779 FPUS51 KBTV 050658 COR ZFPBTV ZONE FORECASTS FOR VERMONT AND NORTHERN NEW YORK...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT 257 AM EDT FRI MAY 5 2000 ...ALL ZONES CORRECTED FOR EXTENDED FORECAST... NYZ028-035-VTZ001-002-005-009-051500- ADDISON-CHITTENDEN-E ESSEX NY-FRANKLIN VT-GRAND ISLE-NE CLINTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BURLINGTON...MIDDLEBURY...PLATTSBURGH... ST. ALBANS 257 AM EDT FRI MAY 5 2000 .TODAY...PARTLY SUNNY. INCREASING CLOUDS LATE IN THE DAY WITH A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. HIGH IN THE MID 70S. WIND BECOMING NORTHWEST 5 TO 15 MPH. .TONIGHT...SHOWERS LIKELY...WITH A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. LOW IN THE UPPER 50S. CHANCE OF RAIN 70 PERCENT. NORTHWEST WIND 5 TO 10 MPH. .SATURDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS LATE IN THE DAY. HIGH IN THE UPPER 70S. .EXTENDED FORECAST... .SATURDAY NIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOW 50 TO 55. .SUNDAY...A CHANCE OF SHOWERS. HIGH AROUND 80. .MONDAY...A CHANCE OF SHOWERS. LOW IN THE 50S. HIGH 70 TO 75. .TUESDAY...INCREASING CLOUDS. LOW NEAR 50. HIGH AROUND 70. $$ VTZ006-008-010-051500- LAMOILLE-ORANGE-WASHINGTON- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...MONTPELIER 257 AM EDT FRI MAY 5 2000 .TODAY...PARTLY SUNNY. HIGH IN THE MID 70S. WIND BECOMING NORTHWEST 5 TO 15 MPH. .TONIGHT...SHOWERS LIKELY...WITH A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. LOW IN THE MID 50S. LIGHT WIND. CHANCE OF RAIN 70 PERCENT. .SATURDAY...PARTLY SUNNY. HIGH IN THE MID 70S. .EXTENDED FORECAST... .SATURDAY NIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOW AROUND 50. .SUNDAY...A CHANCE OF SHOWERS. HIGH 75 TO 80. .MONDAY...A CHANCE OF SHOWERS. LOW IN THE 50S. HIGH AROUND 70. .TUESDAY...INCREASING CLOUDS. LOW 45 TO 50. HIGH 65 TO 70. $$ VTZ003-004-007-051500- CALEDONIA-ESSEX VT-ORLEANS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWPORT...ST. JOHNSBURY 257 AM EDT FRI MAY 5 2000 .TODAY...PARTLY SUNNY. HIGH IN THE MID 70S. WIND BECOMING NORTHWEST 5 TO 15 MPH. .TONIGHT...SHOWERS LIKELY...WITH A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. LOW IN THE LOWER 50S. LIGHT WIND. CHANCE OF RAIN 70 PERCENT. .SATURDAY...PARTLY SUNNY. HIGH IN THE LOWER 70S. .EXTENDED FORECAST... .SATURDAY NIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOW AROUND 50. .SUNDAY...A CHANCE OF SHOWERS. HIGH 75 TO 80. .MONDAY...A CHANCE OF SHOWERS. LOW IN THE 50S. HIGH AROUND 70. .TUESDAY...INCREASING CLOUDS. LOW 45 TO 50. HIGH 65 TO 70. $$ VTZ011-012-051500- RUTLAND-WINDSOR- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RUTLAND...SPRINGFIELD 257 AM EDT FRI MAY 5 2000 .TODAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY THIS MORNING WITH A CHANCE OF SPRINKLES... THEN PARTLY SUNNY THIS AFTERNOON. HIGH IN THE MID 70S. WIND BECOMING NORTHWEST 5 TO 15 MPH. .TONIGHT...SHOWERS LIKELY...WITH A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. LOW IN THE MID 50S. NORTHWEST WIND 5 TO 10 MPH. CHANCE OF RAIN 60 PERCENT. .SATURDAY...PARTLY SUNNY. HIGH IN THE UPPER 70S. .EXTENDED FORECAST... .SATURDAY NIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOW