Expires:200405282254;;413439 FPUS51 KBTV 280820 ZFPBTV ZONE FORECASTS FOR VERMONT AND NORTHERN NEW YORK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT 420 AM EDT FRI MAY 28 2004 VTZ003-004-006>008-010-016>018-282254- CALEDONIA-EASTERN ADDISON-EASTERN CHITTENDEN-EASTERN FRANKLIN-ESSEX- LAMOILLE-ORANGE-ORLEANS-WASHINGTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BRISTOL...ISLAND POND...MONTPELIER... NEWPORT...RANDOLPH...RICHFORD...ST. JOHNSBURY...STOWE...UNDERHILL 420 AM EDT FRI MAY 28 2004 .TODAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH SHOWERS LIKELY AND A CHANCE OF A THUNDERSTORM HIGHS IN THE 60S TO AROUND 70. SOUTH WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH...BECOMING WEST THIS AFTERNOON. .TONIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS AROUND 40. NORTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH. .SATURDAY...PARTLY SUNNY AND BREEZY. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 50S. NORTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH. .SATURDAY NIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY. SCATTERED FROST AFTER MIDNIGHT. LOWS IN THE LOWER 30S. NORTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH. .SUNDAY...PARTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 60S. NORTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 20 MPH. .SUNDAY NIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE UPPER 30S. .MEMORIAL DAY...PARTLY SUNNY IN THE MORNING...THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY. A CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 60S. CHANCE OF RAIN 30 PERCENT. .MONDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE UPPER 40S. CHANCE OF RAIN 30 PERCENT. .TUESDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 60S. CHANCE OF RAIN 30 PERCENT. .TUESDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS. LOWS IN THE UPPER 40S. CHANCE OF RAIN 40 PERCENT. .WEDNESDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 60S. CHANCE OF RAIN 30 PERCENT. .WEDNESDAY NIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS. LOWS IN THE MID 40S. CHANCE OF RAIN 40 PERCENT. .THURSDAY...PARTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 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 280842 AFDBTV AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT 441 AM EDT FRI MAY 28 2004 .DISCUSSION... SHOWERS HAVE BEEN MOVING ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA EARLY THIS MORNING WITH SOME EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NY. THESE SHOWERS HAVE HELPED TO INCREASE PRECIPITABLE MOISTURE VALUES/ SURFACE DEWPTS. GPS IPW READING ACROSS THE AREA RANGED FROM 0.90" EAST TO 1.40" SOUTH AND WEST..A LITTLE HIGHER THAN MODELS INDICATED. DEW PTS UP THE UPPER 50S AND LOWER 60S. SHOWERS AND A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING AFTERNOON THUNDER THREAT...WITH ADEQUATE MOISTURE IN PLACE AND FRONTAL PASSAGE ACROSS THE AREA TODAY...EXPECT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS TO REDEVELOP BY MIDDAY..MAINLY FROM CHAMPLAIN VALLEY EAST AND SOUTH. CAPE VALUES ANYWHERE FROM 200-1500 J/KG DEPENDING ON MODEL. BULK SHEAR VALUES 0-3KM AND 0-6KM RUNNING 20KT AND 45KT. WBZ 6-7K FT. ISOLD THUNDERSTORMS MAY APPROACH SEVERE LIMITS THIS AFTERNOON SOUTH AND EAST OF BTV WITH HAIL THE PRIMARY THREAT AND WIND SECONDARY. THE BIGGEST QUESTION IS HOW UNSTABLE WILL IT GET. THE BTV WSETA MODEL SUGGESTS CELLS DEVELOPING BY 18Z ALONG THE FRONT FROM TICONDEROGA NY TO BTV. FRONT SHOULD PASS MSS BY 15Z...SLK-PLB 17Z BTV 18Z RUT-MPV 20Z VSF 22Z. PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES WILL