HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 316 AM EST TUE DEC 08 2009
Expiration: 315 AM EST WED DEC 09 2009

...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY
EVENING...
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL VERMONT...NORTHEAST
VERMONT...NORTHWEST VERMONT AND SOUTHERN VERMONT.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.
PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.
   WINTER STORM WATCH.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.
PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.
   WINTER STORM WATCH.
IN ADDITION...STRONG WEST WINDS WITH GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 45 MPH ARE
EXPECTED THURSDAY INTO THURSDAY NIGHT. SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES DUE
TO DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES ARE POSSIBLE.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTERS ARE ASKED TO PLEASE REPORT SNOWFALL AMOUNTS...PRECIPITATION
TYPE CHANGES...AND ANY STRONG WINDS OR WIND DAMAGE TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE.
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WINTER STORM WATCH
Issue Date: 212 AM EST TUE DEC 08 2009
Expiration: 1000 PM EST WED DEC 09 2009

...SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM EXPECTED WEDNESDAY...
.A DEEP LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL TRACK NORTHEASTWARD ACROSS
THE GREAT LAKES REGION DURING THE DAY WEDNESDAY...AND INTO ONTARIO
WEDNESDAY NIGHT. AN OCCLUDED FRONT EXTENDING EASTWARD WILL LIFT
NORTHWARD ACROSS THE NORTH COUNTRY...PRODUCING A BURST OF HEAVY
SNOW WEDNESDAY MORNING FOLLOWED BY MIXED PRECIPITATION WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON AS TEMPERATURES WARM ALOFT. LOW-LEVEL SOUTHEAST WINDS
WILL PRODUCE OROGRAPHIC ENHANCEMENT TO SNOW AMOUNTS ALONG THE
EASTERN SLOPES OF THE GREEN MOUNTAINS AND ACROSS THE NORTHERN
ADIRONDACKS...WHERE THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR 4 TO 8 INCHES OF
SNOWFALL. ELSEWHERE...SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL GENERALLY RANGE FROM
3 TO 5 INCHES.
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ORLEANS-ESSEX-LAMOILLE-CALEDONIA-WASHINGTON-ORANGE-WINDSOR-
EASTERN RUTLAND-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWPORT...ISLAND POND...JOHNSON...
STOWE...ST. JOHNSBURY...MONTPELIER...BRADFORD...RANDOLPH...
SPRINGFIELD...WHITE RIVER JUNCTION...EAST WALLINGFORD...
KILLINGTON
212 AM EST TUE DEC 8 2009
...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH
WEDNESDAY EVENING...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BURLINGTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WATCH FOR CENTRAL AND EASTERN PORTIONS OF VERMONT...WHICH IS
IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING.
* THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR 4 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW AND SLEET
ACCUMULATION ACROSS CENTRAL AND EASTERN VERMONT ON WEDNESDAY.
THE HIGHEST TOTALS ARE EXPECTED ALONG THE EASTERN SLOPES OF THE
GREEN MOUNTAINS FROM LUDLOW TO NORTHFIELD TO WALDEN.
* GUSTY SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH WILL ACCOMPANY THE MIXED
WINTRY PRECIPITATION AT TIMES DURING THE DAY WEDNESDAY...WITH
LOCALLY STRONGER WINDS ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS.
* SNOW WILL DEVELOP RAPIDLY ACROSS CENTRAL AND EASTERN VERMONT
DURING THE PRE-DAWN HOURS WEDNESDAY...AND BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES
BY MID-MORNING. AS TEMPERATURES WARM ALOFT...SNOW WILL MIX WITH
AND CHANGE TO SLEET...AND THEN AS A PERIOD OF RAIN BEFORE ENDING
WEDNESDAY EVENING. THE MOST SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS FROM THIS STORM
WILL BE FELT WEDNESDAY MORNING AND INTO THE EARLY AFTERNOON
HOURS...WITH SNOWFALL RATES UP TO 1 INCH PER HOUR...ACCOMPANIED
BY LOW VISIBILITY AND GUSTY WINDS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO
MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.
PLEASE STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...YOUR LOCAL MEDIA...OR
GO TO WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BURLINGTON FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THIS
WEATHER SITUATION.
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