IN THE MID 50S. .SUNDAY...A CHANCE OF SHOWERS. HIGH AROUND 80. .MONDAY...A CHANCE OF SHOWERS. LOW IN THE 50S. HIGH 70 TO 75. .TUESDAY...INCREASING CLOUDS. LOW NEAR 50. HIGH AROUND 70. $$ NYZ026-027-051500- N FRANKLIN NY-N ST LAWRENCE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MALONE...MASSENA 257 AM EDT FRI MAY 5 2000 .TODAY...PARTLY SUNNY...THEN INCREASING CLOUDS THIS AFTERNOON WITH A 50 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. HIGH IN THE MID 70S. SOUTHWEST WIND 5 TO 15 MPH. .TONIGHT...SHOWERS LIKELY...WITH A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. LOW IN THE UPPER 50S. WEST WIND 5 TO 10 MPH. CHANCE OF RAIN 70 PERCENT. .SATURDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. A 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS LATE IN THE DAY. HIGH IN THE UPPER 70S. .EXTENDED FORECAST... .SATURDAY NIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOW 50 TO 55. .SUNDAY...A CHANCE OF SHOWERS. HIGH AROUND 80. .MONDAY...A CHANCE OF SHOWERS. LOW IN THE 50S. HIGH 70 TO 75. .TUESDAY...INCREASING CLOUDS. LOW NEAR 50. HIGH AROUND 70. $$ NYZ029>031-034-051500- S FRANKLIN NY-S ST LAWRENCE-SW CLINTON-W ESSEX NY- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...LAKE PLACID 257 AM EDT FRI MAY 5 2000 .TODAY...PARTLY SUNNY. INCREASING CLOUDS LATE IN THE DAY WITH A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. HIGH IN THE MID 70S. SOUTHWEST WIND 5 TO 15 MPH. .TONIGHT...SHOWERS LIKELY...WITH A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. LOW IN THE MID 50S. WEST WIND 5 TO 10 MPH. CHANCE OF RAIN 70 PERCENT. .SATURDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS LATE IN THE DAY. HIGH IN THE MID TO UPPER 70S. .EXTENDED FORECAST... .SATURDAY NIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOW AROUND 50. .SUNDAY...A CHANCE OF SHOWERS. HIGH 75 TO 80. .MONDAY...A CHANCE OF SHOWERS. LOW IN THE 50S. HIGH AROUND 70. .TUESDAY...INCREASING CLOUDS. LOW 45 TO 50. HIGH 65 TO 70. $$ [INLINE] _Click Here for [1]FREE SOFTWARE::Live NEWS and EMWIN information HERE Live Radar at [2]http://weather.gov _ _________________________________________________________________ FXUS61 KBTV 050725 AFDBTV AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT 325 AM EDT FRI MAY 5 2000 ENOUGH LIGHTNING STRIKES IN THE BURLINGTON VICINITY THE PAST THIRTY MINUTES TO ALMOST CONTINUOUSLY LIGHT UP THE ROOM...BUT DISTRACTING ENOUGH TO CAUSE ME TO ERRONEOUSLY SEND THE WORK ZONES UNDER THE FINAL ZONE PIL...MY APOLOGIES TO SURROUNDING OFFICES. OUR REGION IS CURRENTLY IN SOME RELATIVELY STRONG MID-LEVEL FLOW BETWEEN A TROUGH OVER CENTRAL QUEBEC PROVINCE AND A RIDGE ANCHORED OVER THE APPALACHIAN MOUNTAINS. WITH PLENTY OF MOISTURE IN PLACE OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS...NORTHERN BRANCH SHORTWAVES ARE FORECAST TO TRAVEL ACROSS THE AREA AND SET OFF OCCASIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AS THEY RIPPLE PAST. WITHIN THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS I ANTICIPATE THE CURRENT BATCH OF PRECIP WILL BE MOVING OUT OF SOUTHERN VERMONT...SO HAVE ONLY MENTIONED MORNING SPRINKLES IN SOUTH CENTRAL ZONES. HAVE A HARD TIME SEEING MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES PERSISTING INTO THE MIDDAY HOURS...SO HAVE WORDED FOR PARTLY SUNNY ALL LOCATIONS TODAY. SUNSHINE WILL ALLOW MAX TEMPERATURES TO REACH ABOUT THE SAME LEVELS AS ON THURSDAY. ETA SUGGESTING SOME INSTABILITY MOVING INTO NORTHERN NEW YORK LATER TODAY...ACCOMPANYING THE NEXT UPSTREAM WAVE. LOW-LEVEL CONVERGENCE IS FOCUSED OVER THE ENTIRE FORECAST AREA TONIGHT...WITH ANOTHER FRONTAL BOUNDARY SAGGING INTO NORTHEASTERN VERMONT BY 12 UTC SATURDAY. THIS BOUNDARY IS STRONGER THAN THE SURFACE TROUGH AFFECTING US TONIGHT...SO WOULD NOT BE SURPRISED TO SEE NOT ONLY ANOTHER ROUND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...BUT ALSO SOME MORE SIGNIFICANT PRECIP AMOUNTS THAN WE'RE WITNESSING TONIGHT. CLOUD COVER WILL KEEP MIN TEMPERATURES BALMY AGAIN. ON SATURDAY...THE COLD FRONT REMAINS DRAPED ACROSS NORTHEASTERN VERMONT WITH NORTHERLY LOW-LEVEL FLOW TO THE NORTH OF THE BOUNDARY. THUS HAVE BROKEN OUT ESSEX/CALEDONIA/ORLEANS COUNTIES OF VERMONT FOR SLIGHTLY COOLER MAX TEMPERATURES SATURDAY...WHICH IS MORE IN LINE WITH ADJACENT NEW HAMPSHIRE ZONES. EASTERN VERMONT WILL REMAIN STABLE WITH THIS BOUNDARY NEARBY...BUT ETA/AVN AGAIN SUGGESTING ENOUGH INSTABILITY POTENTIAL FOR AT LEAST A MENTION OF AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS IN NORTHERN NEW YORK AND WESTERN VERMONT. THESE AREAS COULD ALSO BE EVEN WARMER THAN FRIDAY IF THE BOUNDARY DOES INDEED GET HUNG UP IN THE GREEN MOUNTAINS. HAVE PLAYED OVERALL TEMPERATURE FORECAST CONSERVATIVELY SIMILAR TO SATURDAY AT THIS JUNCTURE. 3 TO 5 DAY...CONTINUED MODEL DIFFERENCES IN THE EXTENDED PERIOD. AVN BUILDS RIDGE OVER THE AREA ON SATURDAY NIGHT...THEN FLATTENS THE UPPER RIDGE AS ANOTHER SHORTWAVE APPROACHES THE REGION. ALTHOUGH TIMING OF THESE FEATURES BECOMES MORE UNCERTAIN BY DAY 3...HAVE OPTED TO ADD A CHANCE OF SHOWERS ALL ZONES ON SUNDAY NONETHELESS. NO CHANGES TO DAYS 4/5. ST. JEAN .BTV...NONE. _________________________________________________________________ FXUS61 KBTV 050111 AFDBTV AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT 911 PM EDT THU MAY 4 2000 WK CF/TROF TO DROP DOWN ACRS SE CANADA OVRNITE TONITE. THIS BOUNDARY TO BE LOCATED ACRS THE FA ON FRI...FOCUSING ANY CONVECTION THAT DEVELOPS THEN. FA TO REMAIN IN "DREADED" (FOR THOSE THAT ARE WARY OF TSTMS) NW FLOW ALOFT. 21Z 40KM RUC SHOWS SOUTHWESTERLY SFC FLOW TO PERSIST OVRNITE TONITE WITH TEMPS GETTING DOWN TO THE 55 TO 60 DEG F RANGE BY 09Z TONITE. WITH SFC DEW POINTS IN THE 40S ATTM ACRS THE FA...ANY PCPN SHOULD ALLOW THINGS TO COOL OFF A LIL MORE THAN THAT THOUGH. RUC INDICATING CAPES OF 200-600 J/KG TO BE LOCATED ACRS THE FA AHEAD OF THE BOUNDARY IN CANADA BY 06Z TONITE. LOW-LVL MOISTURE TO INCREASE ACRS THE FA BY AROUND 06Z AS WELL. WK H5 VORT LOBE TO START TO DROP DOWN ACRS THE FA AFTER 06Z. RUC BRINGS IN MEASURABLE PCPN TO THE ST LAW VLY BY AROUND 03Z. PW VALUES PRETTY GOOD (>1") OVRNITE AS WELL. SFC-H7 SHEAR VALUES ONLY 10-15 M/S OVRNITE TONITE. WESTERN-MOST PART OF FA IN SPC GENERAL TSTM OUTLOOK OVRNITE TONITE. 