Snow, Sleet Could Kick Off Overnight Precipitation In The HV

HUDSON VALLEY, NY — There is a low probability for widespread hazardous weather across Dutchess and Ulster counties, the National Weather Service said in the outlook it issued Wednesday morning.

"While precipitation may start as a burst of snow and sleet across northern parts of the region and some of the hillier terrain it will quickly turn to over to rain," Alex Marra of Hudson Valley Weather said on Facebook, "the exception will be across the higher terrain of the Catskills."

However, even the chance of precipitation diminishes in the lower Hudson Valley; in southern Westchester, there's only a 20 percent chance of rain Wednesday night and Thursday.

The reason is a quick-hitting storm bringing "a mixed bag of wintry precipitation from parts of New York state to New England Wednesday night to Thursday," said Alex Sosnowski, AccuWeather senior meteorologist.

Motorists should anticipate a slippery and slow morning commute on parts of the New York Thruway and portions of Interstate 84, he said. However, for much southeastern New York only spotty rain or a passing shower is in store from the storm system and trailing cold front from Wednesday night to Thursday.

Then it's going to be colder.

"Temperatures will generally range from 5 to 10 degrees below the historical average," Sosnowski said. "Typical highs during the second weekend of November range from the lower 40s in northern Maine to the mid-50s around New York City."

It'll be dry, though, a welcome change after eight weekends with rain, and good news for Veterans Day ceremonies.

Here's the five-day forecast based on Rockland County:

• Wednesday - Sunny, cooler with highs in the upper 40s. Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph. Gusts up to 20 mph late this morning.
• Tonight - Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of rain after midnight. Lows in the upper 30s. Northeast winds around 5 mph, becoming east after midnight. Chance of rain 20 percent.
• Thursday - Mostly cloudy with a 40 percent chance of rain. Not as cool with highs in the lower 60s. Southeast winds around 5 mph, becoming southwest in the afternoon.
• Thursday Night - Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming mostly cloudy. Lows in the lower 40s. Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph.
• Friday (Veterans Day observed) - Mostly cloudy. Highs in the lower 50s. West winds 5 to 10 mph.
• Friday Night - Partly cloudy in the evening, then clearing. Lows in the upper 30s.
• Veterans Day - Sunny. Highs around 50.
• Saturday Night - Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 30s.
• Sunday - Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 40s.
• Sunday Night - Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 20s.

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