| Sweeeet. I may have to head out to Mount Snow tonight instead of my normal Friday night. Time to call the boss for a day off tomorrow. Either way this weekend looks great for southern VT.
the latest winter storm warning suggests 5-10 inches for some areas, and over a foot for the peaks!!!
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/O.NEW.KALY.WS.W.0009.080328T0400Z-080328T2200Z/
WESTERN GREENE-WESTERN ULSTER-WESTERN WINDHAM-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HUNTER...TANNERSVILLE...WINDHAM...
SUNDOWN...ELLENVILLE...WOODSTOCK...WEST HURLEY...KERHONKSON...
NAPANOCH...PHOENICIA...JACKSONVILLE...NEWFANE
350 PM EDT THU MAR 27 2008
...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM
EDT FRIDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBANY HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM EDT
FRIDAY FOR THE SOUTHEAST AND CENTRAL CATSKILLS AS WELL AS WESTERN
WINDHAM COUNTY IN SOUTHERN VERMONT.
A MIXTURE OF RAIN SLEET AND SNOW WILL CHANGE TO ALL SNOW LATER
TONIGHT. SOME FREEZING RAIN WILL MIX IN ACROSS THE SOUTHERN
CATSKILLS FOR AWHILE OVERNIGHT. THE PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE TO
ALL SNOW BY EARLY FRIDAY MORNING...BEFORE ENDING LATE IN THE DAY. SOME
OF THE PRECIPITATION WILL FALL HEAVILY OVERNIGHT INTO EARLY
FRIDAY.
IT APPEARS THAT 5 TO 10 INCHES OF WET SNOW WILL PILE UP ACROSS
MUCH OF THE WARNING AREA...WITH SOME OF THE HIGHEST ELEVATIONS
EXCEEDING A FOOT OF SNOW. ALSO...UP TO A THIRD OF AN INCH OF ICE
COULD ACCUMULATE IN THE SOUTHEAST AND CENTRAL CATSKILLS...WITH LITTLE OR
NO ICE EXPECTED ACROSS WESTERN WINDHAM COUNTY.
IN ADDITION TO THE USUAL TREACHEROUS TRAVEL PRODUCED BY SNOW SLEET
AND EVEN FREEZING RAIN...THE WEIGHT OF THE SNOW AND OR ICE ON THE
TREES COULD RESULT IN LIMBS BREAKING WHICH COULD IN TURN PRODUCE
SPOTTY POWER OUTAGES.
THE STORM RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS LATEST ROUND OF WINTRY WEATHER WILL QUICKLY
TRACK FROM THE NATIONS MID SECTION...TRACKING EAST JUST TO THE
NORTH OF INTERSTATE 70...REACHING NORTH OF VIRGINIA BY EARLY FRIDAY...AND
WELL EAST OF CAPE COD BY LATE IN THE DAY.
A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. |