12Z ETA HAS NO CAPE ACRS THE FA UNTIL 18Z FRI. 18Z MESO-ETA JUST BRINGS IN 100-200 J/KG ACRS THE ST LAW VLY BETWEEN 06Z AND 09Z TONITE...THEN MORE CAPE ACRS THE REGION BY 15Z ON FRI. WK H85 WAA TO TAKE PLACE ACRS THE FA EARLY TONITE...FOLLOWED BY WK CAA LATER TONITE. BEST WAA TO TAKE PLACE TO THE NW OF THE FA IN CANADA. H85 THETA-E RIDGE TO MOVE ACRS THE REGION OVRNITE TONITE. PCPN THIS EVENING ON AREA 88DS HAS BEEN MOSTLY ALOFT...BUT BUFCAN INDICATES MORE ORGANIZED CONVECTION OVER THE YOW RIVER VLY ATTM. THIS AREA OF PCPN TO SLIDE DOWN ACRS THE FA BY LATER TONITE. STILL A FEW CG LTG STRIKES LINGERING ACRS THIS AREA AND IN THE EASTERN GREAT LKS REGION ATTM. FEEL THAT WITH THIS TREND AND THE ABOVE REASONING...WILL ADD A CHC OF A TSTM TO NORTHERN ZONES FOR THE OVRNITE PERIOD. IT MAY TURN OUT TO BE JUST A FEW RUMBLES OF THUNDER HERE AND THERE THOUGH. FEW MINOR TWEAKS TO OVRNITE TEMP/WIND FORECAST BASED ON CURRENT TRENDS. LIKELY POPS LOOK OK FOR THE OVRNITE...BUT CHC OF PCPN ON FRI MAY BE A BIT HIGHER THAN WHAT/S IN THE GOING ZFP. WILL LEAVE THAT CALL TO THE MID-SHIFT THOUGH. ALL OTHER CHANGES TO GOING ZONES COSMETIC. WORK ZONES OUT. FINAL ZFP AFTER QUICK LOOK AT THE LATEST OBS TRENDS AND LAMP DATA. .BTV...NONE. MURRAY _________________________________________________________________ FXUS61 KBTV 041843 AFDBTV AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT 243 PM EDT THU MAY 4 2000 IN THE SHORT TERM...STILL DEALING WITH MOISTURE ADVECTING NORTHEASTWARD FROM THE EASTERN OHIO VALLEY TOWARD THE FORECAST AREA. DEW POINTS IN THE 50S TO LOWER 60S EXIST OVER THIS AREA AND WOULD EXPECT DEW POINTS ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA TO CLIMB INTO THE 50S LATER TONIGHT. MEANWHILE...WATER VAPOR IMAGERY SHOWS A SHORTWAVE TROUGH MOVING EAST ACROSS JAMES BAY THIS AFTERNOON. ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT EXTENDS FROM JUST SOUTH OF JAMES BAY WEST- SOUTHWEST TO THE UPPER PENINSULA OF MICHIGAN. THIS IS THE FRONT THAT WILL EVENTUALLY MOVE INTO THE AREA TONIGHT AND ENHANCE THE PRECIPITATION CHANCES. WILL CONTINUE THE IDEA OF LIKELY PRECIPITATION FOR TONIGHT WITH CLOUDS INCREASING. THE INCREASING CLOUDS COMBINED WITH THE SOUTH-SOUTHWEST PRESSURE GRADIENT REMAINING FAIRLY STRONG...SHOULD HELP TO KEEP MINIMUM TEMPERATURES GENERALLY IN THE 50S. ON FRIDAY...FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE FORECAST AREA EARLY IN THE DAY. AS A MATTER OF FACT...ITS EAST AND SOUTHEAST OF THE FORECAST AREA BY MIDDAY. FLOW ALOFT TURNS TO A MORE NORTHWEST DIRECTION. STRONGEST WINDS ALOFT REMAIN NORTH OF THE BORDER AND LIMITED COOLING ALOFT WILL KEEP STEEP LAPSE RATES CONFINED TO THE LOWER LEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE. DEW POINTS STILL REMAIN IN THE 50S AND WITH SOME BREAKS OF SUN...TEMPERATURES SHOULD AT LEAST GET INTO THE LOWER 70S. MODIFYING FORECAST SOUNDINGS VIA SHARP YIELD AFTERNOON INSTABILITY VALUES OF 200-400 J/KG AND LIFTED INDEX VALUES OF ZERO TO MINUS TWO. DESPITE SOME INSTABILITY...COMPOSITE ANALYSIS FOR MIDDAY ON FRIDAY SHOWS LACK OF ANY WELL DEFINED FORCING MECHANISMS. THIS IN TURN SHOULD LIMIT THE POTENTIAL FOR ANY THUNDERSTORMS. SO WILL PRETTY MUCH FOLLOW THE IDEA FROM THE PREVIOUS SHIFT AND MENTION A CHANCE OF SHOWERS...BUT REMOVE ANY MENTION OF THUNDERSTORMS. ALSO FEEL ANY SHOWERS WILL