Sunday, January 14, 2007

Winter Storm Warning

Winter Storm Warning

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT
424 AM EST SUN JAN 14 2007

...SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL POSSIBLE ACROSS THE NORTH COUNTRY LATE SUNDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING...

.A STALLED FRONTAL SYSTEM ACROSS THE NORTHEAST WILL BE THE FOCUS FOR SNOWFALL ACROSS THE NORTH COUNTRY FROM TODAY INTO TUESDAY MORNING. TWO AREAS OF LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE EAST ALONG THIS FRONT...THE FIRST COMING TODAY...AND THE SECOND DURING THE DAY ON MONDAY.

TODAY...A WEAK AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL TRACK EAST THROUGH CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA...RESULTING IN LIGHT SNOW ACROSS NORTHERN NEW YORK AND VERMONT. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL GENERALLY BE LIGHT...WITH A DUSTING TO 2 INCHES OF ACCUMULATION EXPECTED.

THEREAFTER...A MUCH STRONGER LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL DEVELOP IN THE OHIO VALLEY...AND MOVE EAST ALONG THE STALLED FRONT ON MONDAY. NORTH OF THE FRONT TEMPERATURES WILL BE COLD ENOUGH TO
SUPPORT ALL SNOW. MEANWHILE...SOUTH OF THE FRONT...SPECIFICALLY IN CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN VERMONT...TEMPERATURES ALOFT WILL BE WARM ENOUGH TO CAUSE A MIX OF SNOW AND SLEET DURING THE DAY ON
MONDAY...BEFORE CHANGING OVER TO ALL SNOW MONDAY NIGHT. THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR MORE THAN 6 INCHES OF SNOWFALL WITH THIS SYSTEM.

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