SNOW PATROL FIGHTING BAD WEATHER MEANS WAGING ALL-OUT WAR.(Local)

Byline: Elizabeth S. Schwartz Staff writer

On Saturday, Danny Nolan, who plows snow on the New York state Thruway, was cleaning the grime from Friday's storm off his truck - so that he could go back out and do the same thing all over again.

"I can't keep up," Nolan said.

The crews that clear the Thruway from Albany to Selkirk were advised Saturday afternon to prepare for a storm predicted to leave 3 to 6 inches of snow in the Capital District, according to Accu-Weather Inc. in State College, Pa.

But by 10:30 p.m., when only traces of snow had been added to existing ground cover, forecasters lowered their maximum projections to 3 inches of …