纽约州中部一夜降雪逾一英尺：Hartwick 录得12.5英寸，湿雪致数千户停电
美国纽约州中部11月12日夜间迎来一场湿雪，位于纽约州 Otsego County 的 Hartwick 镇录得全州最高的初步降雪量12.5英寸。美国国家气象局（National Weather Service，NWS）Binghamton 办公室与 Albany 办公室汇总的本地风暴报告显示，这场雪周四夜间落在地势较高的地区，周五清晨仍在部分地区持续，Otsego County 一带湿雪压住树木、造成停电，周五早间通勤路面湿滑。
降雪量靠前的地点集中在 Otsego County：Burlington 报告12英寸，Exeter Center 11.5英寸，Westford 11英寸，Cherry Valley 10英寸；Schoharie County 的 Jefferson 报告8.5英寸，Chenango County 的 North Norwich 与 Sherburne 各8英寸，Albany County 的 Westerlo 7.3英寸。气象局说明，这些是初步报告、来自单个地点的测量，不代表全县或全州总量，后续观测进来后数字还可能调整。
气象局周五清晨仍在多地维持冬季天气警报：Otsego County（含 Oneonta）的冬季风暴警告持续到周五下午1时，1,500英尺以上地区已经落下6到12英寸，还可能再下最多2英寸；Chenango County 与 Delaware County 的冬季天气提示同样持续到周五下午1时，可能再下最多2英寸；Essex County 西部的提示到周五上午10时，1,200英尺以上地区以湿雪为主，预计2到4英寸。
湿而重的积雪挂在树上，是这场雪造成停电的主因，Otsego County 停电情况最集中。据 WeatherBoy 引述的停电统计，Otsego Electric Cooperative 周五凌晨2时21分一度有3,828户停电，占其追踪客户5,030户的大多数；该报道还提到，气象局 Binghamton 办公室周四晚间因降雪快于预期，把当地的冬季天气提示升级为冬季风暴警告，警告持续到周五下午1时。
气象局预计这场雪周五逐渐减弱并停止，Albany 办公室称降水将自北向南收尾，多数地区在周五上午晚些时候到午后停雪；Binghamton 办公室预计周五下午起湖效应降水发展并持续到周末，新增积雪总体较轻，Cortland 一带丘陵附近的窄雪带可能带来约1英寸或略多降雪。气象局在周五的发布中说，东北部已经迎来今冬第一场像样的雪，降雪今天逐渐收尾，但低于常年的气温将持续到下周初。
Over a Foot of Snow Falls Overnight in Central New York: Hartwick Records 12.5 Inches, Wet Snow Knocks Out Power to Thousands
Central New York saw a night of heavy, wet snow on November 12, with the town of Hartwick in Otsego County, New York, recording the state's highest preliminary total of 12.5 inches. Local storm reports compiled by the National Weather Service (NWS) offices in Binghamton and Albany show the snow fell on higher ground Thursday night and continued in places into early Friday, November 13. In Otsego County the wet snow weighed down trees and knocked out power, and roads were slippery for the Friday morning commute.
The deepest reports clustered in Otsego County: Burlington reported 12 inches, Exeter Center 11.5 inches, Westford 11 inches and Cherry Valley 10 inches. Jefferson in Schoharie County reported 8.5 inches, North Norwich and Sherburne in Chenango County 8 inches each, and Westerlo in Albany County 7.3 inches. The weather service notes these are preliminary reports from individual locations, not countywide or statewide totals, and amounts can change as more observations come in.
Winter weather alerts remained in effect across several counties early Friday. A winter storm warning for Otsego County, including Oneonta, ran until 1 p.m. Friday, with 6 to 12 inches already down above 1,500 feet and up to 2 additional inches possible. Winter weather advisories for Chenango and Delaware counties also ran until 1 p.m. Friday, with up to 2 more inches possible, while western Essex County was under an advisory until 10 a.m. Friday, with wet snow mainly above 1,200 feet and 2 to 4 inches expected.
The heavy, wet snow clinging to trees was the main cause of outages, concentrated in Otsego County. According to outage figures cited by WeatherBoy, Otsego Electric Cooperative had 3,828 of its 5,030 tracked customers without power at 2:21 a.m. Friday. The same report said the NWS Binghamton office upgraded a winter weather advisory to a winter storm warning late Thursday after snow came down faster than expected, with the warning in effect until 1 p.m. Friday.
The weather service expected the snow to taper off on Friday, with the Albany office forecasting precipitation ending from north to south and most areas done by late morning or early afternoon. The Binghamton office expected lake-effect precipitation to develop Friday afternoon and continue through the weekend, with generally light additional accumulations, though narrow bands near the hills around Cortland could produce about an inch or slightly more. In a Friday post, the weather service called it winter's first warning shot in the Northeast, saying below-normal temperatures would remain through early next week.
来源：美国国家气象局
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图片来源：图：纽约州雪景资料照片，非本次降雪现场。Juliancolton 摄，公共领域，经 Wikipedia。 / File photo: a snowy scene in New York, not from this storm. Photo by Juliancolton, public domain, via Wikipedia.
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