And the snow just keeps on coming

Region could see another foot or more before storm ends on Tuesday

Just a week after the region was hit with more than a foot of snow, residents over the weekend were bracing for another storm that could drop an additional 10 to 14 inches of the white stuff on the area by early Tuesday morning.

A winter storm warning went into effect Sunday at 1 a.m. and is expected to run through Tuesday at 6 a.m., according to National Weather Service meteorologist Ian Lee.

Light snow that began midSunday afernoon was expected to become moderate and even heavy locally, Lee said Sunday. He added that the snow will persist through the day Monday before diminishing late Monday night.

He also said he expects there to be extremely hazardous travel conditions Monday morning.

Temperatures will be in the upper teens or low 20s Sunday night and highs will top out in the upper 20s on Monday, according to Lee. Lows will be in the upper teens Monday night, he added.

Wind will not be a major factor with the storm, with some gusts perhaps reaching 15 to 20 mph, he said.

“For the most part, winds are going to be pretty light,” he said.

The consistency of the snow will fall somewhere in the middle, between light fluffy snow and heavier wetter snow, Lee said.

Lee also said he expects it temperates will stay low enough for the precipitation to be all snow, but he couldn’t rule out the possibility of there being a some patchy light freezing drizzle when the precipitation tapers off early Tuesday morning.

“There could be a light glaze that could make roads all the more slippery,” he said, adding there will be no significant ice accumulations.

In response to the storm, the city of Kingston and the village of Catskill declared snow emergencies.

In Kingston, a snow emergency began Sunday at 7 p.m. and is scheduled to last through Tuesday at 7 p.m.

No vehicles should be left on any city street unless otherwise posted as snow emergency parkingalternate side street parking as posted in designated areas, according to a press release from the city.

Even-side parking was Sunday and changes to odd side on Monday at 7 a.m.

Snow emergency routes will be maintained as priorities throughout the storm. Due to a limited supply of road salt, minimum salting will be performed during the storm, the press release said.

For more information, visit www.kingston-ny.gov.

In Catskill, the snow removal and enforcement parking plan began Sunday at 8 p.m., according of a press release from the village’s Police Department.

As of Sunday at 8 p.m., all vehicles should be parked on the odd side of village streets until Monday at 8 a.m., when vehicles should be parked on the even side of the street until 8 p.m. that day. Vehicle owners should continue to switch sides of the street every 12 hours, until all streets have been cleared of snow.

Effective Sunday night, there was no parking on Main Street from Greene Street to Summit Avenue from 8 p.m. to 8 a.m. to ensure that Main Street is one of the first streets to be cleared of snow. That parking regulation will remain in effect each evening until all snow has been removed from Main Street. Residents who usually park on Main Street should use the municipal parking lots, the press release said.

Vehicles in violation of these regulations are subject to ticketing and towing at the owner’s expense.

Residents who have any questions should call the Catskill Police Department at (518) 943-2244.

With this storm, Lee said, snowfall at Albany International Airport this month would already exceed the February average of 12.4 inches.

Those wishing for some of this snow to melt appear to be out of luck. Lee said bitterly cold temperatures are forecasted for the region Thursday night, with low temperatures expected to fall well below zero, and on Friday, when high temperatures may be as low as 5 degrees above zero.