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Albany, NY – Roads across the Capital Region and southern Vermont could turn snow-covered within hours tonight as a strengthening nor’easter pushes in, dropping snow at rates up to 1 inch per hour and cutting visibility below a quarter mile by the Monday morning commute.
According to the National Weather Service in Albany, a Winter Storm Warning takes effect at 7 p.m. Sunday and remains in place until 7 p.m. Monday for Schoharie County, the Helderbergs, Albany and Schenectady counties, Rensselaer County and all of southern Vermont. Forecasters expect widespread totals between 5 and 12 inches, with locally higher amounts in the Helderbergs and Schoharie County where snowfall rates may briefly reach 2 inches per hour overnight…