Alert archive / Vermont / Winter Storm Warnings in 2011
Winter Storm Warning 4, NWS Burlington, VT
NWS Burlington, VT issued this winter storm warning at Jan 31, 2011, 3:39 PM EST for 4 counties in New York; 11 counties in Vermont. It took effect at Feb 2, 2011, 1:00 AM EST. It was in force for 24 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
- Jan 31, 2011, 3:39 PM EST (20:39 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 2, 2011, 1:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Feb 3, 2011, 12:52 AM EST
- In force
- 24 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Burlington, VT
Counties Clinton County, NY, Essex County, NY, Franklin County, NY, St. Lawrence County, NY, Addison County, VT, Caledonia County, VT, Chittenden County, VT, Essex County, VT, Franklin County, VT, Grand Isle County, VT, Lamoille County, VT, Orange County, VT, Orleans County, VT, Rutland County, VT, Washington County, VT
The radar
The Burlington radar (KCXX), 11 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:42 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
Albany, NY (KALY), launched 12:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 204 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1021 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 90 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -51 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 40 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
178 WWUS41 KBTV 312039 WSWBTV URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT 339 PM EST MON JAN 31 2011 NYZ026>031-034-035-087-VTZ001>012-016>019-011000- /O.UPG.KBTV.WS.A.0003.110202T0300Z-110203T0900Z/ /O.NEW.KBTV.WS.W.0004.110202T0600Z-110203T1200Z/ 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-ORLEANS-ESSEX-WESTERN CHITTENDEN-LAMOILLE- CALEDONIA-WASHINGTON-WESTERN ADDISON-ORANGE-WESTERN RUTLAND- WINDSOR-EASTERN FRANKLIN-EASTERN CHITTENDEN-EASTERN ADDISON- EASTERN RUTLAND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MASSENA...MALONE...PLATTSBURGH... STAR LAKE...SARANAC LAKE...TUPPER LAKE...DANNEMORA... LAKE PLACID...PORT HENRY...TICONDEROGA...OGDENSBURG...POTSDAM... GOUVERNEUR...ALBURGH...SOUTH HERO...ST. ALBANS...NEWPORT... ISLAND POND...BURLINGTON...JOHNSON...STOWE...ST. JOHNSBURY... MONTPELIER...MIDDLEBURY...VERGENNES...BRADFORD...RANDOLPH... RUTLAND...SPRINGFIELD...WHITE RIVER JUNCTION...ENOSBURG FALLS... RICHFORD...UNDERHILL...BRISTOL...RIPTON...EAST WALLINGFORD... KILLINGTON 339 PM EST MON JAN 31 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM WEDNESDAY TO 7 AM EST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BURLINGTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM WEDNESDAY TO 7 AM EST THURSDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * LOCATIONS...NORTHERN NEW YORK AND VERMONT. * HAZARD TYPES...HEAVY SNOW. * ACCUMULATIONS...8 TO 14 INCHES ACROSS THE CHAMPLAIN AND SAINT LAWRENCE VALLEYS WITH 12 TO 20 INCHES ELSEWHERE. * TIMING...SNOW WILL REDEVELOP AFTER MIDNIGHT WEDNESDAY AND END THURSDAY MORNING. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL FALL DURING THE DAYTIME HOURS ON WEDNESDAY. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CAN BE EXPECTED TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * WINDS...EAST TO NORTHEAST AROUND 5 TO 10 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...HIGHS 15 TO 25. LOWS AROUND 10 ABOVE. * VISIBILITIES...1/4 MILE OR LESS AT TIMES DURING THE DAYTIME HOURS ON WEDNESDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. PLEASE STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...YOUR LOCAL MEDIA...OR GO TO WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BURLINGTON FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THIS WEATHER SITUATION. $$ JN
10 follow-up statements
250 WWUS41 KBTV 010924 WSWBTV URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT 424 AM EST TUE FEB 1 2011 NYZ026>031-034-035-087-VTZ001>012-016>019-012100- /O.CON.KBTV.WS.W.0004.110202T0600Z-110203T1200Z/ 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-ORLEANS-ESSEX-WESTERN CHITTENDEN-LAMOILLE- CALEDONIA-WASHINGTON-WESTERN ADDISON-ORANGE-WESTERN RUTLAND- WINDSOR-EASTERN FRANKLIN-EASTERN CHITTENDEN-EASTERN ADDISON- EASTERN RUTLAND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MASSENA...MALONE...PLATTSBURGH... STAR LAKE...SARANAC LAKE...TUPPER LAKE...DANNEMORA... LAKE PLACID...PORT HENRY...TICONDEROGA...OGDENSBURG...POTSDAM... GOUVERNEUR...ALBURGH...SOUTH HERO...ST. ALBANS...NEWPORT... ISLAND POND...BURLINGTON...JOHNSON...STOWE...ST. JOHNSBURY... MONTPELIER...MIDDLEBURY...VERGENNES...BRADFORD...RANDOLPH... RUTLAND...SPRINGFIELD...WHITE RIVER JUNCTION...ENOSBURG FALLS... RICHFORD...UNDERHILL...BRISTOL...RIPTON...EAST WALLINGFORD... KILLINGTON 424 AM EST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM WEDNESDAY TO 7 AM EST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BURLINGTON CONTINUES THE WINTER STORM WARNING...FROM 1 AM WEDNESDAY TO 7 AM EST THURSDAY. * LOCATIONS...NORTHERN NEW YORK AND VERMONT. * HAZARD TYPES...HEAVY SNOW. * ACCUMULATIONS...8 TO 12 INCHES ACROSS FAR NORTHERN NEW YORK AND VERMONT...AND 12 TO 16 INCHES ACROSS THE ADIRONDACKS...CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN VERMONT. * TIMING...SNOW WILL REDEVELOP AFTER MIDNIGHT WEDNESDAY AND END THURSDAY MORNING. