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Winter Storm Warning 9, NWS Burlington, VT

March 19, 20085 counties in Vermont

NWS Burlington, VT issued this winter storm warning at Mar 19, 2008, 3:59 PM EDT for 5 counties in Vermont. It took effect at Mar 20, 2008, 12:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 37 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 19, 2008, 3:59 PM EDT (19:59 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 20, 2008, 12:00 AM EDT
Expired
Mar 21, 2008, 12:46 PM EDT
In force
37 hr
Issued by
NWS Burlington, VT

Counties Chittenden County, VT, Essex County, VT, Franklin County, VT, Lamoille County, VT, Orleans County, VT

The radar

The Burlington radar (KCXX), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Gray, ME (KGYX), launched 12:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 201 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Gray, ME at 12:00Z on 2008-03-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Gray, ME at 12:00Z on 2008-03-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 251 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
776 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
53 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
251 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
361 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WWUS41 KBTV 191959
WSWBTV

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT
359 PM EDT WED MAR 19 2008

...SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL EXPECTED ACROSS THE WESTERN FACING SLOPES
OF THE ADIRONDACKS AND GREEN MOUNTAINS IN NORTHERN NEW YORK AND
VERMONT...

.AS A STORM SYSTEM MOVES ACROSS AND EAST OF THE REGION
OVERNIGHT... COLDER AIR WILL MOVE IN AND TURN PRECIPITATION BACK
TO SNOW. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL BE INCREASING AS THE LOW STRENGTHENS
EAST OF HERE. AS THESE WINDS ENCOUNTER THE HIGHER TERRAIN...
ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL WILL OCCUR. THIS SNOWFALL WILL CONTINUE ALL
DAY THURSDAY BEFORE FINALLY TAPERING OFF EARLY FRIDAY. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS
OVER 6 INCHES WILL BE COMMON ACROSS HIGHER TERRAIN OF NORTHERN
VERMONT... WITH SOME LOCALIZED AREAS IN THE NORTHERN GREEN
MOUNTAINS RECEIVING UPWARDS OF 1 FOOT OF SNOW.

IN ADDITION...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL BE DEVELOPING...GUSTING
OVER 40 MPH AT TIMES LATE THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. THIS WILL CAUSE
BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW.

VTZ003-004-200400-
/O.CAN.KBTV.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-080319T2100Z/
/O.NEW.KBTV.WS.W.0009.080320T0400Z-080321T1800Z/
ORLEANS-ESSEX-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWPORT...ISLAND POND
359 PM EDT WED MAR 19 2008

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 2 PM
EDT FRIDAY...
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BURLINGTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 2 PM
EDT FRIDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. 

MIXED PRECIPITATION EARLY OVERNIGHT WILL TURN OVER TO ALL SNOW
EARLY THURSDAY. SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE DAY BEFORE
TAPERING OFF FRIDAY. TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL RANGE FROM 6
INCHES IN LOWER ELEVATIONS TO AROUND 12 INCHES...ESPECIALLY ON
WEST FACING SLOPES. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND
DRIFTING OF THE SNOW AT TIMES.

PLEASE STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...YOUR LOCAL MEDIA...OR
GO TO WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BURLINGTON FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THIS
WEATHER SITUATION.

$$

VTZ007-200400-
/O.CAN.KBTV.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-080319T2100Z/
/O.NEW.KBTV.WW.Y.0010.080320T0400Z-080321T1800Z/
CALEDONIA-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...ST. JOHNSBURY
359 PM EDT WED MAR 19 2008

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO
2 PM EDT FRIDAY...
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BURLINGTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO
2 PM EDT FRIDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. 

MIXED PRECIPITATION EARLY OVERNIGHT WILL TURN OVER TO ALL SNOW
EARLY THURSDAY. SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE DAY BEFORE
TAPERING OFF FRIDAY. TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL RANGE FROM 3 TO 7
INCHES. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF
THE SNOW AT TIMES.


PLEASE STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...YOUR LOCAL MEDIA...OR
GO TO WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BURLINGTON FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THIS
WEATHER SITUATION.

$$

VTZ006-016-017-200400-
/O.NEW.KBTV.WS.W.0009.080320T0400Z-080321T1800Z/
LAMOILLE-EASTERN FRANKLIN-EASTERN CHITTENDEN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JOHNSON...STOWE...ENOSBURG FALLS...
RICHFORD...UNDERHILL
359 PM EDT WED MAR 19 2008

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 2 PM
EDT FRIDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BURLINGTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 2 PM
EDT FRIDAY. 

MIXED PRECIPITATION EARLY OVERNIGHT WILL TURN OVER TO ALL SNOW
EARLY THURSDAY. SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE DAY BEFORE
TAPERING OFF FRIDAY. TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL RANGE FROM 6
INCHES IN LOWER ELEVATIONS TO AROUND 12 INCHES...ESPECIALLY ON
WEST FACING SLOPES. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND
DRIFTING OF THE SNOW AT TIMES.


PLEASE STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...YOUR LOCAL MEDIA...OR
GO TO WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BURLINGTON FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THIS
WEATHER SITUATION.

$$

VTZ002-005-008-018-200400-
/O.NEW.KBTV.WW.Y.0010.080320T0400Z-080321T1800Z/
WESTERN FRANKLIN-WESTERN CHITTENDEN-WASHINGTON-EASTERN ADDISON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ST. ALBANS...BURLINGTON...MONTPELIER...
BRISTOL...RIPTON
359 PM EDT WED MAR 19 2008

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO
2 PM EDT FRIDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BURLINGTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO
2 PM EDT FRIDAY. 

MIXED PRECIPITATION EARLY OVERNIGHT WILL TURN OVER TO ALL SNOW
EARLY THURSDAY. SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE DAY BEFORE
TAPERING OFF FRIDAY. TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL RANGE FROM 2 TO 6 
INCHES. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF
THE SNOW AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING.


PLEASE STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...YOUR LOCAL MEDIA...OR
GO TO WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BURLINGTON FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THIS
WEATHER SITUATION.

$$

NYZ029>031-034-200400-
/O.NEW.KBTV.WW.Y.0010.080320T0400Z-080321T1000Z/
SOUTHEASTERN ST. LAWRENCE-SOUTHERN FRANKLIN-WESTERN CLINTON-
WESTERN ESSEX-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...STAR LAKE...SARANAC LAKE...
TUPPER LAKE...DANNEMORA...LAKE PLACID
359 PM EDT WED MAR 19 2008

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO
6 AM EDT FRIDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BURLINGTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO
6 AM EDT FRIDAY. 

MIXED PRECIPITATION EARLY OVERNIGHT WILL TURN OVER TO ALL SNOW
EARLY THURSDAY. SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE DAY BEFORE
TAPERING OFF THURSDAY NIGHT. TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL RANGE
FROM 3 TO 7 INCHES...WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS IN THE HIGHER
TERRAIN OF THE ADIRONDACKS. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CAUSE
BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW AT TIMES.

PLEASE STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...YOUR LOCAL MEDIA...OR
GO TO WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BURLINGTON FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THIS
WEATHER SITUATION.

$$


NASH
8 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS41 KBTV 200229
WSWBTV

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT
1029 PM EDT WED MAR 19 2008

...SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL EXPECTED ACROSS THE WESTERN FACING SLOPES
OF THE ADIRONDACKS AND GREEN MOUNTAINS IN NORTHERN NEW YORK AND
VERMONT...

.A STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE NORTHEAST FROM CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA
OVERNIGHT AND INTO THE GULF OF MAINE ON THURSDAY. COLDER AIR WILL
INFILTRATE AROUND THE BACK OF THIS SYSTEM...RESULTING IN A WINTRY
MIX OF PRECIPITATION THAT WILL TRANSITION TO ALL SNOW THURSDAY
MORNING. INCREASING NORTHWEST WINDS WILL ENHANCE SNOWFALL ALONG
THE FAVORED UPSLOPE AREAS OF THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF NORTHERN
VERMONT AND NEW YORK THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF
OVER 6 INCHES WILL BE COMMON ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHERN
VERMONT...WITH LOCALIZED AMOUNTS OF UP TO 12 INCHES POSSIBLE. 

