Snow Likely For The Hudson Valley First Weekend In January

HUDSON VALLEY, NY — Snow is likely Sunday, at the tail end of a storm system bringing rain Thursday night and settling in Friday and Saturday, the National Weather Service says. The NWS sees a possibility of light accumulating snow for Dutchess, Orange, Putnam, Rockland, northern Westchester and Ulster counties.

This far out, says Hudson Valley Weather, "Options are all over the map… meaning that the storm could track north and give us all rain; or it could track further south and give us an extended period of wet snow."

Here's the current lower Hudson Valley forecast through the weekend:

• Thursday-Sunny. Highs in the mid 40s. Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph. Gusts up to 20 mph this afternoon.
• Thursday night-Partly cloudy with a chance of rain in the evening, then mostly cloudy with rain after midnight. Lows in the upper 30s. Southwest winds around 5 mph. Chance of rain 90 percent.
• Friday-Cloudy. Rain, mainly in the morning. Highs in the mid 40s. Southwest winds around 5 mph. Chance of rain 90 percent.
• Friday Night-Mostly cloudy with a 50 percent chance of rain. Lows in the upper 30s. Northwest winds around 5 mph in the evening, becoming light and variable.
• Saturday-Rain. Highs in the mid 40s. Northeast winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 90 percent.
• Saturday Night-Rain in the evening, then rain with snow likely after midnight. Light snow accumulation. Lows in the lower 30s. Chance of precipitation 90 percent.
• Sunday-Mostly cloudy with a chance of snow in the morning, then partly sunny in the afternoon. Breezy with highs in the mid 30s. Chance of snow 50 percent.
• Sunday Night-Mostly cloudy. Lows in the lower 20s.