Expires:201506292000;;825481 FPUS51 KBTV 290806 ZFPBTV ZONE FORECAST PRODUCT FOR VERMONT AND NORTHERN NEW YORK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT 402 AM EDT MON JUN 29 2015 VTZ006-292000- LAMOILLE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JOHNSON...STOWE 402 AM EDT MON JUN 29 2015 .TODAY...CLOUDY. PATCHY FOG THIS MORNING. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS WITH PATCHY DRIZZLE THIS MORNING...THEN A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS THIS AFTERNOON. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 60S. LIGHT AND VARIABLE WINDS... BECOMING WEST AROUND 10 MPH THIS AFTERNOON. CHANCE OF RAIN 40 PERCENT. .TONIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY. PATCHY DENSE FOG. LOWS IN THE LOWER 50S. LIGHT AND VARIABLE WINDS. .TUESDAY...PARTLY SUNNY. PATCHY DENSE FOG IN THE MORNING. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. WARMER WITH HIGHS IN THE MID 70S. LIGHT AND VARIABLE WINDS...BECOMING SOUTH AROUND 10 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. CHANCE OF RAIN 50 PERCENT. .TUESDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE LOWER 60S. SOUTHEAST WINDS AROUND 10 MPH. CHANCE OF RAIN 50 PERCENT. .WEDNESDAY...OCCASIONAL SHOWERS WITH A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 70S. SOUTH WINDS AROUND 10 MPH. CHANCE OF RAIN 80 PERCENT. .WEDNESDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS. LOWS IN THE UPPER 50S. CHANCE OF RAIN 50 PERCENT. .THURSDAY...PARTLY SUNNY WITH A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 70S. .THURSDAY NIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE LOWER 50S. .FRIDAY...MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE MID 70S. .FRIDAY NIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE UPPER 50S. .INDEPENDENCE DAY...PARTLY SUNNY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS IN THE MID 70S. CHANCE OF RAIN 40 PERCENT. .SATURDAY NIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS. LOWS IN THE UPPER 50S. .SUNDAY...PARTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE MID 70S. $$ Expires:201506291100;;831474 ASUS41 KBTV 291030 RWRBTV VERMONT REGIONAL WEATHER ROUNDUP NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT 600 AM EDT MON JUN 29 2015 NOTE: "FAIR" INDICATES FEW OR NO CLOUDS BELOW 12,000 FEET WITH NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER AND/OR OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISIBILITY. * THESE REPORTS ARE NOT UNDER NWS QUALITY CONTROL AND/OR DO NOT REPORT WEATHER SUCH AS PRECIPITATION AND FOG. VTZ001>019-291100- _____VERMONT_____ CITY SKY/WX TMP DP RH WIND PRES REMARKS BURLINGTON CLOUDY 56 53 90 S6 29.76R FOG MONTPELIER CLOUDY 51 49 92 S7 29.80R FOG MORRISVILLE CLOUDY 54 51 90 S3 29.78R ST. JOHNSBURY* N/A 54 49 83 MISG 29.76R LYNDONVILLE* CLOUDY 51 49 93 SE3 29.79R MIDDLEBURY* CLOUDY 56 56 100 CALM 29.77R RUTLAND* CLOUDY 54 46 76 CALM 29.79R SPRINGFIELD CLOUDY 52 50 93 S5 29.80R HIGHGATE* HVY RAIN 54 54 98 CALM 29.75R NEWPORT* CLOUDY 51 49 93 S3 29.77S BENNINGTON CLOUDY 56 54 93 CALM 29.80R SUTTON* N/A 50 N/A N/A MISG N/A GALLUP MILLS* N/A 50 N/A N/A MISG N/A MT. MANSFIELD* N/A 45 N/A N/A NW13 N/A _____LAKE CHAMPLAIN_____ CITY SKY/WX TMP DP RH WIND PRES REMARKS BURTON ISLAND* N/A 57 55 94 S10 N/A COLCHESTER RF* N/A 57 55 94 SW13 N/A DIAMOND ISL* N/A 55 54 94 S2 N/A $$ Expires:No;;826631 FXUS61 KBTV 290827 AFDBTV AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT 427 AM EDT MON JUN 29 2015 .SYNOPSIS... AS LOW PRESSURE