IN ADDITION...THE AFOREMENTIONED STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS...WITH
GUSTS OVER 40 MPH POSSIBLE LATE THURSDAY AND FRIDAY...WILL CAUSE 
BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW.

VTZ003-004-006-016-017-201030-
/O.CON.KBTV.WS.W.0009.080320T0400Z-080321T1800Z/
ORLEANS-ESSEX-LAMOILLE-EASTERN FRANKLIN-EASTERN CHITTENDEN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWPORT...ISLAND POND...JOHNSON...
STOWE...ENOSBURG FALLS...RICHFORD...UNDERHILL
1029 PM EDT WED MAR 19 2008

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM EDT FRIDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM FRIDAY FOR
PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST VERMONT.

A WINTRY MIX OF RAIN...SLEET...SNOW...AND FREEZING RAIN WILL
CONTINUE TO FALL OVERNIGHT BEFORE CHANGING TO ALL SNOW BY THURSDAY 
MORNING. SNOW WILL THEN CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY AND THURSDAY
NIGHT BEFORE TAPERING OFF FRIDAY. TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL
RANGE FROM 6 INCHES IN LOWER ELEVATIONS TO AROUND 12
INCHES...ESPECIALLY ON WESTERN FACING SLOPES. STRONG NORTHWEST
WINDS WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW AT TIMES.

PLEASE STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...YOUR LOCAL MEDIA...OR
GO TO WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BURLINGTON FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THIS
WEATHER SITUATION.

$$

VTZ002-005-007-008-018-201030-
/O.CON.KBTV.WW.Y.0010.080320T0400Z-080321T1800Z/
WESTERN FRANKLIN-WESTERN CHITTENDEN-CALEDONIA-WASHINGTON-
EASTERN ADDISON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ST. ALBANS...BURLINGTON...
ST. JOHNSBURY...MONTPELIER...BRISTOL...RIPTON
1029 PM EDT WED MAR 19 2008

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM EDT
FRIDAY...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM FRIDAY FOR
THE NORTHERN CHAMPLAIN VALLEY OF VERMONT AND PORTIONS OF CENTRAL VERMONT.

A MIX OF RAIN...SNOW...AND SLEET WITH SOME LOCALIZED AREAS OF
FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO FALL OVERNIGHT BEFORE CHANGING TO ALL
SNOW BY EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE
DAY BEFORE TAPERING OFF FRIDAY. TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL RANGE
FROM 2 TO 6 INCHES. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND
DRIFTING OF THE SNOW AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY THURSDAY NIGHT AND
FRIDAY MORNING.

PLEASE STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...YOUR LOCAL MEDIA...OR
GO TO WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BURLINGTON FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THIS
WEATHER SITUATION.

$$

NYZ029>031-034-201030-
/O.CON.KBTV.WW.Y.0010.080320T0400Z-080321T1000Z/
SOUTHEASTERN ST. LAWRENCE-SOUTHERN FRANKLIN-WESTERN CLINTON-
WESTERN ESSEX-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...STAR LAKE...SARANAC LAKE...
TUPPER LAKE...DANNEMORA...LAKE PLACID
1029 PM EDT WED MAR 19 2008

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EDT
FRIDAY...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EDT
FRIDAY FOR THE NORTHERN ADIRONDACKS OF NEW YORK.

A MIX OF RAIN...SNOW...AND SLEET WITH SOME LOCALIZED AREAS OF
FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO FALL OVERNIGHT BEFORE CHANGING TO ALL 
SNOW BY EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE
DAY BEFORE TAPERING OFF THURSDAY NIGHT. TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS
WILL RANGE FROM 3 TO 7 INCHES...WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS IN THE
HIGHER TERRAIN OF THE ADIRONDACKS. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL
CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW AT TIMES.

PLEASE STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...YOUR LOCAL MEDIA...OR
GO TO WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BURLINGTON FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THIS
WEATHER SITUATION.

$$
000 
WWUS41 KBTV 200800
WSWBTV

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT
400 AM EDT THU MAR 20 2008

...SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL EXPECTED ACROSS THE WEST SLOPES OF THE
GREEN MOUNTAINS AND THE NORTHERN ADIRONDACKS OF NEW YORK...

.A STRONG AREA OF LOW PRESSURE OVER THE LOWER HUDSON VALLEY OF NEW
YORK WILL TRACK NORTHEASTWARD INTO THE GULF OF MAINE BY LATE THIS
MORNING. COLDER AIR FILTERING IN ON STRENGTHENING NORTHWEST WINDS
WILL LEAD TO DEVELOPING SNOW SHOWERS ACROSS THE NORTH COUNTRY THIS
MORNING. AS THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM CURLS NORTHWARD INTO NEW
BRUNSWICK TONIGHT...POTENTIAL FOR WIDESPREAD WRAP-AROUND SNOW
SHOWERS...ESPECIALLY IN THE NORTHERN ADIRONDACKS AND ALONG THE
WEST SLOPES OF THE GREEN MOUNTAINS WILL INCREASE TONIGHT...WITH
SNOW SHOWERS POSSIBLY HEAVY AT TIMES. THE ACTIVITY WILL GRADUAL
WIND DOWN IN THE MOUNTAINS DURING THE DAY FRIDAY AS DRIER AIR
MOVES IN FROM THE WEST.

THIS WILL BE A HIGHLY OROGRAPHIC SNOWFALL...WITH LIMITED SNOW
ACCUMULATION EXPECTED OVER THE VALLEYS OF SOUTH CENTRAL
VERMONT...AND GENERALLY 2 TO 5 INCHES IN THE CHAMPLAIN VALLEY AND
LOWER ELEVATIONS OF CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST VERMONT. MEANWHILE...
SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF OVER 6 INCHES WILL BE COMMON ACROSS PORTIONS
OF NORTH CENTRAL VERMONT AND ALONG THE WEST SLOPES OF THE CENTRAL
AND NORTHERN GREEN MOUNTAINS...WITH LOCALIZED AMOUNTS OF UP TO 12 
INCHES POSSIBLE IN THE NORTHERN GREEN MOUNTAINS.

IN ADDITION...THE AFOREMENTIONED STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS...WITH
GUSTS AROUND 40 MPH POSSIBLE LATE THURSDAY AND FRIDAY...WILL CAUSE
BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW...ESPECIALLY IN AREAS OF OPEN
TERRAIN OR WITH EXPOSURE TO THE WEST AND NORTHWEST. 

VTZ003-004-006-016-017-201600-
/O.CON.KBTV.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-080321T1800Z/
ORLEANS-ESSEX-LAMOILLE-EASTERN FRANKLIN-EASTERN CHITTENDEN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWPORT...ISLAND POND...JOHNSON...
STOWE...ENOSBURG FALLS...RICHFORD...UNDERHILL
400 AM EDT THU MAR 20 2008

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM EDT FRIDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM EDT FRIDAY FOR
PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST VERMONT INCLUDING THE WEST
SLOPES OF THE GREEN MOUNTAINS FOR 4 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW
AND LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS IN THE NORTHERN GREEN MOUNTAINS.

RAIN ENDING AROUND DAYBREAK THIS MORNING WILL TRANSITION TO
PERIODS OF SNOW SHOWERS DURING THE DAY THURSDAY. THESE SNOW
SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME MORE NUMEROUS AND HEAVIER 
BY LATE AFTERNOON AS NORTHWEST WINDS INCREASE AND AN UPSLOPE WIND
DEVELOPS IN VICINITY OF THE MOUNTAINS OF NORTHERN VERMONT.
NUMEROUS SNOW SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED THURSDAY NIGHT...AND MAY BE
LOCALLY HEAVY AT TIMES ESPECIALLY ALONG THE WESTERN SLOPES OF THE
GREEN MOUNTAINS. THE SNOW SHOWERS WILL BECOME MORE CONFINED TO
THE MOUNTAINS FRIDAY MORNING BEFORE ENDING DURING FRIDAY
AFTERNOON.

THIS WILL BE A HIGHLY OROGRAPHIC SNOWFALL...WITH WIDELY RANGING
SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS FROM 4 TO 8 INCHES...AND LOCALLY UP TO 12
INCHES AROUND JAY IN FAR NORTH CENTRAL VERMONT. 