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL FALL DURING THE DAYTIME HOURS ON WEDNESDAY. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CAN BE EXPECTED TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * WINDS...EAST TO NORTHEAST 5 TO 15 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...HIGHS 15 TO 25. LOWS -5 TO 10 ABOVE. * VISIBILITIES...1/4 MILE OR LESS AT TIMES DURING THE DAYTIME HOURS ON WEDNESDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. PLEASE STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...YOUR LOCAL MEDIA...OR GO TO WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BURLINGTON FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THIS WEATHER SITUATION. $$ NEILES
078 WWUS41 KBTV 011435 WSWBTV URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT 935 AM EST TUE FEB 1 2011 NYZ026>031-034-035-087-VTZ001>012-016>019-012100- /O.CON.KBTV.WS.W.0004.110202T0600Z-110203T1200Z/ 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-ORLEANS-ESSEX-WESTERN CHITTENDEN-LAMOILLE- CALEDONIA-WASHINGTON-WESTERN ADDISON-ORANGE-WESTERN RUTLAND- WINDSOR-EASTERN FRANKLIN-EASTERN CHITTENDEN-EASTERN ADDISON- EASTERN RUTLAND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MASSENA...MALONE...PLATTSBURGH... STAR LAKE...SARANAC LAKE...TUPPER LAKE...DANNEMORA... LAKE PLACID...PORT HENRY...TICONDEROGA...OGDENSBURG...POTSDAM... GOUVERNEUR...ALBURGH...SOUTH HERO...ST. ALBANS...NEWPORT... ISLAND POND...BURLINGTON...JOHNSON...STOWE...ST. JOHNSBURY... MONTPELIER...MIDDLEBURY...VERGENNES...BRADFORD...RANDOLPH... RUTLAND...SPRINGFIELD...WHITE RIVER JUNCTION...ENOSBURG FALLS... RICHFORD...UNDERHILL...BRISTOL...RIPTON...EAST WALLINGFORD... KILLINGTON 935 AM EST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM WEDNESDAY TO 7 AM EST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BURLINGTON CONTINUES THE WINTER STORM WARNING...FROM 1 AM WEDNESDAY TO 7 AM EST THURSDAY. * LOCATIONS...NORTHERN NEW YORK AND VERMONT. * HAZARD TYPES...HEAVY SNOW. * ACCUMULATIONS...8 TO 12 INCHES ACROSS FAR NORTHERN NEW YORK AND VERMONT...AND 12 TO 16 INCHES ACROSS THE ADIRONDACKS...CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN VERMONT. * TIMING...SNOW WILL REDEVELOP AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT AND END BY THURSDAY MORNING. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL FALL DURING THE DAYTIME HOURS ON WEDNESDAY. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CAN BE EXPECTED WEDNESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 5 TO 15 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...HIGHS 15 TO 25. LOWS -5 TO 10 ABOVE. * VISIBILITIES...1/4 MILE OR LESS AT TIMES DURING THE DAYTIME HOURS ON WEDNESDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. PLEASE STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...YOUR LOCAL MEDIA...OR GO TO WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BURLINGTON FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THIS WEATHER SITUATION. $$ JMG
082 WWUS41 KBTV 012000 WSWBTV URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT 300 PM EST TUE FEB 1 2011 NYZ026>031-034-035-087-VTZ001>012-016>019-020400- /O.CON.KBTV.WS.W.0004.110202T0600Z-110203T1200Z/ 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-ORLEANS-ESSEX-WESTERN CHITTENDEN-LAMOILLE- CALEDONIA-WASHINGTON-WESTERN ADDISON-ORANGE-WESTERN RUTLAND- WINDSOR-EASTERN FRANKLIN-EASTERN CHITTENDEN-EASTERN ADDISON- EASTERN RUTLAND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MASSENA...MALONE...PLATTSBURGH... STAR LAKE...SARANAC LAKE...TUPPER LAKE...DANNEMORA... LAKE PLACID...PORT HENRY...TICONDEROGA...OGDENSBURG...POTSDAM... GOUVERNEUR...ALBURGH...SOUTH HERO...ST. ALBANS...NEWPORT... ISLAND POND...BURLINGTON...JOHNSON...STOWE...ST. JOHNSBURY... MONTPELIER...MIDDLEBURY...VERGENNES...BRADFORD...RANDOLPH... RUTLAND...SPRINGFIELD...WHITE RIVER JUNCTION...ENOSBURG FALLS... RICHFORD...UNDERHILL...BRISTOL...RIPTON...EAST WALLINGFORD... KILLINGTON 300 PM EST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM WEDNESDAY TO 7 AM EST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BURLINGTON CONTINUES THE WINTER STORM WARNING...FROM 1 AM WEDNESDAY TO 7 AM EST THURSDAY. * LOCATIONS...NORTHERN NEW YORK AND VERMONT. * HAZARD TYPES...HEAVY SNOW. * ACCUMULATIONS...8 TO 13 INCHES ACROSS FAR NORTHERN NEW YORK AND VERMONT...AND 11 TO 18 INCHES ACROSS THE ADIRONDACKS...CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN VERMONT. * TIMING...SNOW WILL REDEVELOP FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT AND CONTINUE HEAVY AT TIMES ON WEDNESDAY BEFORE TAPERING TO SNOW SHOWERS WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL FALL DURING THE DAYLIGHT HOURS ON WEDNESDAY. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CAN BE EXPECTED WEDNESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * WINDS...EAST TO NORTHEAST 5 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...HIGHS WEDNESDAY 15 TO 20. LOWS WEDNESDAY NIGHT ZERO TO 10 ABOVE ZERO. * VISIBILITIES...1/4 MILE OR LESS AT TIMES DURING THE DAYTIME HOURS ON WEDNESDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PLEASE STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...YOUR LOCAL MEDIA...OR GO TO WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BURLINGTON FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THIS WEATHER SITUATION. $$ JMG
004 WWUS41 KBTV 020149 WSWBTV URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT 849 PM EST TUE FEB 1 2011 NYZ026>031-034-035-087-VTZ001>012-016>019-021000- /O.CON.KBTV.WS.W.0004.110202T0600Z-110203T1200Z/ 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-ORLEANS-ESSEX-WESTERN CHITTENDEN-LAMOILLE- CALEDONIA-WASHINGTON-WESTERN ADDISON-ORANGE-WESTERN RUTLAND- WINDSOR-EASTERN FRANKLIN-EASTERN CHITTENDEN-EASTERN ADDISON- EASTERN RUTLAND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MASSENA...MALONE...PLATTSBURGH... STAR LAKE...SARANAC LAKE...TUPPER LAKE...DANNEMORA... LAKE PLACID...PORT HENRY...TICONDEROGA...OGDENSBURG...POTSDAM... GOUVERNEUR...ALBURGH...SOUTH HERO...ST. ALBANS...NEWPORT... ISLAND POND...BURLINGTON...JOHNSON...STOWE...ST. JOHNSBURY... MONTPELIER...MIDDLEBURY...VERGENNES...BRADFORD...RANDOLPH... RUTLAND...SPRINGFIELD...WHITE RIVER JUNCTION...ENOSBURG FALLS... RICHFORD...UNDERHILL...BRISTOL...RIPTON...EAST WALLINGFORD... KILLINGTON 849 PM EST TUE FEB 1 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM WEDNESDAY TO 7 AM EST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BURLINGTON CONTINUES THE WINTER STORM WARNING...FROM 1 AM WEDNESDAY TO 7 AM EST THURSDAY. * LOCATIONS...NORTHERN NEW YORK AND VERMONT. * HAZARD TYPES...HEAVY SNOW. * ACCUMULATIONS...8 TO 13 INCHES ACROSS FAR NORTHERN NEW YORK AND VERMONT...AND 11 TO 18 INCHES ACROSS THE ADIRONDACKS...CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN VERMONT. * TIMING...SNOW WILL REDEVELOP FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST AFTER MIDNIGHT AND CONTINUE HEAVY AT TIMES ON WEDNESDAY BEFORE TAPERING TO SNOW SHOWERS WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL FALL DURING THE DAYLIGHT HOURS ON WEDNESDAY. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CAN BE EXPECTED WEDNESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT. DEEP SNOW COVER COULD BLOCK HEATING VENTS AND LEAD TO CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING...PLEASE CHECK AND REMOVE SNOW SEVERAL FEET AWAY FROM THESE VENTS. * WINDS...EAST TO NORTHEAST 5 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...HIGHS WEDNESDAY 15 TO 20. LOWS WEDNESDAY NIGHT ZERO TO 10 ABOVE ZERO. * VISIBILITIES...1/4 MILE OR LESS AT TIMES DURING THE DAYTIME HOURS ON WEDNESDAY. * PLEASE SUBMIT STORM REPORTS FOR THIS UPCOMING STORM TO WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BTV. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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
658 WWUS41 KBTV 020817 WSWBTV URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT 317 AM EST WED FEB 2 2011 NYZ026>031-034-035-087-VTZ001>012-016>019-022100- /O.CON.KBTV.