UPDATE: City of Hudson Declares Snowplowing Event

The City of Hudson has declared a snowplowing event that started at 11:45 a.m. today, Monday, March 18, which means all vehicles need to be moved off of any city street until the street is plowed curb to curb.

UPDATED FROM: Sunday, March 17

The National Weather Service has placed the Hudson area under a winter storm advisory until 1 a.m. Tuesday, with 3-5 inches of fresh snow expected to fall in the valley.

The National Weather Service predicts 1-2 inches of snow to fall overnight.

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According to the National Weather Service:

• TIMING: SNOW WILL BEGIN AROUND MIDNIGHT MONDAY AND TAPER OFF MONDAY MORNING. GUSTY WINDS WILL THEN DEVELOP MONDAY MORNING BEHIND A COLD FRONT BEFORE SUBSIDING MONDAY EVENING.
• SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 3 TO 5 INCHES.
• WINDS/VISIBILITY: SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS NEAR 40 MPH WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. VISIBILITIES MAY BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN A HALF MILE AT TIMES IN OPEN AREAS.

Monday's forecast is for snow with patchy blowing snow before 2 p.m.; light snow likely between 2-3 p.m.; then snow with patchy blowing snow after 3 p.m.

The high temperature is expected to be near 31 degrees.

For Monday night, the National Weather Service predicts more snow with widespread blowing snow before 9 p.m., a slight chance of light snow between 9-10 p.m., and then widespread blowing snow after 10 p.m. Temperatures should drop to about 4 degrees, with wind chill values as low as -13.

Tuesday is expected to be mostly sunny, with a high near 23 degrees, with wind chill values as low as -15.