Above, a photo of snow falling in Davenport, from reader Mike Wilkie, via Facebook: "About a 1/2 inch on the ground here in Davenport. It is really coming down now."
This is turning into quite a white-out. The National Weather Service office in Binghamton has issued a Winter Weather Advisory for parts of the Catskills -- namely, Delaware and Sullivan counties -- from now until 1am tomorrow morning. (For the full advisory, scroll to the bottom of this post.)
There have also been some road closings this afternoon in Delaware County. Here's the list as we have it now:
- State Highway 28 is closed between Dunraven and Andes due to multiple traffic incidents due to the weather. Via NY Alert. (Unofficially, we hear that a Trailways bus and several cars got into trouble at the top of Palmer Hill this afternoon.)
- Rte. 23 between Stamford and Parker Schoolhouse Rd. was closed, but has now re-opened. Via NY Alert.
We're getting reports on our Facebook page about snow from around the region. Around 2:30pm, one reader reports, the ground in Fleischmanns was almost covered. At 3:07 in at the top of Running Horse Road in Denver, another reader reported a whopping 3 inches.
Also, we're getting some happy photos of snowy shenanignans. Here's a shot of Charley and Ava McIntosh playing in the snow this afternoon, taken by Sarah Mesh.
How many inches do you have near you? Got a photo? Tell us what you're seeing by commenting on this post, on our Facebook page, posting a photo to our Flickr page, or by sending an email to editor@watershedpost.com.
From the National Weather Service:
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
343 PM EST MON NOV 8 2010...WINTERY MIX EXPECTED ACROSS THE CATSKILLS THIS AFTERNOON...
.A DEEPENING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OFF OF CAPE COD WILL CONTINUE TO
SPREAD WINTERY PRECIPITATION INTO THE CATSKILLS THROUGH TONIGHT.
ELEVATIONS ABOVE 1500 FEET WILL EXPERIENCE SNOW...SLEET AND
FREEZING RAIN MINOR TRAVEL PROBLEMS EXPECTED. THE PRECIPITATION
WILL COME TO AND BY MIDNIGHT.NYZ046-057-062-090600-
/O.EXT.KBGM.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-101109T0600Z/
OTSEGO-DELAWARE-SULLIVAN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ONEONTA...WALTON...DELHI...MONTICELLO
343 PM EST MON NOV 8 2010...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST TUESDAY...
THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST
TUESDAY.* LOCATIONS...FOR THE WESTERN CATSKILLS FOR ELEVATIONS ABOVE
1500 FEET.* HAZARD TYPES...A WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION...WITH MAINLY SNOW
ABOVE 1500 FEET.* ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES...ALONG
WITH UP TO ONE TENTH OF AN INCH OF ICE AND SLEET.* TIMING...THE MIX WILL CONTINUE UNTIL MIDNIGHT.
* IMPACTS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ACROSS THE
CATSKILLS. MINOR SLEET AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL CAUSE VERY
SLIPPERY DRIVING CONDITIONS...ALONG WITH AN EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS
EVENING COMMUTE. ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES WILL BE POSSIBLE.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...
AND FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.
Note: This post has been changed to correct the spelling of Charley McIntosh's name.
