Expires:201404042000;;138290 FPUS51 KBTV 040830 ZFPBTV ZONE FORECAST PRODUCT FOR VERMONT AND NORTHERN NEW YORK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT 430 AM EDT FRI APR 4 2014 VTZ006-042000- LAMOILLE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JOHNSON...STOWE 430 AM EDT FRI APR 4 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM EDT SATURDAY... .TODAY...MOSTLY SUNNY THIS MORNING...THEN MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF RAIN THIS AFTERNOON. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 30S. LIGHT AND VARIABLE WINDS...BECOMING SOUTH AROUND 10 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH THIS AFTERNOON. CHANCE OF RAIN 40 PERCENT. .TONIGHT...RAIN OR SLEET. SLEET ACCUMULATION A DUSTING TO 1 INCH. LOWS IN THE LOWER 30S. SOUTH WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION NEAR 100 PERCENT. .SATURDAY...CLOUDY. RAIN OR SLEET LIKELY IN THE MORNING...THEN A CHANCE OF RAIN IN THE AFTERNOON. LITTLE OR NO SLEET ACCUMULATION. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 40S. LIGHT AND VARIABLE WINDS. GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 70 PERCENT. .SATURDAY NIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS. LOWS IN THE LOWER 20S. WEST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. CHANCE OF RAIN 30 PERCENT. .SUNDAY...SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE MID 40S. NORTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. .SUNDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN THE UPPER 20S. .MONDAY...PARTLY SUNNY. HIGHS AROUND 50. .MONDAY NIGHT...SHOWERS. LOWS IN THE MID 30S. CHANCE OF RAIN 90 PERCENT. .TUESDAY...RAIN SHOWERS LIKELY. HIGHS IN THE MID 40S. CHANCE OF RAIN 70 PERCENT. .TUESDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF RAIN OR SNOW SHOWERS. LOWS IN THE LOWER 30S. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 50 PERCENT. .WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 40S. LOWS IN THE MID 20S. $$ Expires:201404041100;;144083 ASUS41 KBTV 041010 RWRBTV VERMONT REGIONAL WEATHER ROUNDUP NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT 600 AM EDT FRI APR 04 2014 NOTE: "FAIR" INDICATES FEW OR NO CLOUDS BELOW 12,000 FEET WITH NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER AND/OR OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISIBILITY. * THESE REPORTS ARE NOT UNDER NWS QUALITY CONTROL AND/OR DO NOT REPORT WEATHER SUCH AS PRECIPITATION AND FOG. VTZ001>019-041100- _____VERMONT_____ CITY SKY/WX TMP DP RH WIND PRES REMARKS BURLINGTON SUNNY 25 20 81 S3 30.11F MONTPELIER SUNNY 19 15 84 CALM 30.13F MORRISVILLE MOSUNNY 18 15 88 CALM 30.13F ST. JOHNSBURY* N/A 21 18 88 MISG 30.12R LYNDONVILLE* FAIR 21 14 75 CALM 30.11S MIDDLEBURY* FAIR 24 23 98 CALM 30.11R RUTLAND* MOSUNNY 30 19 64 S9 30.09F SPRINGFIELD MOSUNNY 28 24 85 CALM 30.13F HIGHGATE* FAIR 26 20 80 E5 30.13S NEWPORT* FAIR 20 16 84 CALM 30.12S BENNINGTON CLOUDY 39 21 48 E6 30.05S SUTTON* N/A 21 N/A N/A MISG N/A _____LAKE CHAMPLAIN_____ CITY SKY/WX TMP DP RH WIND PRES REMARKS COLCHESTER RF* N/A 28 23 80 NW7 N/A DIAMOND ISL* N/A 28 25 86 NE5 N/A $$ Expires:No;;140236 FXUS61 KBTV 040902 AFDBTV AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT 502 AM EDT FRI APR 4 2014 .SYNOPSIS... A WARM FRONT WILL APPROACH THE REGION LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT AND WILL BRING RAIN ALONG WITH SOME MIXED PRECIPITATION TO THE NORTH COUNTRY. PRECIPITATION WILL LINGER INTO SATURDAY. A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD INTO THE NORTH COUNTRY FOR SUNDAY AND MONDAY. && .NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 PM THIS EVENING/... AS OF 502 AM EDT FRIDAY...SKIES WILL START OUT PARTLY SUNNY THIS MORNING AND THEN CLOUD OVER BY THIS AFTERNOON. EXPECTING RAIN TO BEGIN LATE THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS THE REGION. HIGHS WILL BE MAINLY IN THE LOWER 40S. && .SHORT TERM /6 PM THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY/... AS OF 502 AM EDT FRIDAY...PRECIPITATION WILL OVERSPREAD THE REGION TONIGHT ...WITH MIXED PRECIPITATION EXPECTED FROM THE WESTERN SLOPES OF THE GREEN MOUNTAINS TO THE CONNECTICUT VALLEY AS TEMPERATURES FALL INTO THE LOWER 30S OVER EASTERN VERMONT LATER TONIGHT. ELSEWHERE...MAINLY RAIN EXPECTED ACROSS THE REGION. HAVE GONE A FEW DEGREES ABOVE MOS GUIDANCE FOR MIN TEMPERATURES TONIGHT AS SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL HELP TO KEEP TEMPERATURES UP TONIGHT...EXCEPT EAST OF THE GREEN MOUNTAINS WHERE COLD AIR DAMMING WILL HELP TO KEEP COLDER AIR IN LONGER THERE...AND THUS A PERIOD OF SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN POSSIBLE. A MID LEVEL DRY SLOT WILL WORK INTO THE REGION ON SATURDAY...SO EXPECTING PRECIPITATION TO TAPER OFF TO SCATTERED AND MORE SHOWERY PRECIPITATION. EXPECTING SCATTERED PRECIPITATION TO LINGER INTO SATURDAY NIGHT...BEFORE A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS EAST FROM THE GREAT LAKES AND OHIO VALLEY ON SUNDAY. && .LONG TERM /SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY/... AS OF 330 AM EDT FRIDAY...THE GENERAL LARGE SCALE PATTERN WL CONT TO BE PROGRESSIVE WITH BEST CHC FOR WIDESPREAD PRECIP MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY. OVERALL MODELS IN GOOD AGREEMENT WITH FULL LATITUDE TROF DIGGING ACRS THE CENTRAL CONUS ON MONDAY...WITH POTENT 5H VORT ENHANCING SFC LOW PRES ACRS THE MS/OHIO VALLEY REGION. THIS SYSTEM WL ADVECT DEEP GULF OF MEXICO MOISTURE INTO OUR REGION BY MONDAY NIGHT...BUT AT THE SAME TIME A WELL DEFINED 850 TO 500MB DRY SLOT WL BE SURGING INTO OUR REGION. THIS WL QUICKLY END THE STEADIER/HEAVIER PREICP BY MIDDAY TUESDAY WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS ANTICIPATED FOR THE AFTN. THE COMBINATION OF FAVORABLE RRQ OF 25H JET...GOOD MID WAA AND ASSOCIATED MOISTURE/LIFT...AND TRACK OF CLOSED 7H/5H CIRCULATION WL RESULT IN A WIDESPREAD MODERATE COLD RAIN EVENT ON MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY. HAVE NOTED A COOL LAYER BTWN 925MB AND 850MB WITH TEMPS NEAR 0C...WHICH MAY RESULT IN SOME SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN IN THE MIDSLOPE ELEVATIONS BTWN 1800 AND 2800 FT. GIVEN PROGRESSIVE NATURE OF THE SYSTEM AND PRIMARY SFC LOW TRACK TO OUR WEST...THINKING QPF WL BE TRRN DRIVEN...WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS ON THE SE UPSLOPE REGIONS OF GREEN/DACK MTNS. HAVE NOTED IN THE QPF FIELDS