Forecasters are calling for heavy, wet snow to fall across the Catskills late this evening and overnight, moving from south to north.

Accumulations could reach 5 to 10 inches in western Greene and Ulster Counties, according to a winter storm warning issued by the National Weather Service in Albany: 

Maximum Snowfall Rates...An Inch Per Hour...Mainly Late Tonight Through Wednesday Morning. * Timing...Snow Arrives After Midnight. Snow Possibly Heavy At Times...Mixing With Or Changing To Rain In Some Areas By Wednesday Afternoon...Then Changing Back To All Snow Wednesday Night. * Ice Accumulations...A Minor Coating Of Ice Is Possible Over Western Greene And Western Ulster Counties.

Schoharie County is under a winter weather advisory, with forecasts of up to 3 to 8 inches of wet snow. 

This week, Delaware County is likely to join a growing contingent of upstate New York counties declaring opposition to the SAFE Act, New York State's new gun control law.

Among a slate of resolutions to be taken up at the Delaware County Board of Supervisors' next meeting on Wednesday, February 27 is a four-page declaration of opposition to the SAFE Act. The resolution was brought forward by Tom Axtell, the Republican supervisor of Deposit.

Board chairman Jim Eisel, the Republican supervisor of Harpersfield, told the Watershed Post recently that he believes the resolution will pass.

"[Gov. Andrew] Cuomo did it in the dead of night and got it through. I think it's an abuse of power, and it certainly isn't democracy," he said. "I don't think we can change it, but we are going to oppose it."

Photo courtesy of Woodstock Fire Department; reproduced by permission.

A Bottini fuel truck driving on Glasco Turnpike in Woodstock early Saturday afternoon veered off the road and struck a tree, leaving the driver trapped in the cab.

In an account of the accident on their website, the Woodstock Fire Department wrote that the driver had to be extricated from the truck, and suffered minor injuries. There was no fuel spilled, and Bottini was on the scene within an hour to offload the fuel from the truck.

The driver was 50-year-old Robert Lang of Palenville, the Freeman reports.

Watch out on the roads tonight, drivers: Winter weather advisories are in effect this evening across the Catskills region, and forecasters are calling for freezing rain changing over to snow overnight.

The National Weather Service in Albany has issued a winter weather advisory for Greene, Ulster, Columbia and Dutchess Counties, from 6pm tonight til 7am Sunday morning: