High pressure across eastern Maine combined with low pressure near New Jersey on the 23rd, accounted for an increasing pressure gradient and brisk southeast low-level wind across the western slopes of the Green Mountains of Vermont. Southeast winds of 25 to 35 mph with gusts in excess of 50 mph occurred along the spine and western slopes of the Green Mountains.
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The episode as NWS BTV wrote it up.
High pressure across eastern Maine combined with low pressure near New Jersey on the 23rd, accounted for an increasing pressure gradient and brisk southeast low-level wind across the western slopes of the Green Mountains of Vermont. Southeast winds of 25 to 35 mph with gusts in excess of 50 mph occurred along the spine and western slopes of the Green Mountains. Some unofficial measured wind gusts include 42 mph in Jericho and Jerusalem, 53 mph in Huntington and 57 mph in Jeffersonville with scattered reports of branches or isolated small trees down in Jericho (Chittenden) and South Lincoln (Addison).
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 Apr 23, 1:50 AM EST, 6 hours 40 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT 250 AM EDT SUN APR 23 2006 .SHORT TERM /TODAY THROUGH TUESDAY/... AFTER SEVERAL DAYS W/ NO RAINFALL...CWA FINALLY RECEIVING MUCH NEEDED RAINFALL. STAGNANT CUTOFF LOW STILL REMAINS EMBEDDED OVER THE GREAT LKS REGION. WK OCCLUDED FRNT PUSHING PRECIP INTO THE REGION ATTM...WITH SFC LOW OVER DELMARVA ENHANCING MOISTURE INFLOW ACROSS THE AREA. THIS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF DAY. DRYSLOT SHOWING UP ON RADAR/IR SAT WILL WORK EAST FROM WESTERN NY/PA LATER TDY...AS MDLS HAVE LOW OVER GREAT LKS FINALLY PUSHING EAST. WILL BE KEEPING HIR POPS FOR FIRST HALF OF TDY...TAPERING OFF OVERNGT INTO MON AS DRYSLOT/LOW WORKS EAST. LINGERING PRECIP INTO MON AS LOW STALLS SOMEWHAT WITH STRONG BLOCKING RIDGE OFF THE COAST...AND FINALLY CLRING BY MON NGT/EARLY TUES MORN. MDLS HINT AT A FEW BREAKS ON TUES IN ADVANCE OF CD FRNT WHICH SET TO PUSH THRU CWA LATE TUES INTO TUES NGT. HAVE GONE AHEAD AND BUMPED UP WINDS ON TUES AHEAD OF FRNT...AS MDL GUIDANCE SUGGESTING WINDS INCR...WHICH CURRENT GRIDS DO NOT SHOW TIL LATE IN DAY. WITH CLD COVER/PRECIP TDY/TNGT WILL BE GOING A FEW DEGREES COOLER THAN WHAT GFS MDL GUIDANCE SHOWS. && .LONG TERM /TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY/... NO CHANGES PLANNED FOR THE EXTENDED PORTION OF THE FORECAST ATTM. MDLS STILL HAVE FRNTL SYSTEM PUSHING THRU CWA FOR TUES NGT...CLRING REGION BY WED MORN. SYSTEM PACKS A QUICK PUNCH AS IT MVS THRU FA...AND CONSIDERATION FOR NEXT SHIFT TO PUT IN MENTION OF THUNDER...ALONG WITH INCR IN WINDS. BUFKIT SHOWS STRONG OMEGA BULLSEYE WITH LITTLE CAPE. OTHER CONCERN TO BE LOOKED AT FOR WED MORN FOR WRAP-AROUND MOISTURE IS COLD POOL OF AIR WORKING SE FROM CENTRAL CANADA. 850MB TEMPS DOWN TO -10C TO -14C...ESPECIALLY FOR NORTHERN CWA...WHICH COULD WARRANT MENTION OF -SW THERE. TROUGH MVG AROUND THIS EXITING LOW WED NGT/THURS MORN COULD FURTHER ENHANCE PROB FOR -SW. HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE BUILDS INTO THE NE THURS DURING THE DAY INTO BEGINNING PART OF NEXT WEEKEND. && .AVIATION... LARGE PRECIPITATION SHIELD OVER THE AREA EARLY THIS MORNING IS MOVING VERY SLOWLY TO THE EAST. AS A RESULT...RAIN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH 00Z TONIGHT WITH VISIBILITIES LOWERING INTO THE MVFR CATEGORY AFTER 12Z FOR ALL AREAS. THE PRECIPITATION WILL COME TO AN END FROM WEST TO EAST AFTER 00Z...WITH JUST SOME LINGERING SHOWERS AROUND. CEILINGS THROUGH THE PERIOD WILL BE IN THE VFR CATEGORY EARLY...THEN GENERALLY IN THE MVFR CATEGORY THROUGHOUT THE REMAINDER OF THE PERIOD. WIND SPEEDS WILL GENERALLY BE LESS THAN 10 KNOTS THROUGH THE PERIOD AND WILL BE FROM THE EAST OR SOUTHEAST. && .BTV WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... VT...NONE. NY...NONE. && SHORT TERM...JN LONG TERM...JN AVIATION...EVENSON
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT 400 AM EDT SUN APR 23 2006 NYZ026>031-034-035-087-VTZ001>012-016>019-240800- 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- 400 AM EDT SUN APR 23 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 NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. RAIN WILL PERSIST THROUGH A BETTER PART OF THE PERIOD AS AN UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES VERY SLOWLY EASTWARD FROM THE EASTERN GREAT LAKES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. THE UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL BE RIGHT OVER THE AREA ON MONDAY...SO SHOWERS WILL BE LIKELY. THE UPPER LEVEL LOW WILL EVENTUALLY MOVE EAST MONDAY NIGHT...BUT ANOTHER TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE INTO THE REGION TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY AND BRING MORE PRECIPITATION TO THE AREA. AT THIS TIME IT LOOKS LIKE HIGH PRESSURE WILL RETURN TO THE REGION FOR THE THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY TIME PERIOD. THIS WILL BRING DRIER WEATHER AND MORE SEASONAL TEMPERATURES TO THE NORTH COUNTRY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. EVENSON
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
5 strong wind. Local standard time, as filed.
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NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5503365, 5504351, 5504352, 5504353, 5504354.