OFF BOTH THE GFS/ECMWF...THAT THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS SPLIT OUR CWA...EITHER TO THE WEST CLOSER TO THE MID/UPPER LVL TROF AXIS OR TO OUR SOUTH AND EAST...ASSOCIATED WITH POTENT LLVL JET AND DEEPER/HIGHER PWS. THIS SUGGESTS QPF AMOUNTS BTWN 0.25 AND 0.75" WITH LOCALIZED AMOUNTS NEAR 1.0 IN THE MTNS ACRS OUR FA. NOT ANTICIPATING WIDESPREAD HYDRO PROBLEMS GIVEN THIS AMOUNT OF QPF...BUT COMBINED WITH TEMPS IN THE 50S ON MONDAY...PRIOR TO THE EVENT...SOME LOCALIZED ICE JAM AND MINOR LOW LYING FLOODING WL BE POSSIBLE. WL CONT TO MONITOR WITH LATEST DATA FOR THE POTENTIAL OF MINOR FLOODING. OTHERWISE...PROGGED 85H TEMPS BTWN 4-6C MONDAY SUPPORT HIGHS M40S MTNS TO M50S VALLEYS...IF CLOUDS DEVELOP QUICKER THAN ANTICIPATED TEMPS WL BE 4 TO 8 DEGREES COOLER. A DAMP AND COOL DAY IS EXPECTED ON TUESDAY WITH HIGHS ONLY IN THE U30S MTNS TO M40S VALLEYS. IF MORE SUN DEVELOPS IN THE LATE AFTN...A FEW TEMPS NEAR 50F WL BE POSSIBLE IN THE WARMER VALLEYS. COOLER AND DRIER WX ARRIVES ON WEDS INTO THURS...AS MID/UPPER LVL TROF DEVELOPS. BEST CHC FOR RAIN OR SNOW SHOWERS WL BE ACRS THE HIGHER TRRN WITH TEMPS MAINLY IN THE 30S MTNS TO 40S VALLEYS...SEVERAL DEGREES BLW NORMAL FOR THE 2ND WEEK OF APRIL. && .AVIATION /09Z FRIDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/... THROUGH 06Z SATURDAY...CHANGEABLE CONDITIONS ANTICIPATED AS SFC LOW PRES TRACKS WEST OF OUR TAF SITES LATE FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY. THIS SYSTEM WL PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS...A BAND OF PRECIP...AND LOWERING VIS/CIGS ACRS OUR TAF SITES OVER THE NEXT 12 TO 24 HRS. VFR CONDITIONS WITH LIGHT TRRN DRIVEN WINDS WL CONT OVERNIGHT...WITH CLOUDS INCREASING AND LWRING THRU 18Z FRIDAY. PRECIP MAINLY IN THE FORM OF RAIN ARRIVES BTWN 20Z-22Z TODAY WITH CIGS/VIS DROPPING TO MVFR AT MOST SITES. IN ADDITION...LLVL JET OF 45 TO 50 KNTS WITH FAVORABLE SE DOWNSLOPE FLW SIGNATURE ON SOUNDINGS SUPPORT SFC WIND GUSTS BTWN 30 AND 40 KNTS THIS AFTN/EVENING...ESPECIALLY AT RUT. ELSEWHERE...WINDS WL GUSTS BTWN 20 AND 30 KNTS WITH AREAS OF LLWS/TURBULENCE LIKELY. BRIEF PERIODS OF MODERATE RAIN MIXED WITH FREEZE RAIN/SLEET WL BE POSSIBLE THIS EVENING...ESPECIALLY AT MPV/SLK WITH SOME IFR CIGS/VIS LIKELY. IMPROVING CONDITIONS AFT 06Z SATURDAY. OUTLOOK 06Z SATURDAY THROUGH TUESDAY...STEADY AND HEAVIER PRECIP WL TAPER OFF TO SCATTERED VALLEY RAIN AND MTN SNOW SHOWERS BY 12Z SAT...WITH SOME LINGERING MVFR/IFR CONDITIONS LIKELY AT SLK/MPV. WEAK SFC HIGH PRES WITH VFR CONDITIONS DEVELOP FROM 18Z SAT THRU 00Z TUESDAY. SOME LEFTOVER MTN SNOW SHOWERS SAT AFT INTO SAT NIGHT MAY PRODUCE OCCASIONAL MVFR CIGS/VIS AT SLK. NEXT SYSTEM ARRIVES AFT 00Z TUESDAY WITH LWRING CIGS AND MAINLY RAIN DEVELOPING FROM SOUTH TO NORTH. EXPECT A PROLONGED PERIOD OF MVFR CIGS/VIS FROM 00Z TUES TO 12Z TUESDAY...ALONG WITH DEVELOPING GUSTY SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS AND ASSOCIATED AREAS OF TURBULENCE AND LLVL WS. && .BTV WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... VT...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM EDT SATURDAY FOR VTZ003-004-006>008-010-012-016>019. 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