1 lightning, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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NWS Burlington, VT wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 26, 8:32 AM EST, 5 hours 53 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT 932 AM EDT SAT JUN 26 2004 .SHORT TERM... SHOWERS ACROSS SOUTHERN AND EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE CWA CONTINUE TO DISSIPATE THIS MORNING AS THE CD FRNT CONTINUES TO SLIDE SLOWLY OFF TO THE EAST. MOST ACTIVITY NOW RESIDES IN NH/ME WITH LCL RADAR SHOWING SCATTERED RW IN EASTERN VT. CLDS ASSOCIATED W/ BACK EDGE OF FRNT ALSO CONTINUE TO SLIDE EAST. EXPECT SKY CONDITIONS TO IMPROVE TOWARDS AFTERNOON. NEXT FOR THE CWA IS THE SHORT WAVE THAT HAS DEVELOPED WEST OF THE ST LAW VALLEY...IN ONTARIO. CLDS W/ THIS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP W/ EACH SATELLITE LOOP AND IS FORECASTED TO MV EAST OVER CWA TDY. SOME LIGHT RW HAVE POPPED UP IN LATEST OBS IN ONTARIO. LACK OF MOISTURE OVER CLR PART OF CWA W/ COOLER TEMPS...MAY NOT TRIGGER MUCH IN THE WAY OF RW BUT WILL CONTINUE W/ SLIGHT CHANCE FOR THIS AFTERNOON. WILL UPDATE FIRST PERIOD TO CLEAN UP MORNING WORDING AND ADJUST CLD COVER IN AREAS ALREADY BEHIND BACK EDGE OF FRNT. WILL TWEAK TEMPS AS WELL. AREAS ALREADY IN THE CLR ARE WARMING UP NICELY BUT MAY ADJUST TEMPS IN AREAS CURRENTLY UNDER CLDS IN EASTERN VT. && .PREVIOUS DISCUSION... .SHORT TERM (TODAY THRU MON)... SHARP S/WV OVER MICHIGAN WILL MOVE INTO NRN NY THIS AFTERNOON...BUT MOISTURE ASOCIATED WITH SRN NEW ENGLAND SFC LOW AND CURRENTLY CAUSING RAIN IN THE CT VLY OF SRN VT WILL REMAIN DISPLACED EAST OF THE APCHG S/WV. BAND OF CLEAR SKIES BETWEEN THE SYSTEMS SUGGESTS AT LEAST PARTLY SUNNY IN THE CHAMPLAIN VLY...EVEN WITH DEVELOPING DIURNAL CU AND APCH OF GREAT LAKES S/WV BY LATE AFTN. MAX TEMPS TODAY ARE DIFFICULT AND LIMITED BY COOL H8 TEMPS EVERYWHERE AND LOCAL CLOUD MAXIMA IN THE CT VLY AND PERHAPS IN NRN NY BY LATE AFTN. DECIDED TO UNDERCUT MAV MOSS GUIDANCE BY ABOUT 3 DEGREES MOST AREAS. SUNDAY AND MONDAY SHOULD BE DRY DAYS BUT WITH CONTINUED UNSEASONABLY COOL TEMPERATURES. EXPECT PARTLY CLOUDY AND ALMOST BREEZY AT TIMES DURING THE DAYS BUT CLEARER SKIES...VERY COOL TEMPS...AND LIGHTER WINDS AT NIGHT. && .LONG TERM (MON NGT-FRI)... NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGES TO FORECAST ISSUED ON FRIDAY AFTERNOON FOR THIS PERIOD. GLAD WE HAVE PRECIP FORECAST FOR TUES NGT INTO WEDNESDAY. THERE IS INCREASING POTENTIAL FOR AN ALMOST WINTER-LIKE CYCLOGENESIS ALONG THE NEW ENGLAND COAST DURING THIS PERIOD AS A COUPLE MSTR-LADEN SRN STREAM S/WVS MAY BE CAPTURED BY FINAL S/WV AND POLAR JET SWINGING AROUND THE HUDSON BAY UPPER CLSD LOW. EXTENDED GUIDANCE NOW INDICATES THE MEAN UPPER TROF WILL BE FILLING AND SHIFTING EASTWARD TO THE MARITIMES DURING THE END OF NEXT WEEK...SUGGESTING DRY WEATHER AND A SLOW WARMING TREND TOWARD NORMAL TEMPERATURES. && .AVIATION... A REAL MIX OF REASONS FOR AREAS OF LOW CLOUDS THIS MORNING. DEEP LAYERED CLOUDS...LIGHT RAIN...AND OROGRAPHIC LOW LEVEL SATURATION STILL EXIST ALONG MID LEVEL BAROCLININC ZONE STILL IN THE CENTRAL AND SRN GREEN MTNS AND CT VLY...BUT SLOWLY SHIFTING EASTWARD. LOW CLOUDS SHOULD DISSIPATE BY MID MORNING IN THIS AREA BUT MID CLOUDS MAY LINGER INTO THE AFTN. THE CHAMPLAIN AND ST LAWRENCE VLYS ARE MOSTLY CLEAR AND SHOULD STAY THAT WAY UNTIL DIURNAL STRATOCU FORMS AROUND NOON WITH SOLAR HEATING AND APCH OF GT LAKES S/WV. OVER THE ADIRONDACKS PATCHY RADIATIONAL FOG AND VERY LOW CEILINGS ARE OCCURRING LOCALLY BUT SHOULD DISSIPATE TO A COUPLE HOURS OF MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES DURING MID MORNING BEFORE DIURNAL STRATOCU FORM. DURING MID TO LATE AFTN...DIURNAL CU MAY DVLP INTO LCL SHOWERS...ESPECIALLY ALG THE CANADIAN BORDER OF NRN NY. && .BTV WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... VT...NONE. NY...NONE. && BELL/RS
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT 627 AM EDT SAT JUN 26 2004 NYZ026>031-034-035-087-VTZ001>012-016>019-271026- CALEDONIA-EASTERN ADDISON-EASTERN CHITTENDEN-EASTERN CLINTON- EASTERN ESSEX-EASTERN FRANKLIN-EASTERN RUTLAND-ESSEX-GRAND ISLE- LAMOILLE-NORTHERN FRANKLIN-NORTHERN ST. LAWRENCE-ORANGE-ORLEANS- SOUTHEASTERN ST. LAWRENCE-SOUTHERN FRANKLIN- SOUTHWESTERN ST. LAWRENCE-WASHINGTON-WESTERN ADDISON- WESTERN CHITTENDEN-WESTERN CLINTON-WESTERN ESSEX-WESTERN FRANKLIN- WESTERN RUTLAND-WINDSOR- 627 AM EDT SAT JUN 26 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR VERMONT AND NORTHERN NEW YORK. .DAY ONE...TODAY: HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY: HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Lightning strike resulted in a fire with minor damage to a house.
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