A storm system moved northeast from coastal New Jersey Thursday, March 22nd into the Gulf of Maine during Friday, March 23rd. Significant snow fell across the area.
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The episode as NWS BTV wrote it up.
A storm system moved northeast from coastal New Jersey Thursday, March 22nd into the Gulf of Maine during Friday, March 23rd. Significant snow fell across the area. The snow was wet with power outages and a few accidents. Snowfall was generally around 7 inches but locally higher in the mountains.
The local office's own words before the first event, 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 the first event at Mar 22, 10:47 AM EST, 1 hour 13 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT
1047 AM EST THU MAR 22 2001
SFC LOW ABT 100 MI W OF THE BENCHMARK AND 12Z MDLS SMLR IN TRACKING
LOW ACRS THE CAPE TNGT. IR LOOP SHWS WELL DEFINED TROP CONNECTION
WITH DEEP LYRD MSTR STREMAING NWD FM TROP ATCTC THEN WWD ACRS FA.
COLD CLD TOPS STREAMING NW FM E CSTL NEW ENG AND WITH WELL DEFINED
NEG TILT TROF AND STG LL ELY INFLOW XPCT THIS CONVEYER BELT OF DEEP
MSTR/UVV TO CONT SO OCNL HVY SNOW TO CONT INTO AT LEAST THIS EVNG...
ESP HIR ELEVATIONS FM ADRNDCKS EWD. 12Z MDL QPF CONFIRMS THIS WITH
OVER 1 LIQUID AFT 12Z ERN ZNS. SNWFALL RATES OF 1+/HR LKLY THRU
THIS AFTN WITH UP TO AN ADDITL 12 IN FVRD HIR ELEV LOCNS THRU TNGT.
THIS WL BE A CLASSIC ELEVATION STORM. ALRDY RPTS OF 12+ OVR HIR
TRRN CNTRL VT/ADRNDCKS WHILE ONLY 2-6 IN VLYS. TMPS AOA FRZG LMTG
SNW ACCUM IN THESE RGNS BUT AS TMPS COOL A BIT LTR TDA/TNGT SNW WL
ACCUM MORE EASILY IN LOW ELEV.
UPR CT VLY WL EXPERIENCE WHITE MTN SHADOW AS STG SE H8 FLOW RSLTS IN
SIG DOWNSLOPE. MWN WND 11075G98KT DOES NOT BODE WELL FOR HVY SNOW
NRN CT VLY. 1V4 EXPERIENCING EFFECTS WITH ONLY 1 AND WRMST TMP IN
FA AT 36...MAY ENEN GET SOME RA MIXED IN.
FOR UPDATE WL SPLIT SNW ACCUM FOR VLYS/HIR ELEV. HAV LWRD ACCUM FOR
VLYS WHILE INCRG AMTS IN HIR ELEV. WUD NOT BE SURPRISED TO SEE LCLY
UP TO 2 FT IN E ADRNDCKS/HIR ELEV CNTRL/N VT BY FRI AM.
.BTV...WINTER STORM WARNING VTZ001>012-NYZ026>031-034-035
THROUGH TONIGHT.
KJCThe national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 winter storm. Local standard time, as filed.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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