FOLLOW THE FRONT WITH NORTHWEST WINDS AND FALLING TEMPERATURES/ DEWPT. IN FACT, NOT FAR TO OUR NORTH TEMPERATURE ARE IN THE MID 30S WITH WINDS GUSTING FROM THE NORTH AT 20 KT. TONIGHT DESPITE TEMPERATURES DIPPING IN TO THE MID TO UPPER 30S IN THE MOUNTAINS THE WIND SHOULD KEEP FROST FROM FORMING. SATURDAY WILL FEATURE PARTLY SUNNY SKIES BREEZY NORTHWEST WINDS AND COOL TEMPERATURES. WITH 850 TEMPS BELOW ZERO...IT WILL STRUGGLE TO GET ABOVE 60 MOST PLACES EXCEPT THE NORMALLY WARMER VALLEY LOCATIONS. SAT NIGHT...WILL BE MOSTLY CLEAR WITH SCATTERED FROST WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE 30S MOST PLACES. A FEW ISOLD UPPER 20S ARE POSSIBLE. A QUESTION ABOUT THE NE KINGDOM WHERE GRADIENT MAY BE STILL SUFFUCIENT TO KEEP WINDS BLOWING LIGHTLY. SUNDAY SHOULD BE SLIGHTLY WARMER AS 850 TEMPS GET ABOVE ZERO. MEMORIAL DAY A QUESTION MARK WITH MODELS VARIABLE ON TIMING OF NEXT SYSTEM WITH ETA FASTER THAN GFS BRINGING IN WARM FRONTAL PRECIP SO HAVE INCLUDED CHANCE PRECIP ESP AFTERNOON HRS. && .BTV WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... VT...NONE. NY...NONE. && $$ SISSON FXUS61 KBTV 280101 AFDBTV AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT 900 PM EDT THU MAY 27 2004 .UPDATE... WAA SHOWERS AND A FEW TSTMS MOVG EWD THRU CNTRL NY. TSTMS CONFINED TO CNTRL SRN TIER IN AREA OF BEST SFC INSTABY. XPCT AREA OF SHWRS TO MOVE INTO AND DVLP ACRS FA OVRNGT AS ISEN LIFT AND LL MSTR CNVGC INCRS AHD OF APCHG CDFNT ADVANCING EWD FM LKS. SFC INSTABY MINIMAL TNGT BUT SOME ELEVATED INSTABY NOTED AFT 06Z SO CANT RULE OUT A TSTM. GOING FCST/GRIDS IN GOOD SHAPE. ONLY CHG WAS TO ADD CHC SHWRS BFR MIDNGT FOR W ZNS BASED ON CRNT RDR TRENDS. && KJC *** PREV DISCUSSION *** WEAK AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE PROVIDING FA WITH MSTLY SUNNY SKIES THIS PM WITH TEMPS UPPER 60S TO MID 70S. MODELS IN FAIRLY GOOD AGREEMENT REGARDING TIMING AND IMPACT OF FRONTAL SYSTEM WHICH WILL BE ADVANCING EAST FROM GRTLKS TONITE AND MOVE ACRS FA DURING FRI. THE SLIGHTLY SLOWER GFS SOLUTION PREFERRED DUE LAGGING UPPER TROF. EXPECT SHWRS TO OVERSPREAD FA AFTER MIDNIGHT TONITE. NOT MUCH IN WAY OF TSRA UPSTREAM ATTM...BUT KEPT IN MENTION OF THUNDER FOR LATER TONITE DUE SOME ELEVATED INSTABILITY. COLD/OCCLUDED FROPA EXPECTED ST LWR VLY ARND 12Z...BUT NOT UNTIL 18Z ERN VT. BETTER CHC TSRA DURING FRIDAY NEAR FROPA. BEST CHC WILL BE FROM CHMPLN VLY EAST WHERE CAPES BRFLY RISE TO AROUND 1000 J/KG AS TIMING OF FROPA MORE FAVORABLE. DIFFICULT MAX TEMP FCST FRI DUE UNCERTAINTY OF AMT OF CLD COVER DURING PM. HAVE GONE CLOSE TO MAV TEMP GUIDANCE. COOLER AND DRIER FRI NITE ON NW BREEZES. EXPECT WNDS TO CONTINUE THRU THE NIGHT IN MOST AREAS...PREVENTING TEMPS FROM REACHING FREEZING. THE ONE AREA WHICH WILL NEED TO BE WATCHED IS ADRNDKS...WHERE WNDS MAY DECOUPLE. SAT/SUN: DRY WX EXPECTED OVER THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND. LOW PRESSURE STATIONARY OVER MARITIMES SATURDAY...MOVES SLOWLY EAST SUNDAY. COOL POOL ALOFT RMNS OVER RGN ON SATURDAY. EXPECT AT LEAST PARTIAL CLDNSS ALG WITH TEMPS ONLY 55 TO 65 DEGREES. HIGH PRESSURE BLDS INTO FA SUNDAY ALOWING FOR MORE SUNSHINE. AFTER A CHILLY NIGHT SATURDAY NIGHT (TEMPS APRCHG FRZG IN ADRNDKS)...TEMPS BEGIN TO MODERATE ON SUNDAY. .EXTENDED...