Winter Storm in Vermont, February 25, 2006

Name: Winter Storm in Vermont, February 25, 2006
Start: 2006-02-25T17:00
End: 2006-02-25T21:00
Location: Vermont

February 25, 2006 · NWS BTV · 4 events in 4 counties and zones

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $50,000
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 4

Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.

What happened

The episode as NWS BTV wrote it up.

An unusually strong Alberta clipper moved across southern Vermont during the afternoon of the 25th. Snow started across southwest Vermont by late morning and quickly became steadier and heavier in the afternoon, before dissipating that evening. Snowfall was generally 4 to 10 inches, with the heaviest in the Green Mountains. Snowfall reports included: 3 inches in Danby Four Corners (Rutland county), 4 inches in the city of Rutland, 6 inches in Middlebury (Addison county), 7 inches in Bridport (Addison county) and Florence (Rutland county), 8 inches in Mendon (Rutland county) and 10 inches at Killington (Rutland county). A number of traffic accidents were reported.

What forecasters said that day

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 Feb 25, 4:33 PM EST, 27 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 25, 4:33 PM EST, 27 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT
433 PM EST SAT FEB 25 2006

.SHORT TERM /TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT/...
POTENT SHORTWAVE TROUGH CONTINUES TO MOVE QUICKLY EASTWARD ACROSS
THE SOUTHERN FRINGES OF OUR FORECAST AREA THIS AFTERNOON.  THIS
FEATURE HELPED DEVELOP A WELL DEFINED SURFACE AND 850 MB LOW
PRESSURE SYSTEM...WHICH HELPED ENHANCE LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE AND
FRONTOGENESIS OVER THE REGION...ESPECIALLY OVER THE SOUTHERN
PORTIONS OF THE COUNTY WARNING AREA.  SNOW AMOUNTS SO FAR HAVE
RANGED FROM A HALF INCH NEAR THE CANADIAN BORDER TO 7 INCHES IN
ESSEX COUNTY NEW YORK.  WILL CONTINUE WITH CURRENT ADVISORIES AND
WARNINGS OVER THE AREA AS DYNAMIC AND THERMODYNAMIC SUPPORT REMAINS
SUFFICIENT FOR ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL. ANOTHER IMPACT THAT WILL COME
LATER TONIGHT IS THE INCREASING NORTH WINDS LATER TONIGHT AS THE LOW
MOVES EAST OF THE REGION. TEMPERATURES WILL FALL INTO THE SINGLE
DIGITS AND WITH SUSTAINED WINDS IN THE 10 TO 20 MPH RANGE...LOOKING
AT WIND CHILLS IN THE MINUS 10 TO MINUS 19 RANGE OVER MUCH OF THE
AREA.  HAVE HIGHLIGHTED THIS IN THE FORECAST AS WELL.  PRESSURE
GRADIENT STAYS UP DURING THE DAY ON SUNDAY AND WITH MIXING IN THE
AFTERNOON...COULD BE LOOKING AT SOME GUSTS IN THE 25 TO 30 MPH
RANGE.  STILL CANNOT RULE OUT THE POSSIBILITY FOR SOME LIGHT SNOW
SHOWERS...SO HAVE MENTIONED A SLIGHT CHANCE IN THE AFTERNOON.  DRIER
AIR MOVES IN SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY FOR NO PRECIPITATION CHANCES AT
ALL.  WILL HAVE TO WATCH WIND SPEEDS SUNDAY NIGHT/EARLY MONDAY
MORNING FOR ANY WIND CHILL ISSUES AS TEMPERATURES WILL LIKELY BE
BELOW ZERO FOR MOST OF THE AREA...ESPECIALLY WITH FRESH SNOWPACK.
HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN BELOW NORMAL ON MONDAY AS LARGE UPPER
LOW BECOMES ESTABLISHED OVER THE REGION.  A WEAK SHORTWAVE TROUGH
WILL MOVE INTO THE REGION MONDAY NIGHT AND THIS SHOULD BRING A SMALL
CHANCE FOR SOME LIGHT SNOW MONDAY NIGHT.