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-110203T1200Z/ 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-ORLEANS-ESSEX-WESTERN CHITTENDEN-LAMOILLE- CALEDONIA-WASHINGTON-WESTERN ADDISON-ORANGE-WESTERN RUTLAND- WINDSOR-EASTERN FRANKLIN-EASTERN CHITTENDEN-EASTERN ADDISON- EASTERN RUTLAND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MASSENA...MALONE...PLATTSBURGH... STAR LAKE...SARANAC LAKE...TUPPER LAKE...DANNEMORA... LAKE PLACID...PORT HENRY...TICONDEROGA...OGDENSBURG...POTSDAM... GOUVERNEUR...ALBURGH...SOUTH HERO...ST. ALBANS...NEWPORT... ISLAND POND...BURLINGTON...JOHNSON...STOWE...ST. JOHNSBURY... MONTPELIER...MIDDLEBURY...VERGENNES...BRADFORD...RANDOLPH... RUTLAND...SPRINGFIELD...WHITE RIVER JUNCTION...ENOSBURG FALLS... RICHFORD...UNDERHILL...BRISTOL...RIPTON...EAST WALLINGFORD... KILLINGTON 317 AM EST WED FEB 2 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BURLINGTON CONTINUES THE WINTER STORM WARNING...UNTIL 7 AM EST THURSDAY. * LOCATIONS...NORTHERN NEW YORK AND VERMONT. * HAZARD TYPES...HEAVY SNOW. * ACCUMULATIONS...8 TO 14 INCHES...WITH ISOLATED HIGHER TOTALS ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTH-CENTRAL VERMONT. * TIMING...HEAVY SNOW WILL AFFECT THE NORTH COUNTRY DURING THE MORNING HOURS. PERIODS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. SNOW MAY MIX WITH SLEET AT TIMES THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS SOUTH-CENTRAL VERMONT INTO THE NORTHERN ADIRONDACKS. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL DETERIORATE RAPIDLY THIS MORNING WITH SNOW COVERED ROADS AND VERY LOW VISIBILITY. MORNING COMMUTE WILL BE EXTREMELY SLOW AND DIFFICULT DUE TO SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR ACROSS MOST OF THE NORTH COUNTRY. * WINDS...NORTH 10 TO 15 MPH. LOCALIZED GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH IN THE ST. LAWRENCE RIVER VALLEY AND ALONG THE WESTERN SLOPES OF THE GREEN MOUNTAINS. * TEMPERATURES...HIGHS NEAR 20. LOWS 3 TO 10 ABOVE. * VISIBILITIES...1/4 MILE OR LESS AT TIMES DURING THE DAYTIME HOURS TODAY. NEAR WHITE OUT CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE THIS MORNING IN HEAVY SNOW. * PLEASE SUBMIT STORM REPORTS FOR THIS UPCOMING STORM TO WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BTV. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... DEEP SNOW COVER COULD BLOCK HEATING VENTS AND LEAD TO CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING...PLEASE CHECK AND REMOVE SNOW SEVERAL FEET AWAY FROM THESE VENTS. 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
049 WWUS41 KBTV 021416 WSWBTV URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT 916 AM EST WED FEB 2 2011 NYZ026>031-034-035-087-VTZ001>012-016>019-022100- /O.CON.KBTV.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-110203T1200Z/ 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-ORLEANS-ESSEX-WESTERN CHITTENDEN-LAMOILLE- CALEDONIA-WASHINGTON-WESTERN ADDISON-ORANGE-WESTERN RUTLAND- WINDSOR-EASTERN FRANKLIN-EASTERN CHITTENDEN-EASTERN ADDISON- EASTERN RUTLAND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MASSENA...MALONE...PLATTSBURGH... STAR LAKE...SARANAC LAKE...TUPPER LAKE...DANNEMORA... LAKE PLACID...PORT HENRY...TICONDEROGA...OGDENSBURG...POTSDAM... GOUVERNEUR...ALBURGH...SOUTH HERO...ST. ALBANS...NEWPORT... ISLAND POND...BURLINGTON...JOHNSON...STOWE...ST. JOHNSBURY... MONTPELIER...MIDDLEBURY...VERGENNES...BRADFORD...RANDOLPH... RUTLAND...SPRINGFIELD...WHITE RIVER JUNCTION...ENOSBURG FALLS... RICHFORD...UNDERHILL...BRISTOL...RIPTON...EAST WALLINGFORD... KILLINGTON 916 AM EST WED FEB 2 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BURLINGTON CONTINUES THE WINTER STORM WARNING...UNTIL 7 AM EST THURSDAY. * LOCATIONS...NORTHERN NEW YORK AND VERMONT. * HAZARD TYPES...HEAVY SNOW. * ACCUMULATIONS...8 TO 14 INCHES. * TIMING...HEAVY SNOW WILL AFFECT THE NORTH COUNTRY DURING THE MORNING TO EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS TODAY. PERIODS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. SNOW MAY MIX WITH SLEET AT TIMES TODAY ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL VERMONT. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS EXPECTED WITH SNOWPACKED ROADS ALONG WITH SOME BLOWING AN DRIFTING SNOW ACROSS RUTLAND COUNTY AND PORTIONS OF THE SAINT LAWRENCE VALLEY. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 5 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS 15 TO 35 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...HIGHS AROUND 20. LOWS 3 TO 9 ABOVE. * VISIBILITIES...1/4 MILE OR LESS AT TIMES DURING THE DAYTIME HOURS TODAY. NEAR WHITE OUT CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE THIS MORNING IN HEAVY SNOW. * PLEASE SUBMIT STORM REPORTS FOR THIS UPCOMING STORM TO WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BTV. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... DEEP SNOW COVER COULD BLOCK HEATING VENTS AND LEAD TO CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING...PLEASE CHECK AND REMOVE SNOW SEVERAL FEET AWAY FROM THESE VENTS. PLEASE STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...YOUR LOCAL MEDIA...OR GO TO WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BURLINGTON FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THIS WEATHER SITUATION. $$ JMG
