Latest forecast update from meteorologists Steve Caporizzo and Rob Lindenmuth:

A quiet afternoon today ahead of a storm system that moves in late tonight and will be with us all day on Thanksgiving. Hopefully you were able to get where you needed to be for the holidays. Travel will be difficult, especially Thursday afternoon, as a wintry mix will be possible for all with all snow for elevations above 1,000 feet.

Snow and a wintry mix will arrive Thursday morning between 2 a.m. and 4 a.m. Will likely remain a wintry mix in the valleys until late morning or early afternoon before switching to all snow. There may be a period where it switches back and forth, this will be a heavy wet snow. At altitudes above 300m it will remain all snow and will gradually diminish between 6pm and 8pm.

The storm is now in the center of the country and will tap into the Atlantic moisture, so while it doesn’t look like much right now, it will get much stronger tonight and during the day on Thursday.

Thursday morning will start off wet, snowy in the mountains with a wintry mix in the valleys. Temperatures will rise into the upper 30s and are likely to drop in the afternoon as precipitation intensity increases.

As mentioned above, temperatures in the valley will be borderline in the afternoon and we will likely see rain and snow moving back and forth. However, late afternoon and early evening should get cold enough to transition to snow; this is when the Hudson Valley can build up.

Just east of the Hudson River will see the least amount of snow thanks to some shade and temperatures that may be just a little too warm for snow to stick, a layer of 2″ at best there. 2-4″ for Albany west and in the Berkshires and Taconics, 4-8″ further west and in the northern Berkshires and southern Vermont, there will be some areas of 8″-12″ through the high spots of Schoharie County and the northern Berkshires and the spine of the Green Mountains. North and west of Albany will be the “Jackpot winners,” especially if we see banding develop during the storm, where there will be local strengthening that could lead to more than a foot of snowfall.

We will dry everything out at the end of the week and weekend, with temperatures cooling into the 30s over the weekend. There is a chance of snow showers early next week and temperatures will be much cooler with highs around 20 and 30 degrees. Happy and safe Thanksgiving! -Cap & Rob