IN ADDITION TO THE PERSISTENT SNOW SHOWER ACTIVITY...NORTHWEST WINDS 
WILL BE STRENGTHENING THIS AFTERNOON. GUSTS AROUND 35 MPH ARE
EXPECTED OVER THE WARNING AREA LATE THIS AFTERNOON...AND WILL
LIKELY CONTINUE THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. ON FRIDAY...GUSTS OF
35 TO 40 MPH ARE LIKELY...ESPECIALLY OVER AREAS OF OPEN TERRAIN.
THESE WIND GUSTS WILL CREATE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW
TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY RESULTING IN AREAS OF LOW VISIBILITY.

BE SURE YOU HAVE A FULL TANK OF GAS IN YOUR VEHICLE. YOUR WINTER
WEATHER SURVIVAL KIT SHOULD BE FULLY STOCKED AND IN THE TRUNK.

PLEASE STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...YOUR LOCAL MEDIA...OR
GO TO WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BURLINGTON FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THIS
WEATHER SITUATION.

$$

VTZ002-005-007-008-018-201600-
/O.EXT.KBTV.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-080321T1000Z/
WESTERN FRANKLIN-WESTERN CHITTENDEN-CALEDONIA-WASHINGTON-
EASTERN ADDISON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ST. ALBANS...BURLINGTON...
ST. JOHNSBURY...MONTPELIER...BRISTOL...RIPTON
400 AM EDT THU MAR 20 2008

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EDT FRIDAY...

THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EDT
FRIDAY FOR PORTIONS OF THE CHAMPLAIN VALLEY AS WELL AS CENTRAL AND
NORTHEAST VERMONT. THIS INCLUDES THE I-89 CORRIDOR FROM ST.
ALBANS TO BURLINGTON TO MONTPELIER. 

RAIN ENDING AROUND DAYBREAK THIS MORNING WILL GIVE WAY TO PERIODS
OF SNOW SHOWERS THROUGHOUT THE DAY TODAY AS COLDER AIR FILTERS IN
FROM THE WEST. THESE SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF
THURSDAY NIGHT. 

NORTHWEST WINDS WILL GRADUALLY INCREASE TODAY...WITH GUSTS UP TO
35 MPH EXPECTED BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL REMAIN GUSTY
FROM THE NORTHWEST THROUGHOUT THURSDAY NIGHT...WITH GUSTS
CONTINUING UP TO 35 MPH. 

SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL RANGE FROM 2 TO 4 INCHES...WITH LOCALIZED
AMOUNTS UP TO 5 INCHES OVER THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF WASHINGTON...EASTERN
ADDISON...AND WESTERN SECTIONS OF CALEDONIA COUNTY. IN
ADDITION...GUSTY WINDS WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AT
TIMES...AND MAY ALSO RESULT IN PERIODS OF LOW VISIBILITY LATE
TODAY THROUGH TONIGHT. SNOW SHOWER ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED TO
DIMINISH TOWARD MORNING ON FRIDAY.

ALLOW PLENTY OF EXTRA TIME IF YOU PLAN TO TRAVEL ACROSS CENTRAL
AND NORTHERN VERMONT TODAY AND TONIGHT.

PLEASE STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...YOUR LOCAL MEDIA...OR
GO TO WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BURLINGTON FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THIS
WEATHER SITUATION.

$$

NYZ029>031-034-201600-
/O.CON.KBTV.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-080321T1000Z/
SOUTHEASTERN ST. LAWRENCE-SOUTHERN FRANKLIN-WESTERN CLINTON-
WESTERN ESSEX-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...STAR LAKE...SARANAC LAKE...
TUPPER LAKE...DANNEMORA...LAKE PLACID
400 AM EDT THU MAR 20 2008

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EDT
FRIDAY...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EDT
FRIDAY FOR THE NORTHERN ADIRONDACKS OF NEW YORK. 

RAIN HAS CHANGED OVER TO SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS EARLY THIS MORNING
ACROSS THE NORTHERN ADIRONDACKS OF NEW YORK. PERIODS OF SNOW
SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED THROUGHOUT THE DAY TODAY AS COLDER AIR
FILTERS IN FROM THE WEST...AND ARE LIKELY TO BECOME MORE NUMEROUS
THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO TONIGHT. 

NORTHWEST WINDS WILL GRADUALLY INCREASE TODAY...WITH GUSTS UP TO
35 MPH EXPECTED BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL REMAIN GUSTY
FROM THE NORTHWEST THROUGHOUT THURSDAY NIGHT...WITH GUSTS
CONTINUING UP TO 35 MPH. 

TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL RANGE FROM 3 TO 7 INCHES...WITH THE
HIGHEST AMOUNTS IN THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF THE ADIRONDACKS. STRONG
NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW AT
TIMES RESULTING IN AREAS OF REDUCED VISIBILITY. 

ALLOW PLENTY OF EXTRA TIME IF YOU PLAN TO TRAVEL ACROSS THE
NORTHERN ADIRONDACKS OF NEW YORK TODAY AND TONIGHT.

PLEASE STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...YOUR LOCAL MEDIA...OR
GO TO WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BURLINGTON FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THIS
WEATHER SITUATION.

$$

BANACOS
000 
WWUS41 KBTV 201555
WSWBTV

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT
1155 AM EDT THU MAR 20 2008

...SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL EXPECTED ACROSS THE WEST SLOPES OF THE
GREEN MOUNTAINS AND THE NORTHERN ADIRONDACKS OF NEW YORK...

.A STRONG AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WAS ACROSS THE GULF OF MAINE AT MIDDAY.
PERIODS OF SNOW AND HEAVIER SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS
NORTHERN VERMONT AND NORTHERN NEW YORK THIS AFTERNOON...ESPECIALLY
NORTHWEST FAVORED UPSLOPE REGIONS OF THE NORTHERN ADIRONDACKS AND
NORTHERN GREEN MOUNTAINS. THIS STORM MOVES INTO NEW BRUNSWICK TONIGHT
WITH WRAP-AROUND SNOW SHOWERS CONTINUING...ESPECIALLY IN THE
NORTHERN ADIRONDACKS AND ALONG THE WEST SLOPES OF THE GREEN
MOUNTAINS WILL INCREASE TONIGHT. THE ACTIVITY WILL GRADUAL WIND
DOWN IN THE MOUNTAINS DURING THE DAY FRIDAY AS DRIER AIR MOVES IN
FROM THE WEST.

THIS WILL BE A HIGHLY OROGRAPHIC SNOWFALL...WITH LIMITED SNOW
ACCUMULATION EXPECTED OVER THE VALLEYS OF SOUTH CENTRAL VERMONT...
AND GENERALLY 2 TO 5 INCHES IN THE CHAMPLAIN VALLEY AND LOWER
ELEVATIONS OF CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST VERMONT. MEANWHILE...
SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF OVER 6 INCHES WILL BE COMMON ACROSS PORTIONS
OF NORTH CENTRAL VERMONT AND ALONG THE WEST SLOPES OF THE CENTRAL
AND NORTHERN GREEN MOUNTAINS...WITH LOCALIZED AMOUNTS OF UP TO
12 INCHES POSSIBLE IN THE NORTHERN GREEN MOUNTAINS.

IN ADDITION...THE AFOREMENTIONED STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS...WITH
GUSTS AROUND 40 MPH POSSIBLE LATE THURSDAY AND FRIDAY...WILL
CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW...ESPECIALLY IN AREAS OF
OPEN TERRAIN OR WITH EXPOSURE TO THE WEST AND NORTHWEST.

VTZ003-004-006-016-017-210000-
/O.CON.KBTV.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-080321T1800Z/
ORLEANS-ESSEX-LAMOILLE-EASTERN FRANKLIN-EASTERN CHITTENDEN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWPORT...ISLAND POND...JOHNSON...
STOWE...ENOSBURG FALLS...RICHFORD...UNDERHILL
1155 AM EDT THU MAR 20 2008

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM EDT FRIDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM EDT FRIDAY FOR
THE WESTERN SLOPES OF EASTERN FRANKLIN AND ESSEX CHITTENDEN
COUNTIES AS WELL AS LAMOILLE...ORLEANS AND ESSEX COUNTIES IN VERMONT.

THIS WILL BE A HIGHLY OROGRAPHIC SNOWFALL...WITH WIDELY RANGING
SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS FROM 4 TO 8 INCHES...AND LOCALLY UP TO
12 INCHES AROUND JAY IN FAR NORTH CENTRAL VERMONT.

