[caption id="" align="alignleft" width="220" caption="Screen grab from Windham Mountain web cam."][/caption]Snow fell fluffy and fast and was being whipped by high winds. WTEN reports a foot of snow had fallen by 1 a.m. in Canaan and Hillsdale. In Cairo, only four inches had fallen by 2:30 a.m. Eastern sections of Columbia County saw the worst of the storm. National Weather Service issued a Special Weather Statement warning of heavy snow until 4 a.m. Dutchess County is under a Blizzard Warning until 5 p.m. Winter Storm Warning for Greene and Columbia counties continues until 5 p.m. Athens, Cairo, and Catskill in Greene County declared snow emergencies. Columbia County had 68 employees working Sunday night with 29 plow trucks out on the streets. WGXC monitored scanner reports throughout the evening, including minor car accidents or incidents in Copake, Livingston, and Germantown. The National Weather Service canceled its winter storm warning for the Mid-Hudson Valley, but announced a winter weather advisory will remain in effect until 7 a.m. Tuesday. The advisory is for strong winds of 15 to 25 mph, with gusts up to 40 mph, resulting in blowing and drifting snow. Driving could be hazardous. Columbia County issued a state of emergency, so no one should be driving there. Snow totals from Fox23:
Columbia County
•Kinderhook 21 inches
•North Chatham 20 inches
•Hillsdale 20 inches
•Ghent 20 inches
•Claverack 18 inches
Greene County
•East Jewett 15 inches
•Freehold 11 inches
•Cairo 8 inches
•Maplecrest 17 inches
•Greenville Center 11 inches
•Ashland 11 inches
Windham Mountain say they have 13 new inches of snow, and shot this video, which includes driving through the streets of Windham this morning:




Closings
TIMES-UNION reports COARC Adult Transportation, Columbia County: No transportation, staff report; Giving Tree Day Care Center, Catskill, closed.


Weather
SNOW Blowing everywhere.


Birthdays
DECEMBER 27: Marlene Dietrich, Cokie Roberts, and Sarah Vowell.