&&

.LONG TERM /TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/...
A FEW TROFS LOOKS TO AFFECT THE FA ON TUE AND AGAIN ON FRI...WITH WK
HI PRESS ON WED AND NEXT SAT. AROUND-ABOUT NEXT THU...THERE APPEARS
TO BE A BETTER CHC AT SEEING A STORM SYS AFFECT THE FA. KEPT POPS IN
THE 20-40% RANGE THROUGHOUT THE EXTENDED PERIOD FOR ANY POSSIBLE
SHSN/SN THEN. HAVE LOADED IN THE LATEST HPC TEMP/DEWPT/WIND
DATA...WITH JUST A FEW TWEAKS.

&&

.AVIATION...
SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...TO MOVE THRU THE FA FROM THE W-NW BY EARLY
TONITE. SFC WINDS TO SHIFT AROUND TO THE NW ACRS THE FA BY LATER
TONITE...SKIES TO REMAIN SCT-BKN THOUGH.

&&

.BTV WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
VT...HEAVY SNOW WARNING FOR VTZ011-012-019 UNTIL MIDNIGHT SUNDAY.
  ...SNOW ADVISORY FOR VTZ001>010-016>018 UNTIL MIDNIGHT SUNDAY.
NY...SNOW ADVISORY FOR NYZ026>031-087 UNTIL 9 PM SATURDAY.
  ...HEAVY SNOW WARNING FOR NYZ034-035 UNTIL 9 PM SATURDAY.
&&

SHORT TERM...EVENSON
LONG TERM...MURRAY
AVIATION...BREITBACH

Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 25, 6:49 AM EST, 10 hours 11 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT
649 AM EST SAT FEB 25 2006

NYZ026>031-034-035-087-VTZ001>012-016>019-261200-
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-
649 AM EST SAT FEB 25 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 SNOW ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF VERMONT AND NORTHERN NEW YORK
TODAY. SNOW WILL DEVELOP THIS MORNING AND THEN COME TO AN END FROM
WEST TO EAST ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE
EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 3 TO 6 INCHES. SEE THE LATEST WINTER
WEATHER STATEMENTS AND FORECASTS FOR DETAILS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

MUCH COLDER AIR WILL BE OVER THE REGION SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY
ALONG WITH WITH BREEZY CONDITIONS AS WELL. THIS WILL RESULT IN
WIND CHILLS OCCASIONALLY APPROACHING ADVISORY CRITERIA. THERE WILL
BE A CHANCE OF SNOW SHOWERS THROUGH THE PERIOD...WITH A MORE
GENERAL SNOW POSSIBLE ON THURSDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED, ALTHOUGH SPOTTERS ARE
ENCOURAGED TO CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BURLINGTON
WITH SNOWFALL AMOUNTS TODAY.

The radar

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Event by event

4 winter storm. Local standard time, as filed.

Winter Storm, Eastern Addison

When: February 25, 5:00 PM EST to 9:00 PM EST
Where: Eastern Addison forecast zone
Property damage: $10,000
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 44.031, -73.141 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Storm, Eastern Rutland

When: February 25, 5:00 PM EST to 9:00 PM EST
Where: Eastern Rutland forecast zone
Property damage: $15,000
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 43.580, -73.037 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Storm, Western Addison

When: February 25, 5:00 PM EST to 9:00 PM EST
Where: Western Addison forecast zone
Property damage: $10,000
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 44.031, -73.141 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Storm, Western Rutland

When: February 25, 5:00 PM EST to 9:00 PM EST
Where: Western Rutland forecast zone
Property damage: $15,000
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 43.580, -73.037 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

What these are

Winter Storm: A storm that brought snow, sleet or freezing rain at warning levels, usually over several hours or days.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Vermont in 2006 Every state in 2006 This day in weather history Warnings in Vermont, February 2006

Sources

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: 5490110, 5490111, 5490112, 5490113.