845 WWUS41 KBTV 021817 WSWBTV URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT 117 PM EST WED FEB 2 2011 VTZ011-012-019-021930- /O.CAN.KBTV.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-110203T1200Z/ WESTERN RUTLAND-WINDSOR-EASTERN RUTLAND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RUTLAND...SPRINGFIELD... WHITE RIVER JUNCTION...EAST WALLINGFORD...KILLINGTON 117 PM EST WED FEB 2 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BURLINGTON HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING FOR RUTLAND AND WINDSOR COUNTIES IN VERMONT. STEADIER AND HEAVIER SNOW HAS ENDED ACROSS THE TWO COUNTY AREA. WHILE ADDITIONAL ON AND OFF LIGHT SNOW OR SNOW SHOWERS WILL LIKELY CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING HOURS...ADDITIONAL SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS ARE NOT EXPECTED. $$ NYZ026>031-034-035-087-VTZ001>010-016>018-030400- /O.CON.KBTV.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-110203T1200Z/ 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-ORLEANS-ESSEX-WESTERN CHITTENDEN-LAMOILLE- CALEDONIA-WASHINGTON-WESTERN ADDISON-ORANGE-EASTERN FRANKLIN- EASTERN CHITTENDEN-EASTERN ADDISON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MASSENA...MALONE...PLATTSBURGH... STAR LAKE...SARANAC LAKE...TUPPER LAKE...DANNEMORA... LAKE PLACID...PORT HENRY...TICONDEROGA...OGDENSBURG...POTSDAM... GOUVERNEUR...ALBURGH...SOUTH HERO...ST. ALBANS...NEWPORT... ISLAND POND...BURLINGTON...JOHNSON...STOWE...ST. JOHNSBURY... MONTPELIER...MIDDLEBURY...VERGENNES...BRADFORD...RANDOLPH... ENOSBURG FALLS...RICHFORD...UNDERHILL...BRISTOL...RIPTON 117 PM EST WED FEB 2 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BURLINGTON CONTINUES THE WINTER STORM WARNING...UNTIL 7 AM EST THURSDAY. * LOCATIONS...NORTHERN NEW YORK AND VERMONT. * HAZARD TYPES...HEAVY SNOW. * ACCUMULATIONS...8 TO 14 INCHES...WITH HIGHEST TOTALS ALONG THE EASTERN SLOPES OF THE ADIRONDACKS INTO PORTIONS OF THE FAR NORTHERN CHAMPLAIN VALLEY. * TIMING...MODERATE TO OCCASIONALLY HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE WARNING AREA THIS AFTERNOON BEFORE SLOWLY TAPERING OFF OVERNIGHT. THERE MAY BE PERIODS OF LIGHTER SNOW INTERMIXED BETWEEN AREAS OF HEAVIER SNOWFALL. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS EXPECTED WITH SNOWPACKED ROADS ALONG WITH BLOWING AN DRIFTING SNOW ACROSS THE SAINT LAWRENCE VALLEY. * WINDS...NORTHEAST 5 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...HIGHS AROUND 20. LOWS ZERO TO 10 ABOVE ZERO. * VISIBILITIES...AS LOW AS 1/4 MILE AT TIMES THROUGH EARLY EVENING. NEAR WHITE OUT CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE SAINT LAWRENCE VALLEY TODAY DUE PRIMARILY TO BLOWING SNOW. * PLEASE SUBMIT STORM REPORTS FOR THIS STORM TO WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BTV. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... DEEP SNOW COVER COULD BLOCK HEATING VENTS AND LEAD TO CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING...PLEASE CHECK AND REMOVE SNOW SEVERAL FEET AWAY FROM THESE VENTS. PLEASE STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...YOUR LOCAL MEDIA...OR GO TO WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BURLINGTON FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THIS WEATHER SITUATION. $$ JMG
428 WWUS41 KBTV 022016 WSWBTV URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT 316 PM EST WED FEB 2 2011 NYZ026>031-034-035-087-VTZ001>010-016>018-030415- /O.CON.KBTV.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-110203T1200Z/ 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-ORLEANS-ESSEX-WESTERN CHITTENDEN-LAMOILLE- CALEDONIA-WASHINGTON-WESTERN ADDISON-ORANGE-EASTERN FRANKLIN- EASTERN CHITTENDEN-EASTERN ADDISON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MASSENA...MALONE...PLATTSBURGH... STAR LAKE...SARANAC LAKE...TUPPER LAKE...DANNEMORA... LAKE PLACID...PORT HENRY...TICONDEROGA...OGDENSBURG...POTSDAM... GOUVERNEUR...ALBURGH...SOUTH HERO...ST. ALBANS...NEWPORT... ISLAND POND...BURLINGTON...JOHNSON...STOWE...ST. JOHNSBURY... MONTPELIER...MIDDLEBURY...VERGENNES...BRADFORD...RANDOLPH... ENOSBURG FALLS...RICHFORD...UNDERHILL...BRISTOL...RIPTON 316 PM EST WED FEB 2 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BURLINGTON CONTINUES THE WINTER STORM WARNING...UNTIL 7 AM EST THURSDAY. * LOCATIONS...NORTHERN NEW YORK AND VERMONT. * HAZARD TYPES...HEAVY SNOW. * ACCUMULATIONS...8 TO 15 INCHES. * TIMING...MODERATE TO OCCASIONALLY HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE WARNING AREA INTO THIS EVENING BEFORE SLOWLY TAPERING OFF OVERNIGHT. THERE MAY BE PERIODS OF LIGHTER SNOW INTERMIXED BETWEEN AREAS OF HEAVIER SNOWFALL AND BRIEF PERIODS OF SLEET THROUGH EARLY EVENING. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS EXPECTED WITH SNOWPACKED ROADS ALONG WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ACROSS THE SAINT LAWRENCE VALLEY. * WINDS...NORTH TO NORTHEAST 5 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...LOWS ZERO TO 10 ABOVE ZERO. * VISIBILITIES...AS LOW AS 1/4 MILE AT TIMES THROUGH EARLY EVENING. * PLEASE SUBMIT STORM REPORTS FOR THIS STORM TO WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BTV. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... DEEP SNOW COVER COULD BLOCK HEATING VENTS AND LEAD TO CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING...PLEASE CHECK AND REMOVE SNOW SEVERAL FEET AWAY FROM THESE VENTS. PLEASE STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...YOUR LOCAL MEDIA...OR GO TO WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BURLINGTON FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THIS WEATHER SITUATION. $$ JMG
551 WWUS41 KBTV 030437 WSWBTV URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT 1137 PM EST WED FEB 2 2011 NYZ026>031-034-035-087-VTZ001>010-016>018-031200- /O.CON.KBTV.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-110203T1200Z/ 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-ORLEANS-ESSEX-WESTERN CHITTENDEN-LAMOILLE- CALEDONIA-WASHINGTON-WESTERN ADDISON-ORANGE-EASTERN FRANKLIN- EASTERN CHITTENDEN-EASTERN ADDISON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MASSENA...MALONE...PLATTSBURGH... STAR LAKE...SARANAC LAKE...TUPPER LAKE...DANNEMORA... LAKE PLACID...PORT HENRY...TICONDEROGA...OGDENSBURG...POTSDAM... GOUVERNEUR...ALBURGH...SOUTH HERO...ST. ALBANS...NEWPORT... ISLAND POND...BURLINGTON...JOHNSON...STOWE...ST. JOHNSBURY... MONTPELIER...MIDDLEBURY...VERGENNES...BRADFORD...RANDOLPH... ENOSBURG FALLS...RICHFORD...UNDERHILL...BRISTOL...RIPTON 1137 PM EST WED FEB 2 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST THURSDAY. * LOCATIONS...NORTHERN NEW YORK AND VERMONT. * HAZARD TYPES...SNOW. * ACCUMULATIONS...8 TO 15 INCHES. * TIMING...LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE WARNING AREA INTO EARLY THIS MORNING...AND TAPER OFF TOWARDS SUNRISE. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS EXPECTED WITH SNOW PACKED ROADS. * WINDS...NORTH TO NORTHWEST 5 TO 15 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...LOWS ZERO TO 10 ABOVE ZERO. * PLEASE SUBMIT STORM REPORTS FOR THIS STORM TO WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BTV. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... DEEP SNOW COVER COULD BLOCK HEATING VENTS AND LEAD TO CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING...PLEASE CHECK AND REMOVE SNOW SEVERAL FEET AWAY FROM THESE VENTS. PLEASE STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...YOUR LOCAL MEDIA...OR GO TO WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BURLINGTON FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THIS WEATHER SITUATION. $$
961 WWUS41 KBTV 030552 WSWBTV URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT 1252 AM EST THU FEB 3 2011 NYZ026>031-034-035-087-VTZ001>010-016>018-030700- /O.CAN.KBTV.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-110203T1200Z/ NORTHERN ST. LAWRENCE-NORTHERN FRANKLIN-EASTERN CLINTON- SOUTHEASTERN ST. LAWRENCE-SOUTHERN FRANKLIN-WESTERN CLINTON- WESTERN ESSEX-EASTERN ESSEX-SOUTHWESTERN ST. LAWRENCE-GRAND ISLE- WESTERN FRANKLIN-ORLEANS-ESSEX-WESTERN CHITTENDEN-LAMOILLE- CALEDONIA-WASHINGTON-WESTERN ADDISON-ORANGE-EASTERN FRANKLIN- EASTERN CHITTENDEN-EASTERN ADDISON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MASSENA...MALONE...PLATTSBURGH... STAR LAKE...SARANAC LAKE...TUPPER LAKE...DANNEMORA... LAKE PLACID...PORT HENRY...TICONDEROGA...OGDENSBURG...POTSDAM... GOUVERNEUR...ALBURGH...SOUTH HERO...ST. ALBANS...NEWPORT... ISLAND POND...BURLINGTON...JOHNSON...STOWE...ST. JOHNSBURY... MONTPELIER...MIDDLEBURY...VERGENNES...BRADFORD...RANDOLPH... ENOSBURG FALLS...RICHFORD...UNDERHILL...BRISTOL...RIPTON 1252 AM EST THU FEB 3 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BURLINGTON HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING FOR NORTHERN NEW YORK AND VERMONT. SNOW HAS BEGUN TO TAPER OFF ACROSS THE REGION EARLY THIS MORNING... AND SHOULD DIMINISH OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS. SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS WILL PERSIST ACROSS THE CHAMPLAIN VALLEY AND PORTIONS OF NORTHERN VERMONT THROUGH SUNRISE...WITH ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES POSSIBLE. $$ 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 Jan 31, 12:55 PM EST, 2 hours 44 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 31, 12:55 PM EST, 2 hours 44 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT
1255 PM EST MON JAN 31 2011
.SYNOPSIS...
HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD OVER THE NORTH COUNTRY THROUGH TUESDAY
MORNING. THIS AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL LIFT NORTH TUESDAY AS A
STORM SYSTEM APPROACHES FROM THE SOUTHWEST. THIS SYSTEM WILL
AFFECT THE AREA FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING.
HIGH PRESSURE THEN RETURNS THURSDAY AFTERNOON INTO THE BEGINNING
OF NEXT WEEKEND.
&&
.NEAR TERM /UNTIL 7 PM THIS EVENING/...
AS OF 1014 AM EST MONDAY...NO UPDATE PLANNED TO GOING FORECAST.
SFC HIGH OVERHD THIS MORNING. TEMPS SLOW TO REBOUND FROM OVERNGT
LOWS...SO STILL EXPECTING TDY HIGHS IN THE SINGLE NUMBERS TO LOW
TEENS. SOME MID/HIGH CLDS WILL FILTER EAST INTO THE AREA BY THIS
AFTNOON SO WILL BE KEEPING MSUNNY ATTM.
PREVIOUS DISCUSSION...TODAY WILL BE UNSEASONABLY COLD BUT
PLEASANT WITH HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING OVER THE REGION AND SOME
SUNSHINE MAKING AN APPEARANCE. 850 TEMPS WILL BE IN THE NEGATIVE
TEENS...THEREFORE MAX TEMPS WILL BARELY REACH THE DOUBLE DIGITS
TODAY...THOUGH STILL ABOVE ZERO WHICH IS GOOD. WINDS WILL
GENERALLY BE LIGHT.
&&
.SHORT TERM /7 PM THIS EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...
AS OF 300 AM EST MONDAY...VERY INTERESTING FORECAST FOR THE SHORT
TERM. MONDAY NIGHT WILL START OUT COLD WITH MAINLY CLEAR SKIES
AND LIGHT WINDS STILL BEING THE STORY FOR THE FIRST PART OF THE
OVERNIGHT HOURS AT LEAST. TEMPS WILL DROP QUICKLY DURING THE
FIRST PART OF THE OVERNIGHT...THEN SLOWLY RISE THROUGH THE
OVERNIGHT HOURS. CLOUDS WILL INCREASE FROM THE SOUTHWEST
OVERNIGHT AHEAD OF APPROACHING WARM AIR ADVECTION AND AREA OF
LIGHT SNOW WHICH WILL AFFECT THE REGION TUESDAY. SNOW WILL SPREAD
SOUTH TO NORTH ACROSS OUR FORECAST AREA ON TUESDAY...TOTAL
ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM AROUND AN INCH ACROSS OUR NORTHERN
ZONES TO ABOUT THREE INCHES IN SOUTHERN VERMONT. TUESDAY WILL BE
WARMER THAN MONDAY WITH MAX TEMPS IN THE UPPER TEENS. A MORE
SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL EVENT WILL AFFECT THE ENTIRE FORECAST AREA
BEGINNING EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING...CONTINUING THROUGH EARLY
THURSDAY MORNING. THIS SYSTEM WILL HAVE ABUNDANT
MOISTURE...PRODUCING SIGNIFICANT QPF TOTALS...AND WIDESPREAD
HEAVY SNOW. FROM TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING EXPECT
THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH TO AN INCH AND A QUARTER OF QPF. THIS
WILL YIELD SNOWFALL TOTALS RANGING FROM EIGHT INCHES TO OVER
EIGHTEEN INCHES TOTAL. THE HIGHEST TOTALS WILL BE ACROSS SOUTHERN
AND CENTRAL VERMONT. THE SURFACE LOW WILL ORIGINATE OVER THE GULF
ON TUESDAY MORNING...THEN TRACK NORTH THROUGH THE SOUTHERN
MISSISSIPPI VALLEY ON TUESDAY...INTO THE OHIO VALLEY TUESDAY
NIGHT AND OFF THE NEW ENGLAND COAST ON WEDNESDAY. THERE SHOULD BE
A SHORT LULL IN THE SNOWFALL ON TUESDAY NIGHT AS WARM AIR
ADVECTION PRECIPITATION ENDS AND LOW PRESSURE APPROACHES THE
REGION WEDNESDAY MORNING. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL FALL ACROSS OUR
CWA ON WEDNESDAY...THEN SLOWLY BECOME LIGHTER AND END WEDNESDAY
NIGHT INTO EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. OVERNIGHT MIN TEMPS WILL BE
NEAR NORMAL BUT DAYTIME MAX TEMPS WILL STRUGGLE TO REACH THE 20S.
&&
.LONG TERM /WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY/...
AS OF 300 AM EST MONDAY...LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM EXITS QUICKLY ENEWD
THRU THE GULF OF MAINE WEDNESDAY NIGHT ALLOWING STEADY SNOW TO
GRADUALLY TAPER OFF TO LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS...ESPECIALLY AFTER
MIDNIGHT WEDNESDAY NIGHT. MAY BE AN ADDITIONAL 2-4" OF SNOWFALL
ACCUMULATION 00-06Z THURSDAY...MAINLY FOR CENTRAL/ERN VT AS LOW
DEPARTS EAST. SFC RIDGE BUILDS IN QUICKLY DURING THE DAY THURSDAY
AND SHOULD RESULT IN PARTLY TO MOSTLY SUNNY CONDITIONS. THE 00Z
MODELS HAVE BACKED OFF ON THE ARCTIC AIR IN THE WAKE OF THE
LOW...THOUGH TEMPS SHOULD BE SOMEWHAT BELOW SEASONABLE LEVELS.
