Expires:200209012000;;864401 FPUS51 KBTV 010735 ZFPBTV ZONE FORECASTS FOR VERMONT AND NORTHERN NEW YORK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT 333 AM EDT SUN SEP 1 2002 VTZ003-004-006>008-010-012000- CALEDONIA VT-ESSEX VT-LAMOILLE VT-ORANGE VT-ORLEANS VT-WASHINGTON VT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ISLAND POND VT...MONTPELIER VT... NEWPORT VT...RANDOLPH VT...ST. JOHNSBURY VT...STOWE VT 333 AM EDT SUN SEP 1 2002 .TODAY...PATCHY FOG EARLY...OTHERWISE PARTLY SUNNY. HIGH 70 TO 75. SOUTH WIND 5 TO 10 MPH. .TONIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY. PATCHY FOG LATE. LOW IN THE MID TO UPPER 40S. LIGHT WIND. .LABOR DAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY. HIGH 70 TO 75. SOUTH WIND 5 TO 10 MPH. .MONDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLOUDY. LOW IN THE LOWER 50S. .TUESDAY...PARTLY SUNNY. HIGH IN THE LOWER 80S. .TUESDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLOUDY. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOW IN THE MID 50S. CHANCE OF RAIN 30 PERCENT. .WEDNESDAY...A CHANCE OF SHOWERS IN THE MORNING...OTHERWISE PARTLY CLOUDY. HIGH IN THE MID 70S. .THURSDAY...MOSTLY CLEAR. LOW IN THE UPPER 40S AND HIGH 70 TO 75. .FRIDAY...MOSTLY CLEAR. LOW IN THE MID 40S AND HIGH 70 TO 75. .SATURDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOW 45 TO 50 AND HIGH IN THE MID 70S. $$ REFRESH(900 sec): [1]http://iwin.nws.noaa.gov/iwin/vt/discussion.html IWIN products will be migrated to newer systems soon. Please see [2]additional information here _________________________________________________________________ FXUS61 KBTV 010821 AFDBTV AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT 410 AM EDT SUN SEP 1 2002 MODELS OFFERING A WIDE VARIETY OF POSSIBLE SCENARIOS TO THE WX OVER THE NEXT 48 HRS. THE MAIN IMPACT WL BE ON THE WX FOR LATER TONITE INTO LABOR DAY...AND THE AREA OF MOST CONCERN IS SRN AND ERN VT. CURRENTLY: STLT PICS INDICATING HIGH CLDS ADVANCING INTO SRN PTN FA ATTM. SOME PTCHY LOWER CLDS OVR NORTH. FOG NOT ALL THAT PREVALENT RIGHT NOW....CONFINED MAINLY TO CT VLY. WIDE RANGE IN TEMPS ATTM... RANGING FROM LOW 40S EAST VT TO LOW 60S CHMPLN/ST LWR VLYS. LARGE ULVL RDG HOLDING OVR RGN ATTM...BUT IT WL BEGIN TO BREAK DOWN DURING THIS FCST PERIOD. ELONGATED SFC HIGH LOCATED OFF MAINE CST WL MOVE SLOWLY EAST...AND THIS WL ALLOW MSTR OVR MID ATLC RGN TO GRADUALLY MAKE ITS WAY NORTH. QUESTION IS HOW QUICKLY WL IT LIFT NORTH...AND HOW FAR NORTH WL IT LIFT BEFORE TURNING MORE EAST. AVN AND THE CANADIAN SEF ARE THE MOST AGGRESSIVE MODELS IN LIFTING THE MSTR QUICKLY NORTH...REACHING INTO VT TONITE. ETA AND NGM MUCH SLOWER IN LIFTING THE MSTR NORTH...WITH MOST OF IT REMAINING SOUTH OF FA THRU THE PERIOD. BASED ON POSITION OF SHRTWV APRCHG THE MID ATLC STATES AS INDICATED BY WV ...BELIEVE AVN/SEF TOO AGGRESSIVE...ESPECIALLY REGARDING HOW FAR NORTH THEY LIFT PCPN. ETA/NGM ON THE OTHER HAND...NOT AGGRESSIVE ENOUGH REGARDING TIMING. SO WL LEAN TWRDS ETA IN REGARDS TO LOCATION OF PCPN...BUT AVN REGARDING TIMING. THIS RESULTS IN CHC RAIN LATER TONITE/MONDAY FOR SRN ZONES. A LOT OF CLDS EXPECTED NRN VT...WHILE MUCH OF NRN NY WILL CONTINUE WITH JUST P/C SKIES. EXPECT ANY MSTR FROM THE SYS ALG ATLC COAST TO HAVE EXITED BY MON NITE. TUESDAY WL FEATURE SOME SUNSHINE AND WARMER TEMPS IN ADVANCE OF CDFNT. SHRA/TSRA IN ADVANCE OF FRONT MAY MAKE IT INTO NW NY BY LATE TUES...BUT ELSEWHERE ANY PCPN WITH THE FRONT WL HOLD OFF TILL TUE NITE. LINGERING SHOWERS PSSBLE WED AM. HIGH PRES THEN BLDS INTO NORTHEAST FOR LATE WEEK. .BTV...NONE. RJS FXUS61 KBTV 010137 AFDBTV AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT 937 PM EDT SAT AUG 31 2002 DRIER AIR IS HAVING A DIFFICULT TIME ADVECTING INTO THE REGION FROM THE EAST...WITH THE SURFACE ANTICYCLONE CENTERED NEAR KPWM. BACK TO THE WEST NEAR LAKE ONTARIO...TEMPERATURES ARE STILL AROUND 70F WITH DEW POINT TEMPERATURES AROUND 60F. MIN TEMPERATURES WILL LIKELY BE WARMER IN NORTHERN NEW YORK THAN IN VERMONT. IN ANY CASE...WE FEEL THAT THE