Initial ice accretion totals rolling in for Northern New York, Vermont
More reports to come as storm wraps up
THIS IS AN NBC5 ALERT WEATHER WARNING. WHILE WE COME TO YOU LIVE FROM THE WEATHER CENTER HERE AT 1:00 TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON WHERE WE’RE SEEING THE HIGHEST ICE ACCRETION IN THE REGION OVER A HALF INCH ACCUMULATED THERE IN NEWCOMB, ESSEX COUNTY. OVERALL, SEEING THE JACKPOT IN TERMS OF ICE A LITTLE OVER A QUARTER OF AN INCH IN POTSDAM, BUT ALSO MORRISTOWN PLATTSBURGH, ABOUT A LITTLE OVER A QUARTER OF AN INCH OF ICE AS WELL. AND THIS, OF COURSE, IS WEIGHING ON THE POWER LINES IN OUR REGION. WE ARE SEEING SOME IMPROVEMENT FROM ABOUT 10:00 THIS MORNING IN TERMS OF THE RESTORATION, 8300 CUSTOMERS WITHOUT POWER. MOST OF THOSE ARE IN NEW HAMPSHIRE, WHERE THERE’S 5500 CUSTOMERS WITHOUT POWER, 2600 IN VERMONT AT THIS POINT. AS WE TAKE A LOOK AT TRAFFIC FLOW HERE, WAY LESS YELLOW NOW COMPARED TO EARLIER ON THIS MORNING, BUT IN EASTERN AREAS STILL SEEING SOME SLOWER THAN NORMAL TRAVEL. WE ALSO GOT A REPORT FROM OFFICIALS THAT THERE ARE SEVERAL CRASHES AND SLIDE OFFS NEAR EXIT EIGHT. IN ON THE SOUTHBOUND SIDE OF 89 NEAR MONTPELIER. SO JUST BE CAREFUL AS YOU’RE DRIVING THROUGH THAT AREA. DEFINITELY TELLS ME THAT THERE ARE SOME ICY PATCHES THERE, WITHOUT A DOUBT, AND WE’LL EXPECT SOME OF THOSE LINGERING ICY PATCHES FOR THE NEXT COUPLE HOURS TODAY. BUT AS OUR TEMPERATURES CONTINUE TO RISE ABOVE FREEZING IN EASTERN AREAS, MOST OF THE ROADS FOR THE EVENING COMMUTE WILL JUST BE WET. THERE WILL BE SOME MOUNTAIN SNOW SHOWERSTHAT MOVE INTO THE NORTH COUNTRY, AND TOMORROW MORNING, AS OUR TEMPERATURES PLUMMET, WE DO ANTICIPATE SOME AREAS OF REFREEZE AND SOME BLACK ICE, SO JUST BE CAREFUL STEPPING OUT FIRST THING TOMORROW MORNING AS WELL. THERE WILL BE SNOW CONTINUING IN THE MOUNTAINS BASICALLY ALL DAY TOMORROW AND JUST A CLOUDY, COLD DAY AHEAD FOR THE WIDER VALLEYS. STORM TRACKER LOOKING WAY LESS BUSY THAN IT WAS EARLIER THIS MORNING. BUT I’LL TELL YOU IF YOU’RE TRAVELING AT ALL THROUGH NEW HAMPSHIRE FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS TODAY, IT WILL STILL BE A VERY, VERY ICY DRIVE BETWEEN GRAFTON COUNTY AND EVEN THE MANCHESTER AREA, SEEING A LOT OF SLOWER THAN NORMAL TRAVEL. WE’RE EVEN SEEING SOME SNOW START TO DEVELOP AS EXPECTED OFF OF LAKE ONTARIO, SO SOME LIGHT SNOW DEVELOPING IN THE SAINT LAWRENCE RIVER VALLEY AND SOME SNOWFLAKES LIKELY TO COME DOWN THE LINE IN SARANAC LAKE AREA. WE’VE BEEN WATCHING THIS CAMERA CLOSELY, SEEING A COUPLE AREAS OF DRIZZLE HERE AND THERE AND SARANAC LAKE. BUT BROADWAY LOOKING JUST FINE. CERTAINLY VERY DAMP. A LOT OF PUDDLES. THERE WILL BE A LOT OF PUDDLES ACROSS NORTHERN VERMONT AS WELL. TRACKING SOME STEADY RAIN MOVING THROUGH THE NORTHERN GREEN MOUNTAINS BY MONTGOMERY AND UP AT JAY AND EVEN NEWPORT AS WELL, WHERE WE ARE STILL SEEING THAT ICE IS DEFINITELY IN PORTIONS OF THE UPPER VALLEY. CHECK OUT TOPSHAM 302. NOT LOOKING A FUN TIME HERE. AS OF 103 THIS AFTERNOON. A LOT OF ICE AND YOU CAN SEE THE TREE BRANCHES COMPLETELY CAKED IN THAT ICE. AND UNFORTUNATELY, THAT’S WHAT REALLY CAN CAUSE ISSUES. YOU CAN SEE BRANCHES BREAK AND OF COURSE THAT CAN ADDITIONALLY LAY ON TOP OF THE POWER LINES AS WELL. STORM TRACKER IN SOUTHERN SPOTS DRYING OUT PRETTY NICELY THROUGH RUTLAND AND DOWN THE ROUTE SEVEN CORRIDOR. STILL HAVE SOME LIGHTER RAIN IN THE VICINITY OF BRATTLEBORO, BUT WE SHOULD BE DRYING OUT WITHIN THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS HERE. ONE THING YOU’LL NOTICE AS WE START TO DRY OUT, THE WIND WILL START TO RAMP UP. WE COULD SEE GUSTS OVER 40MPH IN THIS BEIGE SHADING, WHERE YOU SEE THE ORANGE SHADING. JEFFERSON COUNTY, NEW YORK FOR WATERTOWN, THAT’S A HIGH WIND WARNING. WE COULD SEE GUSTS UP TO 60 MILES AN HOUR THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS OF TOMORROW. THE GUSTS ACROSS THE BOARD WILL BE NOTICEABLE BETWEEN ABOUT 15 AND 25MPH, AND THAT WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY TOMORROW. FOR THE EASTERN SLOPES OF THE GREENS AND FOR THE ADIRONDACKS. SO THERE WILL LIKELY BE MAYBE SOME TREES OR ANY HOLIDAY DECORATIONS THAT ARE STILL OUT THAT MIGHT GET KNOCKED AROUND. NOW THE HOPE IS WE WILL START TO DRY OUT A LITTLE BIT DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS. UNFORTUNATELY, TONIGHT OUR TEMPERATURES PLUMMET. SO WHERE WE DO STILL HAVE STANDING WATER AND LOTS OF PUDDLES, A LOT OF THAT WILL REFREEZE FOR FIRST THING TOMORROW MORNING. SO I DO THINK TOMORROW’S MORNING COMMUTE YET AGAIN COULD BE ICY IN SOME SPOTS. YOU CAN SEE THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS TODAY. THOSE ONGOING SNOW SHOWERS EXPECTED IN THE MOUNTAINS, AND THAT WILL CONTINUE FOR MUCH OF THE DAY. TOMORROW. IT WILL BE CLOUDY ELSEWHERE FOR YOUR TUESDAY AND THEN FOR YOUR WEDNESDAY. THERE WILL BE A COUPLE ISOLATED SNOW SHOWERS AROUND AS WELL. THIS SNOWFALL MAP IS THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT, SO A DUSTNG TO A COUPLE INCHES IN THE NORTHEAST KINGDOM COULD SEE SOME HIGHER AMOUNTS AT THE MOUNTAIN SUMMITS. 2 TO 4IN OUT IN THE ADIRONDACK PARK. SO JUST BE CAREFUL TOMORROW FOR YOUR FIRST FEW STEPS OUT THE DOOR. AND EVEN IN THE MOUNTAINS WHERE WE DO SEE THOSE ONGOING UPSLOPE SNOW SHOWERS, WEDNESDAY WILL WATCH FOR ON AND OFF SNOW SHOWERS THROUGH YOUR NEW YEAR’S EVE EVENING. NEW YEAR’S DAY ITSELF MUCH DRIER, BUT IT’S COLD HIGH OF ONLY 19 DEGREES AND A NICE DRY END TO THE WORKWEEK. AND AS WE LEAD INTO THE WEEKEND, WELL, ANOTHER UPDATE COMING UP WITH MATT DILORETO AT 2:00, BUT THAT’S LATEST HERE FROM THE WEATHER CENTER. WE’LL SEND YOU BACK TO
NBC5 First Warning Meteorologist
Freezing rain led to widespread ice accretion across portions of northern New York and Vermont, with the most significant impacts focused in the Adirondacks and nearby high terrain. Several locations reported more than a quarter inch of ice, with isolated totals approaching or exceeding half an inch. These totals reflect initial reports received by the National Weather Service as the storm continues to move through the region. Additional observations are expected later today as more spotter reports and official measurements are compiled, and some totals may be adjusted as final storm summaries are issued.Total Ice Accretion by County New YorkClinton County, NYPlattsburgh International Airport – 0.30″Chazy – 0.14″Ellenburg – 0.11″Essex County, NYNewcomb – 0.54″Newcomb – 0.42″North Hudson – 0.42″North Hudson – 0.34″Elizabethtown – 0.38″Essex – 0.27″Ticonderoga – 0.27″Upper Jay – 0.25″Newcomb – 0.25″Moriah – 0.20″Wilmington – 0.15″Olmstedville – 0.10″Franklin County, NYMalone – 0.21″Gabriels – 0.09″Adirondack Airport – 0.05″St. Lawrence County, NYPotsdam – 0.33″Edwardsville – 0.33″Potsdam – 0.26″Heuvelton – 0.25″Massena – 