WITH 850MB TEMPS -12C TO -14C SHOULD SEE HIGHS IN THE UPR TEENS
TO LOWER 20S. A SHORTWAVE TROUGH MOVES THRU FRIDAY BRINGING A
CHANCE OF LIGHT SNOW SHOWER ACTIVITY WITH MINOR SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS POSSIBLE. WILL HIGHLIGHT HIGHEST POPS IN THE MTNS.
YET ANOTHER HATTERAS LOW POSSIBLE SATURDAY-SUNDAY. THE 00Z
OPERATIONAL GFS HAS A SFC LOW TRACK NEAR 40N 70W BENCHMARK
KEEPING BULK OF SNOWFALL SOUTH AND EAST OF THE NORTH COUNTRY. THE
00Z GFS ENSEMBLE MEAN IS CLOSER TO CAPE COD AND THE ISLANDS WITH
SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOW POSSIBLE ESPECIALLY ERN/SERN VT. THE 00Z
ECMWF IS THE FURTHEST OFFSHORE WITH MINIMAL PCPN IMPACTS TO THE
NORTH COUNTRY.
WILL GO WITH CHANCE POPS ATTM SATURDAY AFTN THRU SUNDAY MORNING.
IF NOTHING ELSE...SNOW SHOWERS WOULD OCCUR WITH BROAD UPR TROUGH
MOVING ACROSS NY/NEW ENGLAND. WE/LL MONITOR POTENTIAL LOW TRACK
AND ALTER POPS AS WE GET CLOSER TO THE EVENT AS NEEDED.
TEMPERATURES SHOULD MODERATE DURING THE WEEKEND WITH HIGHS IN THE
MID TO UPR 20S.
&&
.AVIATION /18Z MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/...
THROUGH 18Z TUESDAY...VFR BECOMING IFR 9-12Z TUE THEN PERSISTING
THROUGH 18Z.
HIGH PRESSURE CENTERED RIGHT OVER THE REGION 00Z TUE WITH LIGHT
WINDS.
HIGH AND MID CLOUDS WILL INCREASE AND LOWER OVERNIGHT AS A WARM
FRONT STRENGTHS AND BEGINS TO LIFT NWD FROM THE UPPER OHIO RIVER
VALLEY. SHOULD SEE BKN- OVC100-120 MUCH OF TONIGHT...LOWERING TO
OVC050-060 AFT 06-09Z. HAVE PUT SOME VFR VSBY SNOW SHOWERS (COULD
BE LOCALLY LOWER VSBY) AS WARM ADVECTION SNOWS TEND TO START
SOONER THAN MODELS INDICATE BUT NOT REAL CERTAIN OF THIS.
EXPECT PREVAILING IFR 1SM VSBY IN EVERYWHERE GENERALLY BEGINNING
10-14Z. COULD BE SOME 1/2SM FOR A TIME ESPECIALLY KRUT/KMPV BUT
JUST WANTED TO SHOW THE HIGHER CONFIDENCE IFR FOR NOW.
18Z TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...
TUE...IFR -SN WITH WARM FRONTAL LIFT DIMINISHING/IMPROVING BY EVENING.
WED...LIFR LCL VLIFR SN/+SN WITH LOW TRACK KPHL TO KACK.
THU...AREAS IFR EARLY THEN VFR NRLY FLOW BEHIND THE LOW.
FRI...MAINLY VFR...LCL IFR -SHSN WITH W-SW FLOW.
SAT...MAINLY VFR...LCL IFR -SNSH WITH LOW PRESSURE SOUTH OF NEW ENG.
&&
.BTV WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
VT...WINTER STORM WATCH FROM TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY
NIGHT FOR VTZ001>012-016>019.
NY...WINTER STORM WATCH FROM TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY
NIGHT FOR NYZ026>031-034-035-087.
&&
SYNOPSIS...NEILES
NEAR TERM...JN/NEILES
SHORT TERM...NEILES
LONG TERM...BANACOS
AVIATION...SISSONHazardous weather outlook, Jan 31, 3:19 AM EST, 12 hours 20 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT 319 AM EST MON JAN 31 2011 NYZ026>031-034-035-087-VTZ001>012-016>019-010830- 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-ORLEANS-ESSEX-WESTERN CHITTENDEN-LAMOILLE-CALEDONIA- WASHINGTON-WESTERN ADDISON-ORANGE-WESTERN RUTLAND-WINDSOR- EASTERN FRANKLIN-EASTERN CHITTENDEN-EASTERN ADDISON-EASTERN RUTLAND- 319 AM EST MON JAN 31 2011 ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHERN NEW YORK...CENTRAL VERMONT...NORTHEAST VERMONT...NORTHWEST VERMONT AND SOUTHERN VERMONT. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. WINTER STORM WATCH. .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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 31, 3:26 AM EST | Winter Storm Watch | BTV | Clinton, Essex, Franklin, St. Lawrence | 12 hr |
Nearby
Winter Storm Warnings in Vermont, 2011Winter Storm Warnings in New York, 2011Every winter storm warning in 2011
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.