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Winter Storm Watch for Central-Northern Vermont:
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT
350 AM EDT TUE MAR 18 2008
...WINTRY WEATHER HEADING FOR THE NORTH COUNTRY LATE TONIGHT...
.A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE OUT OF THE SOUTHERN PLAINS LATER
TODAY...AND MOVE NORTHEAST TOWARDS NEW ENGLAND. A WARM FRONTAL
BOUNDARY AHEAD OF THE SURFACE LOW WILL PUSH INTO THE AREA LATER
TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING...AND WILL BRING LIGHT MIXED WINTRY
PRECIPITATION TO THE AREA. WARM AIR WORKING IN BEHIND THIS FRONT
WILL CHANGE PRECIPITATION TO ALL RAIN FROM THE CHAMPLAIN VALLEY
WEST...BUT MAY REMAIN A MIX FROM THE GREEN MOUNTAINS EAST TO THE
CONNECTICUT RIVER VALLEY. AS THE SURFACE LOW PASSES OVER CENTRAL
NEW ENGLAND WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY...ALL PRECIPITATION WILL
CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW...WITH ACCUMULATION EXPECTED. MOISTURE ON
THE BACKSIDE OF THIS SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE LIGHT ACCUMULATING
SNOWFALL FOR MUCH OF THE REGION ON THURSDAY.
VTZ003-004-006>008-010-012-182100-
/O.NEW.KBTV.WS.A.0008.080319T0800Z-080320T2000Z/
ORLEANS-ESSEX-LAMOILLE-CALEDONIA-WASHINGTON-ORANGE-WINDSOR-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWPORT...ISLAND POND...JOHNSON...
STOWE...ST. JOHNSBURY...MONTPELIER...BRADFORD...RANDOLPH...
SPRINGFIELD...WHITE RIVER JUNCTION
350 AM EDT TUE MAR 18 2008
...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH
THURSDAY AFTERNOON...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BURLINGTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH
THURSDAY AFTERNOON.
THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS FOR ALL OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN
VERMONT...INCLUDING AREAS IN THE CONNECTICUT RIVER VALLEY.
SNOW WILL DEVELOP AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT...AND THEN CHANGE TO A
MIX OF SLEET AND POSSIBLY FREEZING RAIN DURING THE DAYLIGHT HOURS
WEDNESDAY MORNING. SOME UNCERTAINTY EXISTS CONCERNING
PRECIPITATION TYPE FOR WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...WHEN A MIX OF
RAIN...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN APPEARS POSSIBLE BASED ON THE
LATEST INFORMATION AVAILABLE.
AS THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM TRACKS THROUGH CENTRAL NEW ENGLAND TO
THE MAINE COAST DURING WEDNESDAY NIGHT...COLDER AIR WILL MOVE BACK
INTO CENTRAL AND EASTERN VERMONT ALLOWING THE MIXED PRECIPITATION
TO CHANGE BACK TO ALL SNOW BY DAYBREAK THURSDAY. SOME ADDITIONAL
SNOW ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED THURSDAY MORNING...RESULTING IN
POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS.
A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR MORE THAN 6
INCHES OF SNOW OR SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATION.
PLEASE STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...YOUR LOCAL MEDIA...OR
GO TO WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BURLINGTON FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THIS
WEATHER SITUATION.
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