Expires:200305222000;;281811 FPUS51 KBTV 220730 ZFPBTV ZONE FORECASTS FOR VERMONT AND NORTHERN NEW YORK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT 330 AM EDT THU MAY 22 2003 VTZ003-004-006>008-010-222000- 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 330 AM EDT THU MAY 22 2003 .TODAY...PARTLY SUNNY. HIGH IN THE LOWER TO MID 60S. EAST WIND AROUND 10 MPH. .TONIGHT...MOSTLY CLOUDY. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AFTER MIDNIGHT. LOW IN THE LOWER 40S. EAST WIND 5 TO 10 MPH. CHANCE OF RAIN 40 PERCENT. .FRIDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS. HIGH 55 TO 60. EAST WIND AROUND 10 MPH. CHANCE OF RAIN 50 PERCENT. .FRIDAY NIGHT...CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF RAIN. LOW 40 TO 45. CHANCE OF RAIN 50 PERCENT. .SATURDAY...OCCASIONAL RAIN. HIGH 50 TO 55. CHANCE OF RAIN 80 PERCENT. .SATURDAY NIGHT...RAIN LIKELY. LOW NEAR 40. CHANCE OF RAIN 70 PERCENT. .SUNDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS. HIGH IN THE UPPER 50S. .MEMORIAL DAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS. LOW IN THE LOWER 40S AND HIGH NEAR 60. .TUESDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS. LOW IN THE LOWER 40S AND HIGH IN THE LOWER 60S. .WEDNESDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS DURING THE DAY. LOW IN THE LOWER 40S AND HIGH IN THE LOWER 60S. $$ 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 220551 AFDBTV AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT 151 AM EDT THU MAY 22 2003 STRONG AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE OVER EASTERN CANADA IN CONTROL OF THE WX OVER THE CWA FOR ONE MORE DAY AS IT SLOWLY MOVES OFF TO THE EAST. MODELS ARE SHOWING AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH DEVELOPING LATE THUR NITE/EARLY FRI MORNING OVER THE GREAT LAKES REGION. THIS WILL FORM AN UPPER LEVEL CUTOFF LOW OVER THE EASTERN GREAT LAKES ON FRIDAY. LOW PRESSURE OVER THE SOUTHEAST DURING THIS TIME WILL MOVE OFF THE COAST AND WORK NORTH DURING THE DAY ON FRIDAY. WITH THE LARGE AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE OFF THE COAST...THERE WILL BE NO MECHANISM TO MOVE THE UPPER CUT-OFF LOW ALONG. THIS WILL RESULT IN A SECONDARY LOW TO DEVELOP UNDER THE CUT-OFF...IN ADDITION TO THE LOW MOVING UP THE COAST. AND WITH SOUTH/SOUTHWEST FLOW ALREADY IN PLACE...ABUNDANT MOISTURE IS AVAILABLE. THE COASTAL LOW WILL EVENTUALLY MOVE UP THE COAST AND INTO THE NORTHEAST ON SATURDAY...AND BE ABSORBED BY THE STRONG UPPER LOW. TIMING FOR PRECIPITATION OVER THE WEEKEND WILL BE A LITTLE TRICKY. THE GFS AND MRF WANTS TO BRING THE BULK OF THE RAIN...ASSOCIATED WITH THE COASTAL LOW...IN ON A SAT/SAT NITE TIME-FRAME...WHILE THE MESO-ETA/ETA LOOKS TO AIM FOR A LATE SAT/SUN TIME-FRAME. MODELS FOR THE EXTENDED HAVE THE CUTOFF LOW REMAINING INTO THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK...BEFORE BEING PUSHED EAST BY A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE. WILL KEEP THE CHANCE FOR SHOWERS IN THE EXTENDED TO TEND TO THE WRAP- AROUND EFFECT OF THE LOW. TEMPS ACROSS THE CWA WILL NOT RANGE TOO MUCH...WITH ABUNDANT CLOUD COVER AND RAIN...ESPECIALLY OVER THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND. WORK ZONES OUT BY 230 AM. .BTV...NONE. JN FXUS61 KBTV 220216 AFDBTV AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT 1015 PM EDT WED MAY 21 2003 HAVE DECIDED CURRENT ZONE FORECASTS ARE ACCURATE AND NO NEED FOR ANY LATE EVENING UPDATES. FROST FREEZE SITUATION DEVELOPING AS EXPECTED, SO WILL RE-ISSUE THE SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND CONTINUE WITH THE CURRENT WORDING OF FROST IN THE ZONES FORECASTS. IN SOME AREAS A LIGHT NORTHEAST GRADIENT IS STILL FILTERING THE VERY COLD TEENS AND TWENTIES DEWPOINTS FROM THE ST LAWRENCE VLY TOWARD OUR AREA. DECOUPLING WINDS AND CLEAR SKIES SHOULD ALLOW MAXIMUM RADIATIONAL CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY CHAMPLAIN VLY WESTWARD. WIDESPREAD SUBFREEZING TEMPS THROUGHOUT THE ADIRONDACKS AND AT LEAST LOCAL FROST ALL OTHER AREAS EXCEPT S-CNTRL VT WHERE A FEW CLOUDS AND HIGHER DWPTS PERSIST. DISCUSSION FROM 4PM WED FOLLOWS..... CDFNT HAS PUSHED SOUTH AND EAST OF FA...BUT EXACTLY HOW FAR SOUTH OF FA IT WL DROP BEFORE IT BEGINS TO RETURN NORTH IS DEBATABLE. HIGH PRES SLIDING EAST ACRS ONT/QUE TON/FRI...WHILE ULVL FLOW BEGINS TO BACK INTO SOUTHWEST AS EARLY AS THURS IN RESPONSE TO DIGGING SHRTWV APRCHG GRTLKS. SHORT TERM: SKIES HAVE CLEARED ACRS MUCH OF NRN NY...BUT CLDS LINGERING IN MUCH OF VT ATTM. EXPECT CLRNG SKIES IN NRN VT THRU THIS EVENING...BUT MSTR PROFILES INDICATE LLVL MSTR MAY RMN IN SRN HALF OF VT OVRNGHT. DWPTS HAVE DROPPED INTO LWR 30S ACRS NRN NY...EXPECT THIS DRYING IN NRN VT TONITE. WNDS EXPECTED TO DECOUPLE IN MOST AREAS OVERNIGHT. THE DRIER AIR COMBINED WITH LIGHT WNDS WL ALLOW TEMPS TO FALL BLO FRZG IN THE NRN MTN VLYS. SPS ISSUED TO HIGHLIGHT THE FROST POTENTIAL. THURS THRU FRI: SHRTWV DIVING SEWRD ACRS WRN GRTLKS THURS DVLPS INTO CLOSED LOW...AND EVENTUALLY SETTLES OVR LWR LAKES/OH VLY. THIS ALLOWS FLOW TO BACK EVEN MORE INTO SOUTH. THIS ALLOWS STALLED FRONT TO LIFT NORTH. DURING THURS...LLVL MSTR LIFTS SLOWLY NORTH IN VT...WHILE ACRS NRN ZONES...JUST SOME HIGH CLDS EXPECTED. MSTR LIFTS NW INTO FA THUR NITE/FRI. HAVE INCLUDED CHC SHWRS THURS NITE SRN AND ERN VT...BUT NO MENTION OF PCPN IN NW NY TIL FRI PM. EXTENDED: MORE SIGNIFICANT MSTR WL BE ASSOCD WITH LOW PRES MOVG UP EAST CST DURING FIRST PART OF HOLIDAY WEEKEND. HAVE GONE WITH LIKELY OR CATEGORICAL POPS SAT/SAT NITE. MAX TEMPS SAT ONLY IN 50S. BREAK IN THE PCPN PSBL DURING SUNDAY AS LOW LIFTS INTO FA WITH OVERRUNNING PCPN LIFTING NORTH OF FA DURING DAY. UPR LOW WL RMN NEARLY STATIONARY JUST TO WEST OF FA EARLY NEXT WEEK...ALLOWING A SERIES OF LOWS T BRING CHC RAIN OR SHWRS OR RGN THRU THE PERIOD. .BTV...NONE. RJS/REB FXUS61 KBTV 212013 AFDBTV AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT 413 PM EDT WED MAY 21 2003 CDFNT HAS PUSHED SOUTH AND EAST OF FA...BUT EXACTLY HOW FAR SOUTH OF FA IT WL DROP BEFORE IT BEGINS TO RETURN NORTH IS DEBATABLE. HIGH PRES SLIDING EAST ACRS ONT/QUE TON/FRI...WHILE ULVL FLOW BEGINS TO BACK INTO SOUTHWEST AS EARLY AS THURS IN RESPONSE TO DIGGING SHRTWV APRCHG GRTLKS. SHORT TERM: SKIES HAVE CLEARED ACRS MUCH OF NRN NY...BUT CLDS LINGERING IN MUCH OF VT ATTM. EXPECT CLRNG SKIES IN NRN VT THRU THIS EVENING...BUT MSTR PROFILES INDICATE LLVL MSTR MAY RMN IN SRN HALF OF VT OVRNGHT. DWPTS HAVE DROPPED INTO LWR 30S ACRS NRN NY...EXPECT THIS DRYING IN NRN VT TONITE. WNDS EXPECTED TO DECOUPLE IN MOST