(SUNDAY NIGHT THRU THURSDAY)... SFC RIDGE OVER THE CWA ON SUNDAY BEGINS TO SHIFT EAST OFF THE COAST W/ APPROACH OF LOW AND ASSOCIATED FRONT FROM THE GREAT LKS REGION. CURRENT MDL RUNS A BIT FASTER BRINGING THE ONSET OF PRECIP INTO SW/W PORTIONS OF CWA LATE MONDAY VERSUS TUES MORNING. FRONT MVS INTO WESTERN NY LATE AFTERNOON MON INTO THE EVENING HRS. WILL ADJUST GRIDS TO SHOW A CHANCE FOR PRECIP FOR WESTERN ZONES. WILL CUT TEMPS DOWN A BIT FOR HIGHS WITH ALL CLD COVER W/ APPROACHING FRONT. MDLS STILL KEEP BULK OF PRECIP ON TUES AND WILL LET CURRENT FORECAST OF TRW STAND FOR NOW AND WILL TWEAK POPS A BIT. PRECIP WILL TAPER OFF WED/THURS AS LOW MVS INTO EASTERN CANADA AND WILL TAPER POPS TO SLIGHT CHANCE FOR THE REST OF EXTENDED. && .BTV WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... VT...NONE. NY...NONE. && $$ RJS/JN FXUS61 KBTV 272034 AFDBTV AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT 430 PM EDT THU MAY 27 2004 WEAK AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE PROVIDING FA WITH MSTLY SUNNY SKIES THIS PM WITH TEMPS UPPER 60S TO MID 70S. MODELS IN FAIRLY GOOD AGREEMENT REGARDING TIMING AND IMPACT OF FRONTAL SYSTEM WHICH WILL BE ADVANCING EAST FROM GRTLKS TONITE AND MOVE ACRS FA DURING FRI. THE SLIGHTLY SLOWER GFS SOLUTION PREFERRED DUE LAGGING UPPER TROF. EXPECT SHWRS TO OVERSPREAD FA AFTER MIDNIGHT TONITE. NOT MUCH IN WAY OF TSRA UPSTREAM ATTM...BUT KEPT IN MENTION OF THUNDER FOR LATER TONITE DUE SOME ELEVATED INSTABILITY. COLD/OCCLUDED FROPA EXPECTED ST LWR VLY ARND 12Z...BUT NOT UNTIL 18Z ERN VT. BETTER CHC TSRA DURING FRIDAY NEAR FROPA. BEST CHC WILL BE FROM CHMPLN VLY EAST WHERE CAPES BRFLY RISE TO AROUND 1000 J/KG AS TIMING OF FROPA MORE FAVORABLE. DIFFICULT MAX TEMP FCST FRI DUE UNCERTAINTY OF AMT OF CLD COVER DURING PM. HAVE GONE CLOSE TO MAV TEMP GUIDANCE. COOLER AND DRIER FRI NITE ON NW BREEZES. EXPECT WNDS TO CONTINUE THRU THE NIGHT IN MOST AREAS...PREVENTING TEMPS FROM REACHING FREEZING. THE ONE AREA WHICH WILL NEED TO BE WATCHED IS ADRNDKS...WHERE WNDS MAY DECOUPLE. SAT/SUN: DRY WX EXPECTED OVER THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND. LOW PRESSURE STATIONARY OVER MARITIMES SATURDAY...MOVES SLOWLY EAST SUNDAY. COOL POOL ALOFT RMNS OVER RGN ON SATURDAY. EXPECT AT LEAST PARTIAL CLDNSS ALG WITH TEMPS ONLY 55 TO 65 DEGREES. HIGH PRESSURE BLDS INTO FA SUNDAY ALOWING FOR MORE SUNSHINE. AFTER A CHILLY NIGHT SATURDAY NIGHT (TEMPS APRCHG FRZG IN ADRNDKS)...TEMPS BEGIN TO MODERATE ON SUNDAY. .EXTENDED...(SUNDAY NIGHT THRU THURSDAY)... SFC RIDGE OVER THE CWA ON SUNDAY BEGINS TO SHIFT EAST OFF THE COAST W/ APPROACH OF LOW AND ASSOCIATED FRONT FROM THE GREAT LKS REGION. CURRENT MDL RUNS A BIT FASTER BRINGING THE ONSET OF PRECIP INTO SW/W PORTIONS OF CWA LATE MONDAY VERSUS TUES MORNING. FRONT MVS INTO WESTERN NY LATE AFTERNOON MON INTO THE EVENING HRS. WILL ADJUST GRIDS TO SHOW A CHANCE FOR PRECIP FOR WESTERN ZONES. WILL CUT TEMPS DOWN A BIT FOR HIGHS WITH ALL CLD COVER W/ APPROACHING FRONT. MDLS STILL KEEP BULK OF PRECIP ON TUES AND WILL LET CURRENT FORECAST OF TRW STAND FOR NOW AND WILL TWEAK POPS A BIT. PRECIP WILL TAPER OFF WED/THURS AS LOW MVS INTO EASTERN CANADA AND WILL TAPER POPS TO SLIGHT CHANCE FOR THE REST OF EXTENDED. && .BTV WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... VT...NONE. NY...NONE. && $$ RJS/JN 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 027 ASUS51 KBTV 281010 SWRVT VERMONT STATE WEATHER ROUNDUP NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT 600 AM EDT FRI MAY 28 2004 NOTE: "FAIR" INDICATES FEW OR NO CLOUDS BELOW 12,000 FEET WITH NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER AND/OR OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISIBILITY. VTZ001>014-281100- _____VERMONT_____ CITY SKY/WX TMP DP RH WIND PRES REMARKS BURLINGTON MOCLDY 62 59 90 S10G16 29.53S FOG MONTPELIER CLOUDY 57 56 96 CALM 29.62R MORRISVILLE MOCLDY 57 57 100 VRB3 29.57F ST. 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