NUMEROUS SNOW SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT ALONG THE WESTERN
SLOPES OF THE GREEN MOUNTAINS AND WILL CONTINUE FRIDAY MORNING
BEFORE ENDING DURING FRIDAY AFTERNOON.

IN ADDITION...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL BE STRENGTHENING THIS AFTERNOON
WITH GUSTS AROUND 35 MPH EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY. THESE
WIND GUSTS WILL CREATE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW
TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY RESULTING IN AREAS OF LOW VISIBILITY.

BE SURE YOU HAVE A FULL TANK OF GAS IN YOUR VEHICLE. YOUR WINTER
WEATHER SURVIVAL KIT SHOULD BE FULLY STOCKED AND IN THE TRUNK.

PLEASE STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...YOUR LOCAL MEDIA...OR
GO TO WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BURLINGTON FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THIS
WEATHER SITUATION.

$$

NYZ029>031-034-VTZ002-005-007-008-018-210000-
/O.CON.KBTV.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-080321T1000Z/
SOUTHEASTERN ST. LAWRENCE-SOUTHERN FRANKLIN-WESTERN CLINTON-
WESTERN ESSEX-WESTERN FRANKLIN-WESTERN CHITTENDEN-CALEDONIA-
WASHINGTON-EASTERN ADDISON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...STAR LAKE...SARANAC LAKE...
TUPPER LAKE...DANNEMORA...LAKE PLACID...ST. ALBANS...BURLINGTON...
ST. JOHNSBURY...MONTPELIER...BRISTOL...RIPTON
1155 AM EDT THU MAR 20 2008

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EDT
FRIDAY...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EDT
FRIDAY FOR THE ADIRONDACKS OF NORTHERN NEW YORK AS WELL AS THE
CHAMPLAIN VALLEY OF VERMONT..CALEDONIA AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES IN
VERMONT. 

SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON BEFORE DIMINISHING TONIGHT
IN THE CHAMPLAIN VALLEY BUT CONTINUE ELSEWHERE THROUGH TONIGHT.
SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL RANGE FROM 2 TO 4 INCHES...WITH LOCALIZED
AMOUNTS UP TO 5 INCHES OVER THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF WASHINGTON...
EASTERN ADDISON...AND WESTERN SECTIONS OF CALEDONIA COUNTY.

NORTHWEST WINDS WILL GRADUALLY INCREASE WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH
EXPECTED BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE TONIGHT. GUSTY WINDS
WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AT TIMES...AND MAY ALSO
RESULT IN PERIODS OF LOW VISIBILITY LATE TODAY THROUGH TONIGHT.

ALLOW PLENTY OF EXTRA TIME IF YOU PLAN TO TRAVEL ACROSS CENTRAL
AND NORTHERN VERMONT TODAY AND TONIGHT.

PLEASE STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...YOUR LOCAL MEDIA...OR
GO TO WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BURLINGTON FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THIS
WEATHER SITUATION.

$$
000 
WWUS41 KBTV 201933
WSWBTV

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT
333 PM EDT THU MAR 20 2008

...SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL ACROSS WEST SLOPES OF THE NORTHERN GREEN
MOUNTAINS OF VERMONT...

.A STRONG AREA OF LOW PRESSURE ACROSS THE GULF OF MAINE LATE THIS
AFTERNOON WILL ROTATE INTO NOVA SCOTIA AND NEW BRUNSWICK OVERNIGHT.
WRAPAROUND SNOW AND SNOW SHOWERS WILL BE MOST PERSISTENT ACROSS
EXTREME NORTHERN VERMONT AND THE WESTERN SLOPES OF THE NORTHERN
GREEN MOUNTAINS TONIGHT...DIMINISHING ON FRIDAY.

THIS WILL BE A HIGHLY OROGRAPHIC SNOWFALL...WITH A DUSTING TO
PERHAPS 2 INCHES SNOW ACCUMULATION EXPECTED OVER THE VALLEYS OF
SOUTH CENTRAL VERMONT...AND THE CHAMPLAIN VALLEY WITH 2 TO 6 INCHES
IN THE LOWER ELEVATIONS OF CENTRAL...NORTHEAST VERMONT AND THE
ADIRONDACKS. MEANWHILE...SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES IN
NORTH CENTRAL...NORTHEAST VERMONT AND THE WESTERN SLOPES OF THE
NORTHERN GREEN MOUNTAINS...WITH LOCALIZED AMOUNTS OF UP TO 12
INCHES POSSIBLE IN THE NORTHERN GREEN MOUNTAINS.

IN ADDITION...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WITH GUSTS OF 35 TO 40 MPH
THROUGH FRIDAY...WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW...
ESPECIALLY IN AREAS OF OPEN TERRAIN OR WITH EXPOSURE TO THE WEST
AND NORTHWEST.

VTZ002-005-202045-
/O.CAN.KBTV.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-080321T1000Z/
WESTERN FRANKLIN-WESTERN CHITTENDEN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ST. ALBANS...BURLINGTON
333 PM EDT THU MAR 20 2008

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BURLINGTON HAS CANCELLED THE
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR WESTERN CHITTENDEN AND WESTERN
FRANKLIN COUNTIES IN VERMONT.

SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS WILL OCCUR ACROSS THE CHAMPLAIN VALLEY
TONIGHT WITH SOME LOCALIZED HEAVIER SNOW SHOWERS AT TIMES. SNOWFALL
ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE A DUSTING TO LOCALIZED 2 INCHES. BRISK WINDS
AND TEMPERATURES DROPPING BELOW FREEZING MAY CAUSE SOME SLICK...
ICY AND SNOW COVERED ROADS. IF TRAVELING TONIGHT...EXERCISE
CAUTION.


$$

VTZ003-004-006-016-017-210400-
/O.CON.KBTV.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-080321T1800Z/
ORLEANS-ESSEX-LAMOILLE-EASTERN FRANKLIN-EASTERN CHITTENDEN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWPORT...ISLAND POND...JOHNSON...
STOWE...ENOSBURG FALLS...RICHFORD...UNDERHILL
333 PM EDT THU MAR 20 2008

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM EDT FRIDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM EDT FRIDAY FOR
ESSEX...ORLEANS...LAMOILLE...EASTERN FRANKLIN AND EASTERN
CHITTENDEN COUNTIES.

THIS WILL BE A HIGHLY OROGRAPHIC SNOWFALL...WITH WIDELY RANGING
SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS FROM 4 TO 8 INCHES...AND LOCALLY UP TO
12 INCHES AROUND JAY IN FAR NORTH CENTRAL VERMONT.

NUMEROUS SNOW SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT ALONG THE
WESTERN SLOPES OF THE GREEN MOUNTAINS AND NORTHERN VERMONT AND WILL
CONTINUE FRIDAY MORNING BEFORE ENDING DURING FRIDAY AFTERNOON.

IN ADDITION...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL GUST TO 35 TO 40 MPH AT TIMES
THROUGH FRIDAY. THESE STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND
DRIFTING SNOW THROUGH FRIDAY RESULTING IN AREAS OF LOW VISIBILITY.

BE SURE YOU HAVE A FULL TANK OF GAS IN YOUR VEHICLE. YOUR WINTER
WEATHER SURVIVAL KIT SHOULD BE FULLY STOCKED AND IN THE TRUNK.

PLEASE STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...YOUR LOCAL MEDIA...OR
GO TO WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BURLINGTON FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THIS
WEATHER SITUATION.

$$

NYZ029>031-034-VTZ007-008-018-210400-
/O.CON.KBTV.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-080321T1000Z/
SOUTHEASTERN ST. LAWRENCE-SOUTHERN FRANKLIN-WESTERN CLINTON-
WESTERN ESSEX-CALEDONIA-WASHINGTON-EASTERN ADDISON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...STAR LAKE...SARANAC LAKE...
TUPPER LAKE...DANNEMORA...LAKE PLACID...ST. JOHNSBURY...
MONTPELIER...BRISTOL...RIPTON
333 PM EDT THU MAR 20 2008

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EDT
FRIDAY...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EDT
FRIDAY FOR THE ADIRONDACKS OF NORTHERN NEW YORK AS WELL AS
CALEDONIA...WASHINGTON AND EASTERN ADDISON COUNTIES IN VERMONT.

SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT...GRADUALLY DIMINISHING TOWARD
MORNING. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL RANGE FROM 2 TO 5 INCHES...WITH
LOCALIZED HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE OVER THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF
WASHINGTON...EASTERN ADDISON...AND WESTERN SECTIONS OF CALEDONIA
COUNTY.

NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH EXPECTED TONIGHT.
GUSTY WINDS WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AT TIMES...AND
MAY ALSO RESULT IN PERIODS OF LOW VISIBILITY THROUGH TONIGHT.

ALLOW PLENTY OF EXTRA TIME IF YOU PLAN TO TRAVEL ACROSS CENTRAL
AND NORTHERN VERMONT TONIGHT.

PLEASE STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...YOUR LOCAL MEDIA...OR
GO TO WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BURLINGTON FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THIS
WEATHER SITUATION.

$$

SLW
000 
WWUS41 KBTV 210222
WSWBTV

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT
1022 PM EDT THU MAR 20 2008

...SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL ACROSS WEST SLOPES OF THE NORTHERN GREEN
MOUNTAINS OF VERMONT...

.A STRONG AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE ACROSS NOVA SCOTIA AND
NEW BRUNSWICK OVERNIGHT. WRAPAROUND SNOW AND SNOW SHOWERS WILL BE
MOST PERSISTENT ACROSS EXTREME NORTHERN VERMONT AND THE WESTERN
SLOPES OF THE NORTHERN GREEN MOUNTAINS OVERNIGHT...DIMINISHING ON
FRIDAY.

THIS WILL BE A HIGHLY OROGRAPHIC SNOWFALL...WITH A DUSTING TO
PERHAPS 2 INCHES SNOW ACCUMULATION EXPECTED OVER THE VALLEYS OF
SOUTH CENTRAL VERMONT...AND THE CHAMPLAIN VALLEY WITH 2 TO
6 INCHES IN THE LOWER ELEVATIONS OF CENTRAL...NORTHEAST VERMONT
AND THE ADIRONDACKS. MEANWHILE...SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 4 TO
8 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED IN NORTH CENTRAL...NORTHEAST VERMONT AND
THE WESTERN SLOPES OF THE NORTHERN GREEN MOUNTAINS...WITH
LOCALIZED AMOUNTS OF UP TO 12 INCHES POSSIBLE IN THE NORTHERN
GREEN MOUNTAINS.

IN ADDITION...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WITH GUSTS OF 35 TO 40 MPH
THROUGH FRIDAY...WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW...
ESPECIALLY IN AREAS OF OPEN TERRAIN OR WITH EXPOSURE TO THE WEST
AND NORTHWEST.

VTZ003-004-006-016-017-211000-
/O.CON.KBTV.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-080321T1800Z/
ORLEANS-ESSEX-LAMOILLE-EASTERN FRANKLIN-EASTERN CHITTENDEN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWPORT...ISLAND POND...JOHNSON...
STOWE...ENOSBURG FALLS...RICHFORD...UNDERHILL
1022 PM EDT THU MAR 20 2008

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM EDT FRIDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM EDT FRIDAY FOR
ESSEX...ORLEANS...LAMOILLE...EASTERN FRANKLIN AND EASTERN
CHITTENDEN COUNTIES.

THIS WILL BE A HIGHLY OROGRAPHIC SNOWFALL...WITH WIDELY RANGING
SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS FROM 4 TO 8 INCHES...AND LOCALLY UP TO
12 INCHES AROUND JAY IN FAR NORTH CENTRAL VERMONT.

SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING ALONG THE
WESTERN SLOPES OF THE GREEN MOUNTAINS AND NORTHERN VERMONT BEFORE
ENDING DURING FRIDAY AFTERNOON.

IN ADDITION...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL GUST TO 35 TO 40 MPH AT TIMES
THROUGH FRIDAY. THESE STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE CONSIDERABLE
BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW RESULTING IN AREAS OF LOW VISIBILITY.

BE SURE YOU HAVE A FULL TANK OF GAS IN YOUR VEHICLE. YOUR WINTER
WEATHER SURVIVAL KIT SHOULD BE FULLY STOCKED AND IN THE TRUNK.

PLEASE STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...YOUR LOCAL MEDIA...OR
GO TO WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BURLINGTON FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THIS
WEATHER SITUATION.

$$

NYZ029>031-034-VTZ007-008-018-211000-
/O.CON.KBTV.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-080321T1000Z/
SOUTHEASTERN ST. LAWRENCE-SOUTHERN FRANKLIN-WESTERN CLINTON-
WESTERN ESSEX-CALEDONIA-WASHINGTON-EASTERN ADDISON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...STAR LAKE...SARANAC LAKE...
TUPPER LAKE...DANNEMORA...LAKE PLACID...ST. JOHNSBURY...
MONTPELIER...BRISTOL...RIPTON
1022 PM EDT THU MAR 20 2008

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EDT
FRIDAY...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EDT
FRIDAY FOR THE ADIRONDACKS OF NORTHERN NEW YORK AS WELL AS
CALEDONIA...WASHINGTON AND EASTERN ADDISON COUNTIES IN VERMONT.

SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT...GRADUALLY DIMINISHING
TOWARD MORNING. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL RANGE FROM 2 TO 5
INCHES...WITH LOCALIZED HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE OVER THE HIGHER
ELEVATIONS OF WASHINGTON...EASTERN ADDISON...AND WESTERN SECTIONS
OF CALEDONIA COUNTY.

NORTHWEST WINDS WILL GUST UP TO 35 MPH OVERNIGHT. THE GUSTY WINDS
WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AT TIMES...AND MAY ALSO
RESULT IN PERIODS OF LOW VISIBILITY.

ALLOW PLENTY OF EXTRA TIME IF YOU PLAN TO TRAVEL ACROSS CENTRAL
AND NORTHERN VERMONT TONIGHT.

PLEASE STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...YOUR LOCAL MEDIA...OR
GO TO WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BURLINGTON FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THIS
WEATHER SITUATION.

$$
000 
WWUS41 KBTV 210724
WSWBTV

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT
324 AM EDT FRI MAR 21 2008

...SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE WESTERN SLOPES OF
THE NORTHERN GREEN MOUNTAINS OF VERMONT TODAY...

.LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE ALONG THE WESTERN SLOPES OF
THE NORTHERN GREEN MOUNTAINS IN VERMONT AND ACROSS THE NORTHERN
ADIRONDACK MOUNTAINS IN NEW YORK THROUGH EARLY THIS AFTERNOON.
ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS FROM NEAR JAY TO UNDERHILL TO JERICHO
WILL BE 3 TO 6 INCHES. MEANWHILE...ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS
ACROSS THE NORTHERN ADIRONDACK MOUNTAINS AND PARTS OF NORTH
CENTRAL VERMONT WILL BE 2 TO 5 INCHES BY EARLY THIS AFTERNOON.

THIS HIGHLY OROGRAPHIC SNOWFALL EVENT WILL PRODUCE STORM TOTAL
SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES ACROSS THE NORTHERN GREEN
MOUNTAINS WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS OVER 1 FOOT POSSIBLE.
MEANWHILE...TOTAL SNOWFALL WILL BE 3 TO 7 INCHES ACROSS THE
NORTHERN ADIRONDACK MOUNTAINS IN NEW YORK AND PARTS OF NORTH
CENTRAL GREEN MOUNTAINS IN VERMONT.

IN ADDITION...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS
TO 45 MPH THROUGH TODAY...WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE
SNOW... ESPECIALLY IN AREAS OF OPEN TERRAIN AND EXPOSED HIGHER
ELEVATIONS.

VTZ003-004-006-016-017-211530-
/O.CON.KBTV.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-080321T1800Z/
ORLEANS-ESSEX-LAMOILLE-EASTERN FRANKLIN-EASTERN CHITTENDEN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWPORT...ISLAND POND...JOHNSON...
STOWE...ENOSBURG FALLS...RICHFORD...UNDERHILL
324 AM EDT FRI MAR 21 2008

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM EDT THIS
AFTERNOON...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM EDT THIS
AFTERNOON FOR THE NORTHERN GREEN MOUNTAINS...FOR ADDITIONAL
SNOWFALL ACCUMULATION OF 3 TO 6 INCHES.

