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Overview

Low pressure tracked from the southern Great Lakes toward central New York on December 12th, producing a period of light to moderate snow across much of the forecast area. The heaviest snow organized in a broad band from the Saratoga area north to the southern Adirondacks. This band of heavier snow was fairly persistent over the northern half to one third of the forecast area into the afternoon on the 12th. Farther south, the precipitation became spottier. The atmosphere was cold enough for snow across the entire area in the morning, however warm air gradually moved north up the Hudson Valley allowing snow showers to change to rain showers as far north as the Mohawk River by noon. Meanwhile, a more persistent, heavier snow continued across the southern Adirondacks, upper Hudson Valley and Green Mountains. Snowfall totals ranged from an inch or two in the Hudson Valley from the Capital District southward, up to a foot or more across the southern Adirondacks, Lake George Saratoga region, and southern Vermont.
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