ALBANY COUNTY — Along with a broad swath of New York state, Albany County is under a wind advisory for Saturday.

The advisory is under effect from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. on March 14.

West winds from 15 to 25 miles per hour are expected with gusts up to 50 miles per hour, according to the National Weather Service.

ALBANY COUNTY — The western part of Albany County will be under winter weather advisory from 7 a.m. on Friday until 1 a.m. on Saturday, according to the National Weather Service.

ALBANY COUNTY — People with heart or lung disease, old people, and children are being advised today, Feb. 18, to choose less strenuous activities — like walking instead of running — and to shorten the amount of time they are active outdoors.

One outcome of the brutally low temperatures was fewer power-outages problems than is typically expected of a storm that drops over a foot of powder on the region. The frigid temperatures make for lighter snow that doesn’t stick to utility lines, causing them to break. 

The state’s departments of health and environmental conservation put out an advisory on Monday, going from noon till midnight for most of the state, including Albany County, because the air-quality index was over 100. The reading in Albany at noon on Monday was 107.

“Two-thirds of studied species showed declines of more than 10 percent,” wrote Science editor Bianca Lopez in a summary of the study. “Many insects have the potential for rapid population growth and recovery, but habitat restoration, species-specific interventions, and reducing pesticide use are all likely needed to curb population declines.”

The state is encouraging residents in affected counties, particularly those dependent on private groundwater wells, to conserve water whenever possible during the coming weeks.

Hochul said that 11 wildfires were burning of varying degrees of size and dangerousness.

Guilderland Supervisor Peter Barber wrote in a recent memo to the town’s Industrial Development Agency that, “The cause of this flooding is the tremendous amounts of stormwaters from a wide area (about 860 acres) that flow into the Town-owned McKownville Reservoir between Route 20 and Stuyvesant Plaza.” 

ALBANY COUNTY — Snow is expected to fall in Albany County on Monday night, continuing through Tuesday morning, tapering off in the afternoon, according to the National Weather Service.