OCCASIONAL SNOW SHOWERS WILL PRODUCE AN ADDITIONAL 3 TO 6 INCHES
OF SNOW BY THIS AFTERNOON. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL WILL RANGE FROM 6
TO 10 INCHES ALONG THE WESTERN SLOPES...WITH LOCALLY 1 FOOT OR
MORE POSSIBLE NEAR JAY IN FAR NORTHERN VERMONT.

IN ADDITION...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL GUST TO 45 MPH AT TIMES
TODAY...WHICH WILL CREATE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW
RESULTING IN AREAS OF LOW VISIBILITY.

PLEASE STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...YOUR LOCAL MEDIA...OR
GO TO WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BURLINGTON FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THIS
WEATHER SITUATION.

$$

NYZ029>031-034-VTZ007-008-018-211530-
/O.EXT.KBTV.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-080321T1800Z/
SOUTHEASTERN ST. LAWRENCE-SOUTHERN FRANKLIN-WESTERN CLINTON-
WESTERN ESSEX-CALEDONIA-WASHINGTON-EASTERN ADDISON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...STAR LAKE...SARANAC LAKE...
TUPPER LAKE...DANNEMORA...LAKE PLACID...ST. JOHNSBURY...
MONTPELIER...BRISTOL...RIPTON
324 AM EDT FRI MAR 21 2008

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM EDT THIS
AFTERNOON...

THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM EDT THIS
AFTERNOON...FOR THE NORTHERN ADIRONDACKS AND PARTS OF CENTRAL AND
NORTHERN VERMONT MOUNTAINS...FOR ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL OF 2 TO 5
INCHES.

SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL
AMOUNTS WILL RANGE FROM 2 TO 5 INCHES...WITH LOCALIZED HIGHER
AMOUNTS POSSIBLE OVER THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF
WASHINGTON...EASTERN ADDISON...AND WESTERN SECTIONS OF CALEDONIA
COUNTY.

NORTHWEST WINDS WILL GUST UP TO 45 MPH TODAY...WHICH WILL CAUSE
BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AT TIMES...AND MAY ALSO RESULT IN
PERIODS OF LOW VISIBILITY.

PLEASE STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...YOUR LOCAL MEDIA...OR
GO TO WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BURLINGTON FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THIS
WEATHER SITUATION.

$$
000 
WWUS41 KBTV 211452
WSWBTV

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT
1052 AM EDT FRI MAR 21 2008

...SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE WESTERN SLOPES
OF THE NORTHERN GREEN MOUNTAINS OF VERMONT TODAY...

LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE ALONG THE WESTERN SLOPES OF THE
NORTHERN GREEN MOUNTAINS IN VERMONT THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON...AND
ACROSS THE NORTHERN ADIRONDACK MOUNTAINS IN NEW YORK THROUGH
MIDDAY. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 2 TO 4 INCHES
ACROSS THE NORTHERN ADIRONDACKS AND NORTHERN VERMONT THROUGH THIS
AFTERNOON.

THIS HIGHLY OROGRAPHIC SNOWFALL EVENT WILL PRODUCE STORM TOTAL
SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 8 TO 16 INCHES ACROSS THE NORTHERN GREEN
MOUNTAINS WITH ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. MEANWHILE...
TOTAL SNOWFALL WILL BE 3 TO 6 INCHES ACROSS THE NORTHERN ADIRONDACK
MOUNTAINS IN NEW YORK AND PARTS OF NORTH CENTRAL GREEN MOUNTAINS
IN VERMONT.

IN ADDITION...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS
TO 45 MPH THROUGH TODAY...WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE
SNOW... ESPECIALLY IN AREAS OF OPEN TERRAIN AND EXPOSED HIGHER
ELEVATIONS.

VTZ003-004-006-016-017-212200-
/O.EXT.KBTV.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-080321T2200Z/
ORLEANS-ESSEX-LAMOILLE-EASTERN FRANKLIN-EASTERN CHITTENDEN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWPORT...ISLAND POND...JOHNSON...
STOWE...ENOSBURG FALLS...RICHFORD...UNDERHILL
1052 AM EDT FRI MAR 21 2008

...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EDT THIS
AFTERNOON...

THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EDT THIS
AFTERNOON...FOR THE NORTHERN GREEN MOUNTAINS AS WELL AS ORLEANS
AND ESSEX COUNTIES OF VERMONT...FOR ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS
OF 2 TO 4 INCHES.

OCCASIONAL SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON AND PRODUCE
AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL WILL RANGE
FROM 8 TO 16 INCHES ALONG THE WESTERN SLOPES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER
AMOUNTS POSSIBLE NEAR JAY IN FAR NORTHERN VERMONT.

IN ADDITION...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL GUST TO 45 MPH AT TIMES TODAY...
WHICH WILL CREATE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW RESULTING
IN AREAS OF LOW VISIBILITY.

PLEASE STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...YOUR LOCAL MEDIA...OR
GO TO WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BURLINGTON FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THIS
WEATHER SITUATION.

$$

VTZ007-008-018-212200-
/O.EXT.KBTV.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-080321T2200Z/
CALEDONIA-WASHINGTON-EASTERN ADDISON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ST. JOHNSBURY...MONTPELIER...BRISTOL...
RIPTON
1052 AM EDT FRI MAR 21 2008

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EDT THIS
AFTERNOON...

THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EDT THIS
AFTERNOON FOR EASTERN ADDISON...WASHINGTON AND CALEDONIA COUNTIES
OF VERMONT...FOR ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES.

SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...WITH 
ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES. STORM TOTAL
ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 3 TO 7 INCHES...WITH LOCALIZED HIGHER
AMOUNTS POSSIBLE OVER THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS.

NORTHWEST WINDS WILL GUST UP TO 45 MPH TODAY...WHICH WILL CAUSE
BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AT TIMES...AND MAY ALSO RESULT IN
PERIODS OF LOW VISIBILITY.

PLEASE STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...YOUR LOCAL MEDIA...OR
GO TO WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BURLINGTON FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THIS
WEATHER SITUATION.

$$

NYZ029>031-034-211800-
/O.CON.KBTV.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-080321T1800Z/
SOUTHEASTERN ST. LAWRENCE-SOUTHERN FRANKLIN-WESTERN CLINTON-
WESTERN ESSEX-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...STAR LAKE...SARANAC LAKE...
TUPPER LAKE...DANNEMORA...LAKE PLACID
1052 AM EDT FRI MAR 21 2008

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM EDT THIS
AFTERNOON...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM EDT THIS
AFTERNOON FOR THE NORTHERN ADIRONDACKS OF NEW YORK...FOR ADDITIONAL
SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES.

SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...WITH ADDITIONAL
SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES. STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS
WILL RANGE FROM 3 TO 6 INCHES...WITH LOCALIZED HIGHER AMOUNTS
POSSIBLE OVER THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS.

NORTHWEST WINDS WILL GUST UP TO 45 MPH TODAY...WHICH WILL CAUSE
BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AT TIMES...AND MAY ALSO RESULT IN
PERIODS OF LOW VISIBILITY.

PLEASE STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...YOUR LOCAL MEDIA...OR
GO TO WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BURLINGTON FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THIS
WEATHER SITUATION.

$$

LAHIFF
000 
WWUS41 KBTV 211646
WSWBTV

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT
1246 PM EDT FRI MAR 21 2008

...SNOW TAPERING TO SNOW SHOWERS ACROSS NORTHEAST VERMONT...

.DRIER AIR HAS BEGUN TO MOVE INTO THE REGION AND THUS SNOW SHOWER
ACTIVITY HAS BEGUN TO DIMINISH ACROSS NORTHERN VERMONT. NORTHEAST
PORTIONS OF VERMONT WILL CONTINUE TO SEE SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS
THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF TODAY...THOUGH SNOWFALL WILL GENERALLY
BE LIGHT...WITH ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF ONLY A DUSTING TO 2
INCHES EXPECTED.