0.25″Edwardsville – 0.25″Louisville – 0.24″Massena Airport – 0.19″Edwards – 0.17″Louisville – 0.17″VermontCaledonia County, VTPeacham – 0.25″East Lyndon – 0.25″Lyndonville – 0.20″Chittenden County, VTSaint George – 0.20″Jonesville – 0.10″Mt. Philo State Park – 0.19″Burlington International Airport – 0.18″Hinesburg – 0.10″Franklin County, VTSwanton – 0.20″Lamoille County, VTMorrisville-Stowe State Airport – 0.28″West Danville – 0.25″Johnson – 0.19″Stowe – 0.13″Stowe – 0.10″Orange County, VTChelsea – 0.38″Strafford – 0.25″Bradford Center – 0.20″Bradford Center – 0.19″South Northfield – 0.19″West Fairlee – 0.15″Orleans County, VTEast Brownington – 0.15″East Craftsbury – 0.15″Island Pond – 0.13″East Craftsbury – 0.12″Westfield – 0.10″Rutland County, VTChittenden – 0.40″Holly – 0.19″West Rutland – 0.15″South Wallingford – 0.10″Shrewsbury – 0.10″Washington County, VTWarren – 0.50″Cabot – 0.38″Middlesex – 0.25″Worcester – 0.25″Websterville – 0.25″Woodbury – 0.25″Montpelier Airport – 0.22″Northfield – 0.13″East Montpelier – 0.10″Windsor County, VTAndover – 0.25″West Hartford – 0.25″Springfield Airport – 0.18″
Freezing rain led to widespread ice accretion across portions of northern New York and Vermont, with the most significant impacts focused in the Adirondacks and nearby high terrain. Several locations reported more than a quarter inch of ice, with isolated totals approaching or exceeding half an inch.
These totals reflect initial reports received by the National Weather Service as the storm continues to move through the region. Additional observations are expected later today as more spotter reports and official measurements are compiled, and some totals may be adjusted as final storm summaries are issued.
Total Ice Accretion by County New York
Clinton County, NY
Plattsburgh International Airport – 0.30″Chazy – 0.14″Ellenburg – 0.11″
Essex County, NY
Newcomb – 0.54″Newcomb – 0.42″North Hudson – 0.42″North Hudson – 0.34″Elizabethtown – 0.38″Essex – 0.27″Ticonderoga – 0.27″Upper Jay – 0.25″Newcomb – 0.25″Moriah – 0.20″Wilmington – 0.15″Olmstedville – 0.10″
Franklin County, NY
Malone – 0.21″Gabriels – 0.09″Adirondack Airport – 0.05″
St. Lawrence County, NY
Potsdam – 0.33″Edwardsville – 0.33″Potsdam – 0.26″Heuvelton – 0.25″Massena – 0.25″Edwardsville – 0.25″Louisville – 0.24″Massena Airport – 0.19″Edwards – 0.17″Louisville – 0.17″Vermont
Caledonia County, VT
Peacham – 0.25″East Lyndon – 0.25″Lyndonville – 0.20″
Chittenden County, VT
Saint George – 0.20″Jonesville – 0.10″Mt. Philo State Park – 0.19″Burlington International Airport – 0.18″Hinesburg – 0.10″
Franklin County, VT
Lamoille County, VT
Morrisville-Stowe State Airport – 0.28″West Danville – 0.25″Johnson – 0.19″Stowe – 0.13″Stowe – 0.10″
Orange County, VT
Chelsea – 0.38″Strafford – 0.25″Bradford Center – 0.20″Bradford Center – 0.19″South Northfield – 0.19″West Fairlee – 0.15″
Orleans County, VT
East Brownington – 0.15″East Craftsbury – 0.15″Island Pond – 0.13″East Craftsbury – 0.12″Westfield – 0.10″
Rutland County, VT
Chittenden – 0.40″Holly – 0.19″West Rutland – 0.15″South Wallingford – 0.10″Shrewsbury – 0.10″
Washington County, VT
Warren – 0.50″Cabot – 0.38″Middlesex – 0.25″Worcester – 0.25″Websterville – 0.25″Woodbury – 0.25″Montpelier Airport – 0.22″Northfield – 0.13″East Montpelier – 0.10″
Windsor County, VT
Andover – 0.25″West Hartford – 0.25″Springfield Airport – 0.18″