A strong area of low pressure moved from the Great Lakes across southern Quebec province Canada during the late morning and afternoon of the 24th, accompanied by a cold front. The combination of a tight pressure gradient and the arrival of colder air behind the cold front created strong winds with gusts up to 50 mph during the late morning and afternoon.
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The episode as NWS BTV wrote it up.
A strong area of low pressure moved from the Great Lakes across southern Quebec province Canada during the late morning and afternoon of the 24th, accompanied by a cold front. The combination of a tight pressure gradient and the arrival of colder air behind the cold front created strong winds with gusts up to 50 mph during the late morning and afternoon. There were several reports of small trees, branches and powerlines down in Clinton, Essex, Franklin and St. Lawrence counties that resulted in power outages and isolated structural damage. Some specific communities affected included Chazy (Clinton), Altona (Clinton), Keeseville (Essex), Scotia (Clinton), Black Brook (Clinton), Morrisonville (Clinton) and Duane (Franklin), where a tree limb fell on a house and caused some minor roof damage. Some observed wind gusts included 49 mph at Fort Covington (Franklin), 45 mph at Saranac Lake (Franklin), 44 mph at Massena (St. Lawrence) and 41 mph at Plattsburgh (Clinton).
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 24, 11:33 AM EST, 27 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT 1233 PM EDT SUN SEP 24 2006 .SHORT TERM /REST OF TODAY/... MADE SOME MINOR CHANGES TO FORECAST WITH CLEAR SLOT REMAINING INTACT AND MOVING EAST ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA THIS AFTERNOON. THIS IS ALLOWING FOR MORE SUNSHINE...SLIGHTLY WARMER TEMPERATURES... BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY WILL ENHANCE THE WINDS AS MIXING BECOMES MAXIMIZED. MEANWHILE SOUTH CENTRAL VERMONT WILL CONTINUE TO SEE THE GREATEST AREAL COVERAGE OF PRECIPITATION WHILE SHALLOW BAND OF SHOWERS DEVELOPS IN RESPONSE TO SHORTWAVE TROUGH ACROSS SOUTHEAST ONTARIO PROVINCE. THIS WILL MOVE INTO NORTHERN NEW YORK THIS AFTERNOON AND WILL TIME THIS SECONDARY AREA OF PRECIPITATION. SO MINOR CHANGES TO ALL ZONES REGARDING THE ABOVE...BUT THE WIND ADVISORY STILL REMAINS IN PLACE. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 1106 AM EDT SUN SEP 24 2006/ SHORT TERM /REST OF TODAY THROUGH TONIGHT/... HAVE MADE ONLY MINOR CHANGES TO GOING FORECAST BUT KEY ELEMENTS SUCH AS WIND ADVISORY REMAIN INTACT. HAVE ALREADY HAD WIND GUSTS TO 37 KNOTS AT KMSS. CLEAR SLOT ALONG THE SAINT LAWRENCE VALLEY HAS CONTRIBUTED TO MORE MIXING...THUS ALLOWING FOR THE STRONG WINDS. ANY CLEARING IN THE DRY SLOT AS IT PROPAGATES EAST WILL CONTRIBUTE TO STRONGER WINDS MIXING DOWN ACROSS THE NORTHERN ADIRONDACKS AND NORTHWEST VERMONT. THUS WIND ADVISORY IS IN REAL GOOD SHAPE AND NO CHANGES NEEDED. BAND OF PRECIPITATION ACROSS NORTHWEST VERMONT AND EXTENDING SOUTHWEST INTO EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK WILL BE THE MAIN AREA OF PRECIPITATION AND WILL CARRY THE HIGHEST PROBABILITIES OVER MUCH OF EASTERN VERMONT THIS AFTERNOON...WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS ELSEWHERE. SCATTERED SHOWERS WILL BE THE RESULT OF SHORTWAVE TROUGH MOVING ALONG THE US/CANADIAN BORDER LATER TODAY AND ENHANCE THE POTENTIAL FOR SHOWERS...THIS ALREADY OCCURRING JUST TO THE EAST OF LAKE HURON. VERTICAL EXTENT OF THE SHOWERS SHOULD REMAIN RELATIVELY SHALLOW...THUS FEEL THUNDER THREAT IS MINIMAL AND WILL REMOVE FROM THE FORECAST. TEMPERATURE FORECASTS IN REAL GOOD SHAPE FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. ONLY CHANGE TONIGHT IS TO GO WITH MOVE CLOUD COVER AS SATELLITE IMAGERY SHOWS PLENTY OF CLOUD COVER ON BACKSIDE OF SHORTWAVE TROUGH. WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST TONIGHT AND STILL BE GUSTY INITIALLY..BEFORE TAPERING OFF LATER TONIGHT. SHOULD ONLY HAVE SOME SCATTERED SHOWERS EARLY IN THE EVENING AND HAVE FOCUSED THEM DURING THIS TIME FRAME. PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 437 PM EDT SUN SEP 