A strong low pressure system moved through the eastern Great Lakes and into southern Canada Thursday morning, November 13th. Strong winds preceded and followed the passage of the storm system.
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The episode as NWS BTV wrote it up.
A strong low pressure system moved through the eastern Great Lakes and into southern Canada Thursday morning, November 13th. Strong winds preceded and followed the passage of the storm system. Scattered power outages were reported throughout both Addison and Chittenden counties. Winds in both the Middlebury and Burlington areas were estimated around 40 mph (35 knots).
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 Nov 13, 9:55 AM EST, 4 hours 5 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT 955 AM EST THU NOV 13 2003 .DISCUSSION...WILL UPDATE FIRST PERIOD IN ALL ZONE GROUPINGS TO REMOVE ANY MORNING WORDING. LOOKING AT LATEST DATA FROM AROUND NORTHEAST AND PARTS OF CANADA...WIND GUSTS OVER 50 MPH BEING REPORTED IN SOME SPOTS. WITH STRONG LOW NOW TRACKING OVER SOUTHERN QUEBEC...WESTERN ZONES FOR CWA WILL SEE WARNING CRITERIA. REST OF FA WILL SEE WINDS INCREASE DURING THE AFTERNOON AS W/NW WINDS KICK IN FROM WEST TO EAST. WILL UPDATED ZONES TO BUMP UP WINDS FROM BREEZY TO WINDY ESPECIALLY IN OUR SOUTHERN ZONES WHERE WIND AXIS WILL SHIFT TO W/NW DIRECTION BEFORE NORTHERN/EASTERN ZONES WILL. TWEAKED TEMPS DOWN A BIT BASED ON LATEST SET OF OBS...AND WHERE LOWERED INTO LOWER TO MID 30S...ADDED CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW WITH UP TO AN INCH ACCUMULATION. NO OTHER CHANGES PLANNED. RDF/GRIDS HAVE BEEN UPDATED...WEB GRAPHICS SENT. FINAL UPDATED ZONES OUT BY 10 AM. && JN .PREVIOUS DISCUSSION... UPGRADED HI WIND WATCH TO WRNGS FOR TDA/TNGT ST LAW VLY/ADRNDCKS AND RST OF FA FOR JUST TNGT. WINTER STORM WATCHES FOR ADRNDCKS AND NRN GREEN MTNS UPGRADED TO WRNG FOR TNGT. WIND THREAT...MAIN CONCERN FOR HI WINDS TDA WL BE ACRS W ZNS... MAINLY THIS MRNG AS THIS AREA IS TYPICALLY SUSCEPTIBLE WITH STG WSW GRAD BHND OCCLUSIONS. BUFKIT SNDGS INDCTG PSBL G50KTS THIS AM WITH MIXING FM 4K FT. BRF LULL IN WINDS ERLY TAFTN W ZNS AS DEEP LOW MVS JUST N OF RGN THEN INCRG AGN LT TDA AS FLOW BCMS MORE NW. DMGG GUSTS TO 50+KTS PSBL ALL ZONES TNGT AS LLJ 50-60KTS 3-4K FT WITH GOOD MIXING IN CAA PATTERN. XPCT WIND TO DMNSH A BIT FRI AS DEEP LOW FILLS AND INVRN HGT LWRS. BUT STILL QUITE WINDY AS SNDGS SHWG POTL FOR G40KTS...ESP ACRS ERN ZNS. FOR TDA...DRY SLOT ACRS ERN ZNS FOR MCH OF TDA WHILE SGFNT WRAPARND MSTR WL MOVE ACRS W ZNS THIS MRNG RCHG E ZNS LTR TAFTN. SNDGS/LL THKNS FIELDS SHW PTYPE TRANSITIONING TO ALL SNW IN THE ADRNDCKS BY MIDDAY AND VT MTNS DURG AFTN BUT PRBLY RMNG RA/SNW MIX ELSW TAFTN AS LLVL THERMAL PROFILE IS MRGNL. MNTND UP TO 2 ACCUM ADRNDCKS WHERE QPF GREATEST. NOT XPCTG MCH QPF THRU LT TDA ACRS VT SO NO MNTN OF ACCUM IN VT MTNS. UPSLOPE SNOW