Friday, March 02, 2007

Winter Storm Warning

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EST THIS EVENING...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EST THIS EVENING ACROSS CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST VERMONT.

SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES THIS MORNING...BUT WILL INCREASINGLY MIX WITH SLEET BY EARLY AFTERNOON. MIXED PRECIPITATION SHOULD CHANGE BACK TO ALL SNOW BY LATE AFTERNOON...BEFORE ENDING EARLY THIS EVENING. AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATION CAN BE EXPECTED...ON TOP OF WHAT HAS FALLEN THROUGH 10 AM. THE HEAVIEST SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL CONTINUE ALONG THE EASTERN SLOPES OF THE GREEN MOUNTAINS.

IF TRAVELING...LOOK FOR HIGHLY VARIABLE CONDITIONS IN MIXED WINTER PRECIPITATION WITH RAPIDLY CHANGING VISIBILITY. ICY SPOTS CAN BE EXPECTED...ESPECIALLY ON UNTREATED ROADWAYS.

WINDS WILL CONTINUE GUSTY FROM THE SOUTHEAST...WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH EXPECTED THROUGH MID AFTERNOON...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE HIGHER TERRAIN AND ALONG THE WESTERN SLOPES OF THE GREEN MOUNTAINS. BE
PREPARED FOR SUDDEN CHANGES IN WIND IF TRAVELING ALONG THE WESTERN SLOPES OF THE GREEN MOUNTAINS...OR THROUGH THE MOUNTAIN PASSES.

LOCALIZED POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE DUE TO THE WIND GUSTS...AND HEAVY ACCUMULATION OF SNOW ON TREES AND POWERLINES.

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