24 2006/ SHORT TERM /TODAY THROUGH TUESDAY/... WIND ADVRSY CONTS ACRS NRN NY AND NW VT...WITH BREEZY/WINDY CONDS JUST BLW ADVRSY CRITERIA ELSEWHERE. CURRENT SFC ANALYSIS PLACES OCLUDED LO OVR LK HURRON WITH CDFNT FM LK ERIE TO WRN KY. SATL IMAGERY PLACES H/5 TROF/LO OVR WRN MI ATTM. MODELS TRACK THIS UPR LVL FEATURE INTO GEORGIAN BAY BY 12Z THEN INTO SW QUE 18-00Z LTR TDY. APRS TO BE A WK SCNDRY H/5 TROF FCST TO MOV ACRS FA LATE TNGT AND ERLY MONDAY. NWS DOPPLER RADAR HAS LGT RAIN SHWRS MOVG ACRS NY STATE AND NRN TWO THIRDS OF VT ATTM AND MORE SHWRS ARE LINING UP ACRS WRN LK ONT. THIS STORM SYS OVR LK HURRON WL TRACK NE INTO SW QUE DURG THIS MRNG AND THEN ACRS QUE BY EVE. ASOCD CDFNT MOVS ACRS NRN NY LATE MRNG AND VT DURG THE AFTN. HV REMOVED GSTY WINDS WORDING WITH TSTMS...HOWEVER HV CONTINUED WINDY CONDS ASOCD WITH SYNOPTIC PATTERN. BY AFTN GNRLY EXPC WNDS BCMG SW 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 40-50 MPH...WITH STGEST WINDS IN NRN NY AND NW VT. IT WILL BE WINDY ON LAKE CHAMPLAIN TDY. FOLLOWING CDFNT LTR TDY WNDS SHFT INTO W AND NW WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH THIS EVE...THEN DIMINISHING TO AROUND 10 MPH LATER TNGT. HV GONE CLOSE TO MAV TEMPS...ALTHO WITH CLDS AND WND NOT QUITE SO COLD TNGT. LONG TERM /TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY/... NO BIG CHGS TO EXTENDED FCST. FAIRLY BENIGN WEATHER FOR TUES THRU THURS WITH WK SFC HIGH ACRS AREA. NXT WX SYS WL BE RESPONSE TO DIGGING H/5 TROF MOVG THRU CNTRL GRTLKS THURS NGT AND FRI MOVG INTO QUE FRI NGT AND SAT. SFC LOW AND COLD FRONT MOVS FM ERN GRTLKS THURS NGT AND INTO CANADA FRI AND SAT. THUSWL CONT CHC RAIN SHWRS THURS NGT INTO SAT. AVIATION... INTENSIFYING LOW PRESSURE WILL BE TRACKING UP THRU THE ST LWR VLY TDY...WHILE CDFNT ASSOCD WITH THE LOW MOVES ACRS NRN NY THIS AM AND VT THIS PM. A WIDE ASSORTMENT OF WX PROBLEMS TO CONTEND WITH AS THIS SYSTEM MAKES ITS WAY ACRS OUR AREA. SHWRS OVERSPREADING NRN TIER OF ZONES EARLY THIS AM ACPYD BY MVFR CIGS/VSBYS. LOCALLY DENSE FOG IN CT VLY RGN ATTM...EXPECTED TO DISSIPATE BY 12Z AS SFC WNDS INCREASE. EXPECT LLWS TO BE A PROBLEM AT ALL TAF SITES UNTIL ABOUT 14Z AS SFC WNDS RMN RATHER LIGHT BUT WNDS AT 2KFT APRCH 50 KTS. SFC WNDS THEN INCR MID-LATE MORNING TO 15 TO 25 KTS WITH GUSTS 30 TO 40 KTS...BCMNG W TO NW LATER AM/PM AT SIMILAR SPEEDS WITH PASSAGE OF CDFNT. ALSO LOOKING FOR NUMEROUS SHWRS AND PSBL TSRA ALG THE FRONT...ACPYD BY MVFR/IFR CONDITIONS. EXPECT A GRADUAL DECREASE IN WNDS AFT 00Z AS PRESSURE GRADIENT RELAXES. A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF LLVL MSTR RMNS BEHIND FRONT. EXPECT MVFR CIGS 00Z-06Z. && .BTV WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... VT...WIND ADVISORY FOR VTZ001-002-016 UNTIL 4 PM SUNDAY. NY...WIND ADVISORY FOR NYZ026>031-034-035-087 UNTIL 4 PM SUNDAY. && SHORT TERM...EVENSON
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT 643 AM EDT SUN SEP 24 2006 NYZ026>031-034-035-087-VTZ001>012-016>019-251045- 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- 643 AM EDT SUN SEP 24 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHERN NEW YORK...CENTRAL VERMONT...NORTHEAST VERMONT...NORTHWEST VERMONT AND SOUTHERN VERMONT. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN NEW YORK AND FAR NORTHWESTERN VERMONT FROM 9 AM TO 4 PM TODAY. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION TODAY ACCOMPANIED BY STRONG WINDS...SHOWERS...AND POSSIBLE THUNDERSTORMS. WINDS WILL BECOME SOUTHWEST AND INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH POSSIBLE IN THE ADVISORY AREA. WINDS OF THIS MAGNITUDE COULD RESULT IN ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES. GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE REST OF NORTHERN AND CENTRAL VERMONT. WINDS WILL DIMINISH QUICKLY TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED TODAY. HOWEVER...SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO RELAY ANY REPORTS OF WIND DAMAGE TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
9 strong wind. Local standard time, as filed.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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