HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 401 AM EST WED DEC 09 2009
Expiration: 400 AM EST THU DEC 10 2009

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST THIS EVENING...
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL VERMONT...NORTHEAST
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 WARNING.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.
STRONG AND GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED ON THURSDAY.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
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WINTER STORM WARNING
Issue Date: 348 PM EST TUE DEC 08 2009
Expiration: 1000 PM EST WED DEC 09 2009

...SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM EXPECTED WEDNESDAY...
.A POWERFUL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL AFFECT THE REGION WEDNESDAY
BRINGING A PERIOD OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW.
VTZ004-006>008-010-012-019-090500-
/O.UPG.KBTV.WS.A.0006.091209T0900Z-091210T0300Z/
/O.NEW.KBTV.WS.W.0007.091209T0900Z-091210T0300Z/
ESSEX-LAMOILLE-CALEDONIA-WASHINGTON-ORANGE-WINDSOR-
EASTERN RUTLAND-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ISLAND POND...JOHNSON...STOWE...
ST. JOHNSBURY...MONTPELIER...BRADFORD...RANDOLPH...SPRINGFIELD...
WHITE RIVER JUNCTION...EAST WALLINGFORD...KILLINGTON
348 PM EST TUE DEC 8 2009
...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 10 PM EST
WEDNESDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BURLINGTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW ACROSS CENTRAL AND EASTERN
VERMONT...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 10 PM EST WEDNESDAY. THE
WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.
* SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 5 TO 9 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS CENTRAL AND
EASTERN VERMONT. THE HIGHEST TOTALS ARE EXPECTED TO BE ALONG THE
EASTERN SLOPES OF THE GREEN MOUNTAINS FROM LUDLOW TO NORTHFIELD
TO WALDEN.
* GUSTY WINDS WILL ACCOMPANY THE WINTRY PRECIPITATION AT TIMES
DURING THE DAY WEDNESDAY...WITH LOCALLY STRONGER WINDS ACROSS
THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS.
* SNOW WILL DEVELOP RAPIDLY DURING THE PRE-DAWN HOURS
WEDNESDAY...AND BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES BY MID-MORNING. THE SNOW
IS EXPECTED TO MIX WITH SLEET...FREEZING RAIN AND RAIN DURING
THE AFTERNOON BEFORE ENDING IN THE 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 WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST
THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS.
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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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.
VTZ003-004-006>008-010-012-019-082200-
/O.NEW.KBTV.WS.A.0006.091209T0900Z-091210T0300Z/
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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