MIN TEMPERATURES ARE IN PRETTY GOOD SHAPE ACROSS EASTERN VERMONT...BUT WILL NEED TO BE RAISED 3-6F FROM THE CHAMPLAIN VALLEY WESTWARD. SKY CONDITION AND WINDS ARE ON TRACK. NO UPDATES WILL BE MADE TO LATER PERIODS. ST. JEAN .BTV...NONE. FXUS61 KBTV 312026 AFDBTV AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT 426 PM EDT SAT AUG 31 2002 EXPECTING SKIES TO CLEAR OUT TONIGHT ACROSS ALL THE FCST AREA...AS HIGH PRES AREA BUILDS INTO THE REGION TONIGHT AND PUSHES MARINE FLOW FURTHER SOUTH OF THE FCST AREA THAT HELPED TO KEEPS CLOUDS IN ACROSS EASTERN AND SOUTHERN VT MOST OF TODAY. PATCHY DENSE VALLEY FOG SHOULD FORM LATE TONIGHT ACROSS THE USUAL FOG PRONE VALLEYS OF EASTERN VT AND THE ADIRONDACKS. HIGH PRES TO BRING MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES ON SUNDAY...AND MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES SUNDAY NIGHT...WITH MORE PATCHY DENSE VALLEY FOG EXPECTED LATE SUNDAY NIGHT. HAVE GONE ABOVE MOS MAX TEMPS IN SOME OF THE ZONES ON SUNDAY. PARTLY SUNNY SKIES LABOR DAY. HOWEVER...12Z AVN MODEL ONLY MODEL HINTING AT SOME LOW LEVEL MOISTURE MOVING INTO EASTERN AND SOUTHERN VT MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING...AS HIGH PRES AREA MOVES OFFSHORE AND SOUTHEASTERLY FLOW BRINGING A RETURN OF MARINE LAYER MOISTURE FROM OFF THE SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND COAST AND LONG ISLAND. 12Z AVN MOS POPS HINTING AT A CHC OF SHOWERS MONDAY NIGHT ACROSS VT ZONES. ETA MODEL KEEPS AREA DRY MONDAY NIGHT. DO NOT SEE MUCH IN THE WAY OF ANY MECHANISM TO SET OFF SHOWERS MONDAY NIGHT. WILL GO WITH MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING ACROSS EASTERN AND SOUTHERN VT ZONES. THERE COULD BE SOME DRIZZLE POSSIBLE LATE MONDAY NIGHT AND EARLY TUESDAY. HOWEVER...WILL NOT PUT IN FCST AT TIME...AS CONFIDENCE IN THIS OCCURING LOW AT THIS TIME. EXTENDED...MODELS NOW AGREE THAT COLD FRONT WILL NOT MAKE IT INTO AREA UNTIL TUESDAY NIGHT...SO WILL REMOVE MENTION OF PRECIP FROM TUESDAY FCST...AND HOLD OFF UNTIL TUESDAY NIGHT. WILL KEEP A CHANCE OF PRECIP. ACROSS SOUTHERN VT ZONES EARLY WED...BUT REMOVE MENTION OF PRECIP. ELSEWHERE. HIGH PRES TO THEN BUILD INTO THE AREA FOR FAIR AND DRY WEATHER THRU SATURDAY. .BTV...NONE. WGH This data is from the [3]IWIN (Interactive Weather Information Network) References 1. http://iwin.nws.noaa.gov/iwin/vt/discussion.html 2. http://weather.gov/inlr.html 3. http://iwin.nws.noaa.gov/iwin/main.html Our Local Student forecasts have been completed for the School year. They will resume again in September. Thank You. The forecast below is provided by the National Weather Service _________________________________________________________________ CALEDONIA VT-ESSEX VT-LAMOILLE VT-ORANGE VT-ORLEANS VT-WASHINGTON VT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ISLAND POND VT...MONTPELIER VT... NEWPORT VT...RANDOLPH VT...ST. JOHNSBURY VT...STOWE VT 333 AM EDT SUN SEP 1 2002 .TODAY...PATCHY FOG EARLY...OTHERWISE PARTLY SUNNY. HIGH 70 TO 75. SOUTH WIND 5 TO 10 MPH. .TONIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY. PATCHY FOG LATE. LOW IN THE MID TO UPPER 40S. LIGHT WIND. .LABOR DAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY. HIGH 70 TO 75. SOUTH WIND 5 TO 10 MPH. .MONDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLOUDY. LOW IN THE LOWER 50S. .TUESDAY...PARTLY SUNNY. HIGH IN THE LOWER 80S. .TUESDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLOUDY. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOW IN THE MID 50S. CHANCE OF RAIN 30 PERCENT. .WEDNESDAY...A CHANCE OF SHOWERS IN THE MORNING...OTHERWISE PARTLY CLOUDY. HIGH IN THE MID 70S. .THURSDAY...MOSTLY CLEAR. LOW IN THE UPPER 40S AND HIGH 70 TO 75. .FRIDAY...MOSTLY CLEAR. LOW IN THE MID 40S AND HIGH 70 TO 75. .SATURDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOW 45 TO 50 AND HIGH IN THE MID 70S. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - SkiVt-L is brought to you by the University of Vermont. To unsubscribe, visit http://list.uvm.edu/archives/skivt-l.html