2 700 AM 12/17 CoCoRaHS
Speigletown 5.0 913 AM 12/17 Storm total.
Troy 4.8 704 AM 12/17 Storm Total.
Rensselaer 4.5 640 AM 12/17 WeatherNet6
2 NNE Troy 4.2 700 AM 12/17 CoCoRaHS
Johnsonville 4.0 946 AM 12/17 Storm total.
East Schodack 4.0 931 AM 12/17 Storm total.
Buskirk 3.5 715 AM 12/17 Co-Op Observer
East Greenbush 2.5 911 AM 12/17 Facebook
Brunswick 2.5 1011 AM 12/17 Storm total.
1 N Sycaway 2.2 700 PM 12/16 NWS Employee
Hoosick Falls 1.8 729 AM 12/17 WeatherNet6
Petersburg 1.0 631 PM 12/16 WeatherNet6
...Saratoga County...
4 WNW Rock City Fall 13.7 725 AM 12/17 CoCoRaHS
Lake Desolation 13.0 738 AM 12/17 WeatherNet6
Edinburg 12.0 325 PM 12/16 Trained Spotter
2 E Providence 9.2 400 PM 12/16 CoCoRaHS
Corinth 8.0 135 PM 12/16 Facebook
Malta 6.5 356 PM 12/16 WeatherNet6
Galway 5.5 504 PM 12/16 WeatherNet6
2 N Rock City Falls 5.0 230 PM 12/16 Facebook
Charlton 5.0 534 PM 12/16 WeatherNet6
2 S Clifton Park Cen 3.3 903 AM 12/17 Storm total.
Ballston Spa 3.2 452 PM 12/16 WeatherNet6
Porter Corners 3.0 600 AM 12/16 Facebook
4 WNW Gansevoort 2.7 800 AM 12/17 CoCoRaHS
4 SW Saratoga Spring 2.6 904 PM 12/16 Trained Spotter
Clifton Park 2.5 644 PM 12/16 WeatherNet6
1 S Saratoga Springs 2.2 600 AM 12/17 CoCoRaHS
Saratoga Springs 2.2 925 AM 12/17 WeatherNet6
2 W Greenfield Cente 2.0 730 AM 12/17 CoCoRaHS
3 ESE Ballston Spa 2.0 815 AM 12/17 CoCoRaHS
Sacandaga Lake 1.0 800 AM 12/16 Co-Op Observer
3 S Clifton Park 0.9 600 AM 12/17 CoCoRaHS
...Schenectady County...
Mariaville 18.0 908 AM 12/17 Storm total.
Delanson 15.0 703 AM 12/17 WeatherNet6
4 NW Altamont 12.6 810 AM 12/17 Storm Total.
3 NNE Pattersonville 12.0 1002 AM 12/17 Storm total.
Duanesburg 10.0 719 AM 12/17 WeatherNet6
3 ESE Duanesburg 9.0 115 PM 12/16 NWS Employee
Delanson 2ne 9.0 700 AM 12/17 Co-Op Observer
S Niskayuna 7.5 700 AM 12/17 CoCoRaHS
Schenectady 4.9 1013 AM 12/17 Storm total.
4 NNW Rotterdam Junc 4.0 845 AM 12/16 CoCoRaHS
Schenectady-GE Plot 3.7 656 AM 12/17 Retired NWS Emp.
3 SSE Niskayuna 3.2 700 AM 12/17 CoCoRaHS
2 S Hawthorne Hill 3.2 922 AM 12/17 Trained Spotter
1 NW Scotia 3.0 600 AM 12/17 CoCoRaHS
Scotia 1.6 830 PM 12/16 Trained Spotter
...Schoharie County...
Middleburgh 20.0 632 AM 12/17 WeatherNet6
Schoharie 15.0 1016 PM 12/16 WeatherNet6
Jefferson 13.0 849 AM 12/17 WeatherNet6
Richmondville 13.0 606 AM 12/17 WeatherNet6
3 SW Livingstonville 12.0 1255 PM 12/16 Facebook
Charlotteville 11.8 536 AM 12/17 WeatherNet6
S Jefferson 8.5 1230 PM 12/16 CoCoRaHS
...Ulster County...