BE PRIMARILY IN THE AFTERNOON AS THE HIGHER TERRAIN MAY BE THE ONLY FORCING MECHANISM AVAILABLE TO ENHANCE THE POTENTIAL FOR PRECIPITATION. WITH THE CLOUD COVER... HIGH TEMPERATURES SHOULD GENERALLY BE IN THE 70 TO 75 DEGREE RANGE. ONE OTHER ELEMENT THAT MAY ENHANCE THE POTENTIAL FOR ANY SHOWERS ON FRIDAY IS THE UPPER LEVEL PATTERN THAT IS DEVELOPING. AS MENTIONED EARLIER...FLOW ALOFT BECOMES MORE WEST-NORTHWEST WITH TIME TONIGHT AND ON INTO FRIDAY. WELL DEFINED WARM FRONT WILL EXIST OVER THE NORTHERN GREAT LAKES DURING THIS TIME PERIOD. STRONG WARM AIR ADVECTION ALONG AND NORTH OF THIS FRONT SHOULD HELP TO DEVELOP SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ALONG THE US/CANADIAN BORDER NORTH OF THE GREAT LAKES LATE TONIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING. WITH THE WEST TO NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT...THE PRECIPITATION WILL BE ABLE TO MOVE EAST- SOUTHEAST TOWARD THE FORECAST AREA. THIS IS ESSENTIALLY MORE OF A SUMMERTIME PATTERN WITH LATE NIGHT MCS DEVELOPMENT OVER THE GREAT LAKES AND THEN ROLL SOUTHEAST OVER THE RIDGE AND INTO THE FORECAST AREA. I DO NOT ANTICIPATE ANY MCS DEVELOPMENT...BUT THE IDEA THAT PRECIPITATION WILL FORM NORTH OF THE WARM FRONT AND MOVE INTO OUR AREA SEEMS REASONABLE TO WARRANT A THREAT OF PRECIPITATION. SO IF THIS OCCURS...THEN THE BETTER CHANCES OF SHOWERS OVER THE FORECAST AREA WOULD BE FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THUS WILL CONTINUE TO MENTION THE CHANCE OF SHOWERS FOR FRIDAY NIGHT AS WELL. COORDINATION WITH ALBANY YIELDS VERY GOOD AGREEMENT ON THE THREAT OF PRECIPITATION TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. THE RIDGE ALOFT WILL AMPLIFY ON SATURDAY AND THIS WILL TAKE THE WARM FRONT NORTHEASTWARD INTO CANADA. OTHER THAN SOME CLOUDS IN THE MORNING...PLENTY OF SUN SHOULD DEVELOP. FORECAST AREA REMAINS IN THE WEST TO NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT...BUT AXIS OF WARMEST 850 MB TEMPERATURES IS WORKING ITS WAY UP AND OVER THE RIDGE. THUS +14C OR WARMER AIR AT 850 MB WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA SATURDAY FROM THE NORTHERN GREAT LAKES. THUS TEMPERATURES SHOULD CLIMB INTO THE 70S WITH SOME AREAS APPROACHING THE 80 DEGREE MARK. UPPER RIDGE AXIS MOVES SLOWLY EAST ON SUNDAY AND THIS APPEARS TO BE THE WARMEST DAY OF THE WEEKEND. MANY AREAS SHOULD BE APPROACHING THE 80 DEGREE MARK WITH PLENTY OF SUNSHINE. FOR MONDAY AND TUESDAY...LOOKS LIKE THE NEXT FRONT MOVES INTO THE FORECAST AREA ON MONDAY AND WILL CONTINUE IDEA OF A CHANCE OF SHOWERS. ON TUESDAY...TIMING WILL BE THE KEY AS TO WHEN THE WARM FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER THE GREAT LAKES MOVES FAR ENOUGH EAST TO ENHANCE THE POTENTIAL FOR PRECIPITATION. WILL HOLD OFF MENTION OF ANY SHOWERS FOR NOW AND GO WITH INCREASING CLOUDS. WORK ZONES IN ALBADMBTV BY 300 PM EVENSON .BTV...NONE. _________________________________________________________________ This data is from the [3]IWIN (Interactive Weather Information Network) References 1. http://unitednewswire.org/ 2. http://weather.gov/iwin/graphics.html 3. http://iwin.nws.noaa.gov/iwin/main.html 069 ASUS51 KBTV 110805 SWRVT VERMONT STATE