AREAS OVERNIGHT. THE DRIER AIR COMBINED WITH LIGHT WNDS WL ALLOW TEMPS TO FALL BLO FRZG IN THE NRN MTN VLYS. SPS ISSUED TO HIGHLIGHT THE FROST POTENTIAL. THURS THRU FRI: SHRTWV DIVING SEWRD ACRS WRN GRTLKS THURS DVLPS INTO CLOSED LOW...AND EVENTUALLY SETTLES OVR LWR LAKES/OH VLY. THIS ALLOWS FLOW TO BACK EVEN MORE INTO SOUTH. THIS ALLOWS STALLED FRONT TO LIFT NORTH. DURING THURS...LLVL MSTR LIFTS SLOWLY NORTH IN VT...WHILE ACRS NRN ZONES...JUST SOME HIGH CLDS EXPECTED. MSTR LIFTS NW INTO FA THUR NITE/FRI. HAVE INCLUDED CHC SHWRS THURS NITE SRN AND ERN VT...BUT NO MENTION OF PCPN IN NW NY TIL FRI PM. EXTENDED: MORE SIGNIFICANT MSTR WL BE ASSOCD WITH LOW PRES MOVG UP EAST CST DURING FIRST PART OF HOLIDAY WEEKEND. HAVE GONE WITH LIKELY OR CATEGORICAL POPS SAT/SAT NITE. MAX TEMPS SAT ONLY IN 50S. BREAK IN THE PCPN PSBL DURING SUNDAY AS LOW LIFTS INTO FA WITH OVERRUNNING PCPN LIFTING NORTH OF FA DURING DAY. UPR LOW WL RMN NEARLY STATIONARY JUST TO WEST OF FA EARLY NEXT WEEK...ALLOWING A SERIES OF LOWS T BRING CHC RAIN OR SHWRS OR RGN THRU THE PERIOD. .BTV...NONE. RJS 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 905 ASUS51 KBTV 221105 SWRVT VERMONT STATE WEATHER ROUNDUP NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT 700 AM EDT THU MAY 22 2003 NOTE: "FAIR" INDICATES FEW OR NO CLOUDS BELOW 12,000 FEET WITH NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER AND/OR OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISIBILITY. VTZ001>014-221200- _____VERMONT_____ CITY SKY/WX TMP DP RH WIND PRES REMARKS BURLINGTON MOSUNNY 42 35 76 CALM 30.36R MONTPELIER CLOUDY 42 34 73 CALM 30.38R MORRISVILLE CLOUDY 35 33 92 CALM 30.38R ST. JOHNSBURY N/A 38 35 89 CALM 30.34R RUTLAND CLOUDY 46 39 76 CALM 30.32R SPRINGFIELD CLOUDY 50 33 52 NE5 30.32R BENNINGTON CLOUDY 48 43 82 SW3 30.27R $$ ______KEY______ VSB - VISIBILITY IN MILES WCI - WIND CHILL INDEX HX - HEAT INDEX Our Local Student forecasts will return after the academic break. 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 330 AM EDT THU MAY 22 2003 .TODAY...PARTLY SUNNY. HIGH IN THE LOWER TO MID 60S. EAST WIND AROUND 10 MPH. .TONIGHT...MOSTLY CLOUDY. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AFTER MIDNIGHT. LOW IN THE LOWER 40S. EAST WIND 5 TO 10 MPH. CHANCE OF RAIN 40 PERCENT. .FRIDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS. HIGH 55 TO 60. EAST WIND AROUND 10 MPH. CHANCE OF RAIN 50 PERCENT. .FRIDAY NIGHT...CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF RAIN. LOW 40 TO 45. CHANCE OF RAIN 50 PERCENT. .SATURDAY...OCCASIONAL RAIN. HIGH 50 TO 55. CHANCE OF RAIN 80 PERCENT. .SATURDAY NIGHT...RAIN LIKELY. LOW NEAR 40. CHANCE OF RAIN 70 PERCENT. .SUNDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS. HIGH IN THE UPPER 50S. .MEMORIAL DAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS. LOW IN THE LOWER 40S AND HIGH NEAR 60. .TUESDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS. LOW IN THE LOWER 40S AND HIGH IN THE LOWER 60S. .WEDNESDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS DURING THE DAY. LOW IN THE LOWER 40S AND HIGH IN THE LOWER 60S. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - SkiVt-L is brought to you by the University of Vermont. To unsubscribe, visit http://list.uvm.edu/archives/skivt-l.html