Latest Forecast Update from Meteorologists Steve Caporizzo & Rob Lindenmuth:

A quiet afternoon today ahead of a storm system that will be moving in late tonight and will be with us throughout the day on Thanksgiving. Hopefully you were able to get to where you need to be for the Holiday, it will be tricky for travel especially by Thursday afternoon as a wintry mix will be possible for everyone with all snow for elevations above 1,000 feet.

Snow and a wintry mix will be arriving between 2-4am Thursday morning. Will likely remain a wintry mix in the valleys into the late morning or early afternoon before switching over to all snow. There may be a period of time where it switches back and forth, this will be a heavy wet snow. It will remain all snow at elevations above 1,000 feet and things will taper off between 6pm-8pm.

Storm right now is in the middle of the country and will be tapping into Atlantic moisture, so while it does not look like much right now, it will become much more consolidated overnight tonight and into the day on Thursday.

Thursday morning will begin wet, snow in the mountains with a wintry mix in the valley locations. Temperatures will be in the 30s and likely will fall into the afternoon as the precipitation intensity picks up.

As mentioned above, during the afternoon temperatures in the valley will be borderline and we will likely be watching the rain and snow flip back and forth. However, late in the afternoon and early evening, it should turn cold enough to transition over to all snow, this is when the Hudson valley may see their accumulations.

Just to the east of the Hudson River will see the least amount of snow thanks to some shadowing and temperatures perhaps just a touch too warm for any snow to stick, a coating to 2″ at best there. 2-4″ for Albany west and into the Berkshires and Taconics, 4-8″ further west and into the northern Berkshires and southern Vermont, there will be some areas of 8″-12″ through the high spots of Schoharie county and the northern Berkshires and the spine of the Green Mountains. North and west of Albany will be the “Jackpot winners” especially if we see banding setup in the storm where there will be local enhancement which could lead to over 12″ of snowfall.

We will dry things out for the end of the week and into the weekend with temperatures cooling down into the 30s over the weekend. By early next week there will be the chance for snow showers and temperatures will be much cooler with highs in the upper 20s and low 30s. Have a Happy and Safe Thanksgiving! -Cap & Rob