WEATHER ROUNDUP NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT 400 AM EDT TUE APR 11 2000 VTZ001>014-110900- .....VERMONT..... CITY SKY/WX TMP DP RH WIND PRES REMARKS BURLINGTON MOCLDY 32 22 66 S6 30.31R MONTPELIER CLEAR 29 19 66 CALM 30.30R MORRISVILLE CLOUDY 34 24 67 W7 30.29R ST. JOHNSBURY N/A 25 22 88 CALM 30.27R RUTLAND CLOUDY 30 23 74 CALM 30.31R SPRINGFIELD CLEAR 27 24 89 S6 30.33R WCI 22 BENNINGTON CLOUDY 31 22 69 SW6 30.33R ......KEY...... FAIR - FEW OR NO CLOUDS BELOW 12000 FEET, WITH NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER OR OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISIBILITY VSB - VISIBILITY IN MILES WCI - WIND CHILL INDEX HX - HEAT INDEX _LSC WEATHER CENTER FORECAST 11:00 PM Thursday May 4,2000 STUDENT METEOROLOGIST: Kevin Thomas_ _** The latest forecast for Northeast & North Central Vermont** ** The area bounded by Waterbury, St. Johnsbury, and Newport**_ _ Overnight: Clouds will continue to increase throughout the Northeast Kingdom. A chance of rain showers and or a risk of a thunderstorm can not be ruled out for the overnight hours. Temperatures will stay warm with lows only reaching 53 in Lyndonville to 51 in West Burke. Friday: A mix of sun and clouds will start the morning off followed by mainly cloudy skies. In the afternoon there is a good chance of some scattered rain showers. High temperatures will reach around 71 degrees with a northwesterly wind around 10 mph. Friday Night: A good night to get outside and enjoy the mild evening. There is a chance of some showers here and there. Low temperatures will be dropping to near 52 degrees. Saturday: The morning will start off partly cloudy but will be followed by sun filled skies in the afternoon. Once again very warm temperatures will persist with highs reaching the upper 70's with night time lows in the mid 50's Extended Forecast Sunday: A great day is in store for the Northeast Kingdom with mostly sunny skies. Temperatures will be toping out just near 78 degrees with lows in the lower 50's. Monday: Well all good things must come to an end with cloudy skies a chance of showers for the Kingdom. Temperatures will be cooling off with highs only approaching the upper 60's and low's in the mid 40's.. Tuesday: The sun returns with a few clouds in the area. High temps will only approach the upper 50's with lows near the low 40's. Forecast Discussion It was a wonderful day with very warm temperatures. As we progress into the early hours of Friday morning a cold front will drop down out of Canada. Once this cold front pushes near us there is a chance of some showers and or a thunderstorm cannot be ruled out. We are going to be in a mixed pattern where we will have some periods of sun and then some scattered rain showers for Friday afternoon. Otherwise conditions will improve for Saturday and into Sunday. Temperatures both days will be climbing the hill per say into the upper 70's. It is possible that Sunday could be the warmest day of the year so far. As the new work week comes around temps will be cooling down some and another chance of rain will be moving in on Monday. 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