VTZ003-004-006-016-017-211800-
/O.CAN.KBTV.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-080321T2200Z/
ORLEANS-ESSEX-LAMOILLE-EASTERN FRANKLIN-EASTERN CHITTENDEN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWPORT...ISLAND POND...JOHNSON...
STOWE...ENOSBURG FALLS...RICHFORD...UNDERHILL
1246 PM EDT FRI MAR 21 2008

...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BURLINGTON HAS CANCELLED THE
WINTER STORM WARNING. 

SNOW WILL TAPER TO SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS THIS AFTERNOON WITH
ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF ONLY A DUSTING TO 2 INCHES EXPECTED.

$$

NYZ029>031-034-211800-
/O.CAN.KBTV.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-080321T1800Z/
SOUTHEASTERN ST. LAWRENCE-SOUTHERN FRANKLIN-WESTERN CLINTON-
WESTERN ESSEX-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...STAR LAKE...SARANAC LAKE...
TUPPER LAKE...DANNEMORA...LAKE PLACID
1246 PM EDT FRI MAR 21 2008

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BURLINGTON HAS CANCELLED THE
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. 

DRIER AIR HAS MOVED INTO THE REGION AND SNOW HAS STOPPED. THUS THE
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

$$

VTZ007-008-018-211800-
/O.CAN.KBTV.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-080321T2200Z/
CALEDONIA-WASHINGTON-EASTERN ADDISON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ST. JOHNSBURY...MONTPELIER...BRISTOL...
RIPTON
1246 PM EDT FRI MAR 21 2008

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BURLINGTON HAS CANCELLED THE
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. 

SNOW WILL TAPER TO SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS THIS AFTERNOON WITH
ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF ONLY A DUSTING TO 2 INCHES EXPECTED.

$$

LAHIFF

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this winter storm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Burlington, VT wrote its last area forecast discussion before this winter storm warning went out at Mar 19, 3:28 PM EDT, 31 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 19, 3:28 PM EDT, 31 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT
328 PM EDT WED MAR 19 2008

.SYNOPSIS...
A SURFACE LOW DEVELOPING ALONG A COLD FRONT OVER THE OHIO RIVER
VALLEY THIS MORNING WILL TRACK NORTHEASTWARD REACHING CENTRAL
PENNSYLVANIA BY LATE THIS EVENING...AND THE GULF OF MAINE BY
THURSDAY MORNING. A WARM FRONT EXTENDING EASTWARD FROM THE SURFACE
LOW WILL CONTINUE TO ADVANCE NORTHWARD TOWARD THE NORTH COUNTRY
TODAY...ALLOWING FOR MIXED WINTRY PRECIPITATION TO CHANGE TO RAIN
AS WARMER AIR MOVES IN FROM THE SOUTH. RAIN WILL CONTINUE HEAVY AT
TIMES TONIGHT...AND THEN CHANGE BACK TO SNOW TOWARD DAYBREAK
THURSDAY AS THE SURFACE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM PASSES TO OUR SOUTH
AND EAST. A PROLONGED PERIOD OF WRAP AROUND SNOW SHOWERS COULD
BRING MODERATE SNOW ACCUMULATION TO THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF THE
ADIRONDACKS AND THE GREEN MOUNTAINS THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT.
DRIER AND SEASONABLY COLD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED FRIDAY AND
THROUGH THE WEEKEND.

&&

.NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 AM THURSDAY MORNING/...
AS OF 1045 AM EDT WEDNESDAY...HAVE ISSUED UPDATED WSW AND ZFP FOR
DROPPING THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WEST OF THE GREEN MOUNTAINS.
TEMPERATURES HAVE RISEN ABOVE FREEZING AND PRECIPITATION HAS
CHANGED OVER TO RAIN AS EXPECTED. OTHERWISE CURRENT FORECAST IS IN
GOOD SHAPE.

THE SNOW VS. MIX LINE...AND MIX TO RAIN LINE...WILL CONTINUE A
NEWD ADVANCE THROUGH OUR FCST AREA THIS MORNING. FOR AREAS WEST OF
THE GREEN MOUNTAINS...THREAT OF SLIPPERY ROADS WILL END BY LATE
MORNING AS TEMPERATURES WARM ABOVE FREEZING. EAST OF THE GREEN
MTNS...PROGRESS WILL BE SLOWER BASED ON MODEL FORECAST SOUNDINGS.
AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE EAST OF THE GREEN
MTNS THIS MORNING...FOLLOWED BY SLEET AND ISOLD FREEZING RAIN
THROUGH THE AFTN. EVENTUALLY...WARMER AIR WILL MAKE IT TO THE
SHELTERED VALLEYS OF NERN VT AND BELIEVE 5 PM ENDING TIME OF THE
WINTER WX ADVISORY IN THE NE KINGDOM IS ON TRACK. TOWARD LATE
AFTERNOON...RAIN WILL GENERALLY PICK UP IN INTENSITY AS STRONGER
DEEP-LAYER QG FORCING AND SIGNIFICANT MOISTURE ADVECTION MOVES
INTO THE AREA. TEMPERATURES WILL REACH THE UPPER 30S TO LOW 40S
WEST OF THE GREEN MTNS THIS AFTERNOON AND THE MID TO UPPER 30S
EAST OF THE GREEN MTNS BY MID TO LATE AFTERNOON. MODERATE SLY
WINDS ARE EXPECTED...GENERALLY 15 TO 25 MPH...WITH A FEW SELY
GUSTS TO 35 MPH POSSIBLE ALONG THE WEST SLOPES OF THE GREEN MTNS.
WITH 850MB WINDS VEERED TO A 200DEG DIR...DON/T FORESEE ANY MAJOR
WIND PROBLEM ALONG THE WEST SLOPES OF THE GREEN MTNS TODAY. POPS
ARE 100 PERCENT AREAWIDE. LOOKING AT LIQUID AND LIQUID EQUIVALENT
QPF THROUGH 00Z THURSDAY OF 2 TO 4 TENTHS OF AN INCH ACROSS
NORTHERN AREAS...AND 4 TO 6 TENTHS ACROSS SRN PORTIONS OF THE
FORECAST AREA.

&&

.SHORT TERM /6 AM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT/...
AS OF 415 AM EDT WEDNESDAY...MODELS ARE GENERALLY CONSISTENT WITH
OVERALL SYNOPTIC EVOLUTION AND VERTICAL THERMODYNAMIC PROFILES ARE
SIMILAR ENOUGH TO GIVE REASONABLE LEVEL OF CONFIDENCE IN CURRENT
P-TYPE FORECAST. HAVE NOT HAD TO MAKE ANY SIGNIFICANT CHANGES FROM
THE PREVIOUS FORECAST PACKAGE FOR WEDNESDAY NIGHT. IT CONTINUES TO
APPEAR THAT STRONGEST DEEP-LAYER UVV PASSES FROM SW-NE ACROSS THE
AREA BETWEEN 00-06Z. DURING THIS TIME PERIOD...850MB TEMPS ARE
GENERALLY +4 TO +6 ACROSS THE NORTH COUNTRY...AND LOOKING AT
WIDESPREAD RAIN...HEAVY AT TIMES WITH RAINFALL AMOUNTS AROUND 0.50
INCHES AND UP TO 0.75 INCHES FROM 00-06Z WITH THE HIGHEST AMTNS
OVER NRN NY. LEFT IN A CHANCE OF FREEZING RAIN OVER NERN VT...BUT
SEE THIS AS A LOW ENOUGH PROBABILITY TO NOT EXTEND THE WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY INTO TONIGHT PERIOD.

AS THE SFC LOW TRACKS JUST SOUTH OF THE FA AROUND
MIDNIGHT...COLDER AIR MASS WILL BEGIN TO FILTER INTO NRN NY
ALLOWING FOR RAIN TO MIX WITH AND CHANGE TO SNOW BETWEEN 07-10Z.
THE CHANGEOVER WILL OCCUR EASTWARD INTO THE CHAMPLAIN VALLEY
BETWEEN 09-12Z...AND IT MAY BE SNOWING AT A MODERATE CLIP FOR A
FEW HRS AROUND THE MORNING COMMUTE TIME FRAME ON THURSDAY FOR WRN
VT AND ALL OF NRN NY. WILL NEED TO WATCH THIS POTENTIAL CAREFULLY.
FURTHER EAST...THE CHANGEOVER LIKELY OCCURS AFTER 12Z THURSDAY.