THREAT...STILL LOOKS VRY GOOD FOR SGFNT SNWFALL FOR FVRD NW UPSLOPE AREAS OF ADRNDCKS/NRN VT. CUTOFF LOW NE OF FA WITH DEEP MSTR IN PLC AND INTENSE MESOSCALE LL OMEGA WITH 50-60KT NW FLOW SLAMMING UP AGAINST MTNS. HVIEST SNWFALL LKLY 00-06Z WHEN MSTR AND LL LPS RATES ARE AND GREATEST. MSTR DECRS A BIT AFT 06Z BUT STDY SNWFALL WL CONT. USED ETA12 QPF AS A GUIDE FOR POTL ACCUM AS IT HAS BN VRY CONSISTENT LAST SVRL RUNS. 12HR QPF 00-12Z TNGT IS 0.5+ FOR MCH OF THE THREAT AREA WITH AMTS APCHG 1 NRN GREEN MTNS. WENT FOR 4-8 FOR ADRNDCKS/CNTRL GREEN MTNS AND 6-10 NRN GREEN MTNS. SNW WL LKLY LINGER INTO FRI MRNG...ESP NRN GREENS WHERE AN ADDITL 1-2 PSBL...THEN RPD DECRG MSTR WL CUT OFF ACCUMULATING SNW. FOR REST OF FA TNGT...WENT 1 OR LESS ST LAW VLY...1-2 CHMPLN VLY AND 1-3 SRN GREENS/UPR CT VLY RGN. NO MNTN OF ACCUM FOR SRN VT VLYS AS SGFNT DOWNSLOPE SHD LIMIT ACCUM TO A DUSTING. MADE VRY LTL CHG TO FCST BYND FRI. DRY WX WITH MODERATING TREND THRU THIS WEEKEND. ETA APRS TOO AGRESSV WITH BRINGING MSTR INTO FA SUN. LEANED TWD GFS/CNDN SOLN WHICH KEEPS FA DRY SUN WITH MSTR W OF FA. NO CHGS TO EXTENDED. .BTV WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... VT...HIGH WIND WARNING TONIGHT VTZ001>012-016>019. WINTER STORM WARNING TONIGHT VTZ003-006-008-016>018. NY...HIGH WIND WARNING TODAY AND TONIGHT NYZ026>031-034-035-087. HIGH WIND WARNING TONIGHT NYZ028-035. WINTER STORM WARNING TONIGHT NYZ029>031-034. && KJC
NYZ026>031-034-035-087-VTZ001>012-016>019-131130- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT 429 AM EST THU NOV 13 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL AND NORTHERN VERMONT AS WELL AS NORTHERN NEW YORK. .DAY ONE...TODAY... A STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL PRODUCE STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS ACROSS THE AREA TODAY AND TONIGHT. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 60 MPH ARE POSSIBLE...WHICH MAY DOWN TREES AND POWER LINES...CAUSING SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES. IN ADDITION...AS MOISTURE WRAPS AROUND THE SYSTEM THIS EVENING... NUMEROUS SNOW SHOWERS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE REGION. A GENERAL DUSTING TO TWO INCH SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA. HOWEVER... FAVORED AREAS ALONG THE NORTHERN AND WESTERN SLOPES OF THE GREEN AND ADIRONDACK MOUNTAINS WILL RECEIVE HEAVIER ACCUMULATIONS. AS A RESULT WINTER STORM WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR THESE REGIONS TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER EXPECTED. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO RELAY ANY REPORTS OF WIND DAMAGE OR SNOWFALL REPORTS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT TODAY AND TONIGHT. JMG
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
4 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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