Kerhonkson 7.0 900 AM 12/16 Amateur Radio
Shandaken 6.0 949 AM 12/16 Trained Spotter
4 N Kerhonkson 6.0 700 AM 12/16 CoCoRaHS
...Warren County...
Stony Creek 28.0 914 AM 12/17 Storm total.
2 NNW Brant Lake 20.0 1005 AM 12/17 Storm total.
Warrensburg 15.0 914 AM 12/17 WeatherNet6
Brant Lake 15.0 600 PM 12/16 CoCoRaHS
2 WNW Warrensburg 12.2 800 AM 12/17 CoCoRaHS
6 SSW North Creek 10.5 1020 AM 12/16 Trained Spotter
1 N Lake George 5.5 600 AM 12/17 CoCoRaHS
Glens Falls 4.0 1029 AM 12/17 Storm total.
Queensbury 4.0 706 AM 12/17 WeatherNet6
Lake Luzerne 2.5 604 AM 12/17 WeatherNet6
...Washington County...
Hartford 10.0 500 AM 12/17 Trained Spotter
Granville 10.0 704 AM 12/17 WeatherNet6
Hebron 9.0 606 AM 12/17 WeatherNet6
2 SSE Salem 5.7 830 AM 12/17 CoCoRaHS
Cossayuna 4.0 529 PM 12/16 WeatherNet6
1 NNW Fort Edward 3.5 1017 AM 12/17 Storm total.
2 NNE Stillwater 3.0 1012 AM 12/16 Twitter
Pilot Knob 2.5 652 AM 12/17 Trained Spotter
Whitehall 1.5 612 PM 12/16 WeatherNet6
VERMONT
...Bennington County...
Peru 26.2 600 AM 12/17 Co-Op Observer
1 NNE Landgrove 26.0 700 AM 12/17 CoCoRaHS
Landgrove 26.0 626 AM 12/17 WeatherNet6
3 ENE Manchester 22.1 700 AM 12/17 CoCoRaHS
2 ESE Winhall 21.0 1009 AM 12/17 Social Media
5 NW Readsboro 19.5 1054 AM 12/17 Storm total.
WNW Shaftsbury 15.3 1000 AM 12/17 CoCoRaHS
5 NNE Stamford 12.5 400 PM 12/16 CoCoRaHS
1 ESE Arlington 7.5 942 AM 12/17 Storm total.
...Windham County...
Wilmington 26.0 916 AM 12/17 Storm total.
2 NNE Marlboro 17.8 800 AM 12/17 CoCoRaHS
Putney 16.5 531 PM 12/16 Social Media
Westminster 15.0 606 PM 12/16 Social Media
Townshend 14.0 950 AM 12/17 Facebook
W Halifax 13.0 139 PM 12/16 Public
1 NNE Rockingham 11.3 700 AM 12/17 CoCoRaHS
Brattleboro 11.0 906 AM 12/17 Storm total.
6 W West Brattleboro 10.3 800 AM 12/17 Co-Op Observer
Radar
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| Regional Radar Loop valid 11:00 am December 15 to 8:00 am December 17, 2022 |
Environment
250 hPa Analysis
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| Valid 00z December 15, 2022 | Valid 12z December 15, 2022 | Valid 00z December 16, 2022 |
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| Valid 12z December 16, 2022 | Valid 00z December 17, 2022 | Valid 12z December 17, 2022 |
500 hPa Analysis
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| Valid 00z December 15, 2022 | Valid 12z December 15, 2022 | Valid 00z December 16, 2022 |
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| Valid 12z December 16, 2022 | Valid 00z December 17, 2022 | Valid 12z December 17, 2022 |
850 hPa Analysis
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| Valid 00z December 15, 2022 | Valid 12z December 15, 2022 | Valid 00z December 16, 2022 |
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| Valid 12z December 16, 2022 | Valid 00z December 17, 2022 | Valid 12z December 17, 2022 |
Surface Analysis
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| Valid 00z December 15, 2022 | Valid 12z December 15, 2022 | Valid 00z December 16, 2022 |
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| Valid 12z December 16, 2022 | Valid 00z December 17, 2022 | Valid 12z December 17, 2022 |
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