Saturday, January 13, 2007

Winter Storm Watch

Finally some good news for the Ridge Runners....

Winter Storm Watch

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT
238 PM EST SAT JAN 13 2007

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

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

ON SUNDAY...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 1 TO 3 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...ALTHOUGH AT THIS POINT THE EXACT TRACK OF THE LOW AND ASSOCIATED SNOWFALL AMOUNTS ARE STILL
UNCERTAIN.

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