Originally Posted - February 28, 2007

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They say hell hath no fury like a woman scored.

So what's Mother Nature so mad about?

She's been having a real temper tantrum.

The North Country is still recovering from the three feet of snow she dumped on Valentine's Day but now Northern New York is bracing for another storm---a mixed bag which could leave up to a foot of snow and/or a half inch of ice.

The National Weather Service in Albany has issued a Winter Storm Watch for the western Adirondacks, Lake George-Saratoga Region, Mohawk Valley, greater Capital District, central Catskills and Taconics, southern Vermont and the Berkshires from Thursday evening through Friday afternoon.

The warning reads:

"A heavy mix of snow…sleet and freezing rain is expected to occur across much of Eastern New York and adjacent Western New England starting Thursday evening and continuing into Friday before tapering off late Friday.

"At this point snow and sleet accumulations of 7 inches or more along with ice accumulations of a quarter inch or more are possible. Areas to the south and west are expected to have more sleet and freezing rain than snow…while areas to the north and east are expected to have more snow and sleet than freezing rain.

"Areas to the south and west will also likely see a period of rain Friday as temperatures warm above freezing while areas to the north and east will have temperatures remain below freezing for most if not all of the event. The precipitation will result from a strengthening low pressure system over the mid Mississippi Valley Thursday evening which is expected to lift north into a western Great Lakes late Thursday evening pushing a warm front toward our region. A secondary low pressure system is expected to develop along the New Jersey Coast Friday morning and move Northeast into the Gulf of Maine Friday evening.

A winter storm watch means there is a potential for significant snow…sleet…or ice accumulations that may impact travel. 2-28-07

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