A storm moved across the province of Quebec during the afternoon and evening of September 17th. The associated cold front moved across the area during the late afternoon.
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The episode as NWS BTV wrote it up.
A storm moved across the province of Quebec during the afternoon and evening of September 17th. The associated cold front moved across the area during the late afternoon. Showers and thunderstorms interacted with winds aloft with a short lived episode of gusty winds in north central Vermont. In East Barre, winds uprooted a few trees. In addition, the soil was very moist from previous rain.
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 Sep 17, 2:25 PM EST, 2 hours 35 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT 325 PM EDT SAT SEP 17 2005 .SHORT TERM (TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY)... REMNANTS OF LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WHICH DROPPED A LOT OF LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN TO PARTS OF ST LAW CTY...CONTINUES TO PUSH SLOWLY THRU THE CWA. THIS IS ENHANCED BY UPPER TROUGH BEHIND SFC LOW. RADAR SHOWING RW AND NOW SOME TRW FORMING OVER CVLY AND MVG EAST/NORTHEAST. WILL HAVE TO WATCH FOR ANY POTENTIAL +R AREAS FROM THESE AREAS TNGT. MOST PRECIP SEEMS TO BE CONCENTRATED IN AREAS CVLY AND EAST...SO WILL HAVE HIR CHANCE POPS HERE...ESPECIALLY IN N NVT WHERE THIS WILL BE LAST TO SEE PRECIP EXIT. MDLS WANT TO SLOWLY MV PRECIP OUT OF REGION INTO TOMORROW...BUT THINKING A BIT TO SLOW...SO WILL TAPER OFF TO SL CHANCE AFT MIDNIGHT...AND INTRODUCE FG AS WELL. CLD COVER SHOULD INHIBIT SOME...BUT EXPECT TO FORM W/ ABUNDANT LL MOISTURE AND LGT WINDS OVER ENTIRE AREA. SKIES WILL SLOWLY CLR FROM WEST TO EAST ON SUNDAY. WILL GO WITH NO PRECIP AFT MIDDAY...BUT KEEP SOME CLD COVER ESPECIALLY OVER NE VT. HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN OVER FOR SUN NGT INTO MON. WEAK FRNT WILL TRY TO DROP SOUTH OVER CWA DURING DAY MON...BUT SYSTEM TOO FAR NORTH W/ HIGH OVER AREA...SO WILL LEAVE OUT MENTION OF PRECIP. NEXT SYSTEM TO AFFECT REGION WILL APPROACH FROM GREAT LKS LATE MON NGT THRU TUES. WILL START OFF PRECIP AS -RW...BUT HAVE ADDED IN CHANCE FOR -TRW DURING DAYTIME HRS AS DAYTIME HEATING AND S/SW FLOW WORKS OVER AREA. && .LONG TERM (TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY)... LOW PRESSURE MOVES THROUGH CENTRAL QUEBEC OVERNIGHT WEDNESDAY NIGHT WITH ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT PASSAGE AFTER MIDNIGHT. THEREAFTER HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD IN FROM OHIO VALLEY KEEPING THINGS DRY THROUGH THURSDAY. TEMPERATURES SHOULD REMAIN SEASONAL WITH 850 TEMPS AROUND +10C FOR WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY THOUGH FRIDAY MAY BE A LITTLE ABOVE NORMAL WITH 850 TEMPS PROGGED TO BE AROUND +14C. FORECAST BECOMES MORE COMPLEX TOWARDS THE WEEKEND WHEN COLD FRONT MOVING THROUGH UPPER MIDWEST INTO SOUTHERN CANADA STALLS ON FRIDAY WITH MAIN BOUNDARY AT THIS TIME LOOKING TO SETUP NORTH OF THE CANADIAN BORDER. SEVERAL SHORTWAVES RIDE ALONG THIS BOUNDARY GIVING CONSIDERABLE PRECIP TO SOUTHERN QUEBEC. AT THIS TIME WILL MENTION CHANCE POPS IN FORECAST THOUGH POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR STEADY RAINS FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY IF THE ABOVE MENTIONED BOUNDARY SETS UP FARTHER SOUTH IN FUTURE MODELS. && .AVIATION... TROPICAL STORM OPHELIA PROVIDING THE FORECAST AREA WITH MVFR/IFR CEILINGS THIS AFTERNOON AND EXPECT THESE CONDITIONS TO CONTINUE OVERNIGHT. AS WINDS BECOME LIGHT EXPECT FOG FORMATION AT KSLK AND KMPV AFTER MIDNIGHT. DRIER AND COOLER AIR BEGINS TO FILTER INTO THE REGION TOMORROW AFTER 12Z SO EXPECT CONDITIONS TO BE IMPROVING FROM WEST TO EAST AFTER 12Z...THOUGH CEILING SHOULD REMAIN BKN-OVC IN MVFR CATEGORY INTO THE AFTERNOON HOURS. && .BTV WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... VT...NONE. NY...NONE. && SHORT TERM...JN LONG TERM...LAHIFF AVIATION...LAHIFF
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT 603 AM EDT SAT SEP 17 2005 NYZ026>031-034-035-087-VTZ001>012-016>019-181015- 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- 603 AM EDT SAT SEP 17 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHERN NEW YORK...SOUTHERN VERMONT...CENTRAL VERMONT...NORTHWEST VERMONT AND NORTHEAST VERMONT. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SHOWERS ARE LIKELY...BUT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 strong wind. Local standard time, as filed.
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