FAIRLY IMPRESSIVE OROGRAPHIC SNOW POTENTIAL FOR OUR MTNS AS
DEPARTING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM DEEPENS ALONG THE ME COAST THURSDAY
AFTN. WITH H5 TROF REMAINING OVER NRN NY AT 18Z THU AND THEN
CLOSING OFF OVER CENTRAL ME BY 00Z FRI...WRAP AROUND MOISTURE IN
LOW-MID LEVEL NWLY FLOW REGIME IS IMPRESSIVE. NWLY 850MB FLOW OF
45-50KTS IS PROGGED BY GFS AND THIS WILL LEAD TO SIGNIFICANT
UPSLOPE FLOW INTO THE NRN ADIRONDACKS AND ESPECIALLY THE NRN GREEN
MTNS THURSDAY AFTERNOON INTO EARLY FRIDAY. SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOW
ARE POSSIBLE...WITH NRN GREENS LIKELY SEEING 6 TO 12
INCHES OF SNOWFALL...ESPECIALLY JAY PEAK VCNTY BY NOON ON FRIDAY.
ADDITIONAL WINTER WEATHER HEADLINES MAY BE NEEDED TO COVER THIS
OROGRAPHIC SNOW...BUT WILL DEFER AT THIS TIME TO ALLOW MIXED
PRECIPITATION CONCERNS ON THE FRONT SIDE OF THE STORM TO PASS.

THE STRONG NWLY GRADIENT FLOW WILL MIX DOWN TO THE SFC THURSDAY
AFTERNOON...WITH WIND GUSTS OF 35 TO 40 EXPECTED AREAWIDE. GUSTS
TO 35 MPH ARE ALSO POSSIBLE THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY WITH SYSTEM
EXPECTED TO CUTOFF NEAR THE MOUTH OF THE ST. LAWRENCE SEAWAY. HAVE
INCLUDED THESE GUSTY WINDS IN CURRENT FCST.

&&

.LONG TERM /FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...
AS OF 330 PM EDT WEDNESDAY...LINGERING UPSLOPE SNOW SHOWERS
SHOULD FINALLY CEASE BY LATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON. LOOKING PRETTY
COLD AND DRY THROUGH THE WEEKEND...WITH JUST A CHANCE OF SNOW
SHOWERS ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF NORTHERN VERMONT AND THE
ADIRONDACKS IN FAVORABLE UPSLOPE REGIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA.
ALTHOUGH...NO SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED
OVER THE WEEKEND...JUST SHOWERS. NEXT ACTIVE WEATHER PERIOD MAY
BEGIN MONDAY AFTERNOON AS POTENTIAL CYCLOGENESIS COMES TOGETHER
OFF THE CAROLINAS COAST. MODEL RUNS ARE PRETTY INCONSISTENT RIGHT
NOW WITH ONE BRINGING IT CLOSE TO THE COAST AND THE NEXT PRETTY
FAR OUTSIDE THE BENCH MARK. HAVE INCLUDED CHANCE FOR SNOW SHOWERS
RIGHT NOW...AS THERE IS TOO MUCH INCONSISTENCY TO HAVE ANY
CONFIDENCE BEYOND A 30 POP. THE ECMWF IS ALSO NOW KEEPING THE
STORM OFFSHORE. WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR POTENTIAL.

&&

.AVIATION /18Z WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY/...
THROUGH 18Z THURSDAY...PRECIPITATION FALLING ACROSS THE AREA AND
AFFECTING OUR TAF SITES IS NOW ALL IN THE FORM OF RAIN. BUFKIT
SOUNDINGS AND CROSS SECTION DATA SHOWS PLENTY OF LOW LEVEL
MOISTURE...THEREFORE HAVE MENTIONED CEILINGS BETWEEN 20-35KFT
ACROSS OUR TAF SITES...HOWEVER DOWNSLOPE FLOW MAY KEEP CEILINGS AT
RUT/BTV SLIGHTLY HIGHER. SOME ENHANCEMENT TO THE FLOW AND GOOD
MIXING AT RUT WILL CARRY GUSTY WINDS BETWEEN 20 AND 30 KTS THIS
AFTERNOON. OTHERWISE...BEST DEEP LAYER LIFT AND GOOD FORCING FROM
DYNAMICS ALOFT AND APPROACHING SURFACE CONVERGENCE WILL HELP TO
PRODUCE A PERIOD OF MODERATE RAIN LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS
EVENING ACRS OUR TAF SITES. WILL MENTION 3SM RA WITH CIGS BETWEEN
12-18KFT BTWN 00-06Z TONIGHT. THICKNESS VALUES WILL LOWER TONIGHT AS
TROF MOVES ACROSS OUR FA...THEREFORE EXPECT A GRADUAL WEST TO EAST
CHANGE TO SNOW. BASED ON GOOD WRAP AROUND MOISTURE AND STRONG LLVL
UPSLOPE FLW...EXPECT A PERIOD OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW AFT 12Z.
THIS MODERATE SNOW...ENHANCED BY POTENT VORT DROPPING ACROSS THE
AREA...WILL ALSO ONLY LAST FOR ABOUT FOUR HOURS BEFORE TAPERING
OFF TO SNOW SHOWERS AGAIN BY ABOUT 18Z.

18Z THURSDAY THROUGH SUNDAY...UPSLOPE FLW AND WRAP AROUND
MOISTURE WL CONT TO PRODUCE -SW ACRS THE MTN TAF SITES THRU AT
LEAST 12Z FRIDAY. A BRISK CYCLONIC NW FLW WL CONT ACRS OUR TAF
SITES WITH PERIOD OF -SW THRU 00Z SAT WITH POTENTIAL VFR
CONDITIONS. A SLOW IMPROVEMENT IN FLYING CONDITIONS CAN BE
EXPECTED BY THE WEEKEND.

&&

.BTV WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
VT...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 5 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON FOR
     VTZ003-004-007.
NY...NONE.

&&

SYNOPSIS...BANACOS
NEAR TERM...BANACOS/JAN
SHORT TERM...BANACOS
LONG TERM...JAN
AVIATION...JAN
Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 19, 1:38 PM EDT, 2 hours 21 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT
138 PM EDT WED MAR 19 2008

NYZ026>031-034-035-087-VTZ001-002-005-006-008>012-016>019-201745-
NORTHERN ST. LAWRENCE-NORTHERN FRANKLIN-EASTERN CLINTON-
SOUTHEASTERN ST. LAWRENCE-SOUTHERN FRANKLIN-WESTERN CLINTON-
WESTERN ESSEX-EASTERN ESSEX-SOUTHWESTERN ST. LAWRENCE-GRAND ISLE-
WESTERN FRANKLIN-WESTERN CHITTENDEN-LAMOILLE-WASHINGTON-
WESTERN ADDISON-ORANGE-WESTERN RUTLAND-WINDSOR-EASTERN FRANKLIN-
EASTERN CHITTENDEN-EASTERN ADDISON-EASTERN RUTLAND-
138 PM EDT WED MAR 19 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHERN NEW YORK...CENTRAL
VERMONT...NORTHWEST VERMONT AND SOUTHERN VERMONT.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

PERIODS OF RAIN ARE EXPECTED...BRIEFLY HEAVY EARLY TONIGHT. THE
RAIN WILL THEN TURN TO SNOW AFTER MIDNIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND SNOW SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED TO
DEVELOP THURSDAY AND CONTINUE INTO FRIDAY. SOME ACCUMULATION OF
SNOW IS EXPECTED. BRISK NORTHWEST WINDS WITH GUSTS AROUND 40 MPH
WILL ALSO OCCUR THURSDAY AND FRIDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

VTZ003-004-007-201745-
ORLEANS-ESSEX-CALEDONIA-
138 PM EDT WED MAR 19 2008

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST VERMONT.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND UPSLOPE SNOW SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED TO
DEVELOP THURSDAY AND CONTINUE INTO FRIDAY. SOME ACCUMULATION OF
SNOW IS EXPECTED. BRISK NORTHWEST WINDS WITH GUSTS AROUND 40 MPH
WILL ALSO OCCUR THURSDAY AND FRIDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Burlington, VT issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 19, 3:59 PM EDTWinter Weather AdvisoryBTVAddison, Caledonia, Chittenden, Franklin, Washington45 hr

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.