CONTINUES TO PULL AWAY FROM THE REGION, LINGERING RAIN SHOWERS AND DRIZZLE THIS MORNING WILL TREND TOWARDS DRIER CONDITIONS FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. UNSETTLED WEATHER RETURNS FOR TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY WITH SEVERAL ROUNDS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY, ALONG WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR SOME MINOR FLOODING. DRIER CONDITIONS DO RETURN FOR THE END OF THE WORK WEEK ALONG WITH MORE SEASONAL TEMPERATURES. && .NEAR TERM /UNTIL 8 AM THIS MORNING/... AS OF 425 AM EDT MONDAY...CURRENT SATELLITE IMAGERY AND SURFACE ANALYSIS SHOWS LOW PRESSURE WHICH BROUGHT WIDESPREAD RAIN THE TO REGION YESTERDAY CONTINUING TO PULL NORTHWARD INTO SOUTHERN QUEBEC. WHILE WATER VAPOR SHOWS A MID LEVEL DRY SLOT EXITING TO OUR EAST AND WRAP-AROUND MOISTURE ADVECTING BACK INTO THE REGION FROM THE NORTHWEST, RADAR RETURNS ARE VERY SPOTTY AND LIGHT. WINDS ARE LIGHT AND VARIABLE FOR NOW, BUT EXPECT A SHIFT TO THE WEST/NORTHWEST BY THIS AFTERNOON WHICH MAY AID IN THE DEVELOPMENT IN SOME TERRAIN DRIVEN SHOWERS, BUT OVERALL WE'RE LOOKING AT A GENERALLY DRY BUT SEASONABLY COOL DAY. MORNING CLOUDS SHOULD GIVE WAY TO SOME CLEARING THIS AFTERNOON, BUT TEMPS WILL REMAIN WELL BELOW NORMAL FOR LATE JUNE WITH HIGHS ONLY IN THE 60S. && .SHORT TERM /8 AM THIS MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY/... AS OF 425 AM EDT MONDAY...WEAK MID-LEVEL RIDGING DEVELOPS OVER THE AREA TONIGHT WITH WINDS GOING CALM AND SKIES GOING PARTLY CLOUDY. DON'T EXPECT US TO CLEAR OUT COMPLETELY AS WE REMAIN IN A GENERAL SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT, BUT WITH THE RECENT RAINFALL AND CALM BOUNDARY LAYER WINDS IT'S A GOOD BET FOR SOME LOCALLY DENSE FOG DEVELOPMENT IN THE FAVORED VALLEY LOCALES. THE TREND OF BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES CONTINUES AS WELL TONIGHT WITH LOWS DIPPING INTO THE UPPER 40S TO LOW 50S. CONDITIONS BECOME UNSETTLED ONCE AGAIN TUESDAY AS THE FIRST OF TWO ROUNDS OF CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY TO AFFECT THE REGION THIS WEEK COMES AS A MID LEVEL TROUGH AND ASSOCIATED SURFACE LOW MOVES EASTWARD ACROSS THE CENTRAL GREAT LAKES. THE ATTENDING WARM FRONT WILL BRING RAIN SHOWERS AND POSSIBLY A FEW THUNDERSTORMS AS IT LIFTS THROUGH, BUT OVERALL INSTABILITY IS RATHER MEAGER SO NOT EXPECTING ANY REAL STRONG STORMS. TEMPS FINALLY RETURN TO MORE SEASONAL VALUES AS 850MB TEMPS RISE TO +10-12C SUPPORTING HIGHS IN THE 70S. WITH THE WARM FRONT LIFTING NORTH OF THE INTL BORDER TUESDAY NIGHT, EXPECT THE MAJORITY OF SHOWERS TO DISSIPATE BUT CAN'T RULE OUT SOME ISOLATED ACTIVITY. FAIRLY CLOUDY SKIES WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE NIGHT KEEPING TEMPS ON THE MILD SIDE IN THE UPPER 50S TO MID 60S. A MORE ACTIVE CONVECTIVE DAY IS EXPECTED ON WEDNESDAY AS ANOTHER SHORTWAVE TROUGH DIGGING INTO OHIO RIVER VALLEY AND SURFACE COLD FRONT APPROACHES. BTV CWA WILL BE FIRMLY IN THE WARM SECTOR AHEAD OF THE BOUNDARY WITH PWATS RISING TO AROUND 1.5" AND GROWING INSTABILITY THROUGH THE DAY. MODEL CONSENSUS SHOWS CAPES 800-1200 J/KG DEVELOPING BY MID-DAY ALONG WITH LI'S AROUND -4 AND DEEP LAYER SHEAR OF 35-40 KTS. AS IT HAS BEEN THE CASE OVER THE PAST FEW DAYS, GUIDANCE DOES CONTINUE TO DIFFER ON THE TIMING OF THE FRONT WHICH WILL PLAY A LARGE ROLE IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF INSTABILITY, BUT IT APPEARS THERE WILL LIKELY BE A WINDOW FOR STRONGER STORMS WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN AND SOME GUSTY WINDS WHICH COULD CREATE SOME HYDRO CONCERNS DUE TO RECENT RAINFALL AND HIGH WATER FLOWS. STAY TUNED. && .LONG TERM /WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY/... AS OF 419 AM EDT MONDAY...MAINTENANCE OF INTERMOUNTAIN WEST MID- TROPOSPHERIC RIDGE WILL RESULT IN CONTINUATION OF SEASONABLE TEMPERATURES AND EPISODES OF SHOWER ACTIVITY ACROSS THE NORTH COUNTRY IN ASSOCIATION WITH MEAN TROUGH ACROSS THE AREA DURING THE EXTENDED FORECAST PERIOD. EXPECTATION IS FOR MID-LEVEL SHORTWAVE TROUGH TO BE EXITING THE AREA EARLY WEDNESDAY NIGHT WITH DIMINISHING CHANCES FOR SHOWERS (AND SLIGHT CHANCE OF TSTMS) DURING THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. SHOULD SEE A DRIER NW FLOW PATTERN SET UP BRIEFLY PROVIDING FOR A GENERALLY DRY CONDITIONS THURSDAY AND FRIDAY...WITH VALLEY HIGH TEMPERATURES BOTH DAYS IN THE MID TO UPPER 70S. NEXT SHORTWAVE TROUGH POTENTIALLY SHIFTS EWD FROM THE GREAT LAKES REGION INTO THE NORTH COUNTRY FOR INDEPENDENCE DAY (SATURDAY) PER 00Z ECMWF. HOWEVER...IT IS WORTH NOTING THAT THE 00Z GFS IS SLOWER AND WEAKER WITH THIS PARTICULAR FEATURE AND SUGGESTS GENERALLY DRY CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST THRU THE DAY SATURDAY. HAVE INCLUDED 30-40 POPS FOR SHOWERS AND POSSIBLE TSTMS SATURDAY AFTN AT THIS POINT...AS 00Z ECMWF HAS BETTER CONTINUITY WITH PREVIOUS ECMWF AND GFS RUNS. TEMPERATURES SHOULD REMAIN IN THE MID-UPR 70S FOR AFTERNOON HIGHS FOR THE 4TH OF JULY...AND GENERALLY LOW 60S FOR LOWS SATURDAY NIGHT. LOWER PRECIPITATION CHANCES FOR SUNDAY. && .AVIATION /08Z MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/... THROUGH 12Z TUESDAY...AREAS OF DRIZZLE/MIST WILL PREVAIL AT THE NORTH COUNTRY TAF LOCATIONS THROUGH ABOUT 12Z THIS MORNING AS UPPER LOW TRANSLATES NEWD ACROSS THE REGION. IT APPEARS IFR CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL AT MSS/SLK...WITH MAINLY MVFR-VFR CONDITIONS ELSEWHERE. CAN/T RULE OUT A FEW RAIN SHOWERS AS WELL...THOUGH THEY SHOULD BE BRIEF IN DURATION BASED ON 0530Z RADAR TRENDS. CONDITIONS TREND VFR DURING THE DAYLIGHT HOURS WITH LIGHT (5-8KT) W TO NW WINDS. CLEARING SKIES OVERNIGHT WILL LEAD TO PATCHY DENSE FOG FORMATION AFTER 05-06Z...WITH LIFR ANTICIPATED AT MPV/SLK/MSS AND POSSIBLE AT THE REMAINING TAF LOCATIONS GIVEN LIGHT AND VARIABLE WINDS AND SATURATED GROUND CONDITIONS. OUTLOOK 12Z TUESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY...UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE BRINGS SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS LATE TUESDAY INTO TUESDAY NIGHT...WITH REDEVELOPMENT OF SHOWERS AND POSSIBLE TSTMS DURING THE DAY WEDNESDAY. INTERVALS OF IFR/MVFR CONDITIONS POSSIBLE WITH CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY. TRENDING DRIER BY LATE WEDNESDAY EVENING RIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY...BUT COULD SEE NOCTURNAL FOG DEVELOPMENT EARLY THURSDAY AM AND AGAIN EARLY FRIDAY AM...ESPECIALLY MPV/SLK. && .CLIMATE... AS OF 400 AM EDT MONDAY...IT'S BEEN AN ANOMALOUSLY WET JUNE ACROSS THE NORTH COUNTRY. ONE MONTHLY RECORD HAS ALREADY BEEN SET AT MONTPELIER, AND THE POTENTIAL FOR MORE RAIN LATE TUESDAY, THE RECORDS AT BURLINGTON AND MOUNT MANSFIELD WILL BE APPROACHED. MONTPELIER HAS BROKEN ITS MONTHLY JUNE RAINFALL RECORD. AS OF 5 PM, 8.92 INCHES OF RAINFALL HAD FALLEN IN JUNE 2015 AT MONTPELIER. THE PRIOR RECORD WAS 8.36 INCHES SET IN 2013. A SUMMARY OF CURRENT RAINFALL TOTALS FOR BURLINGTON AND MT. MANSFIELD, AND WHAT IT WILL TAKE TO BREAK THE JUNE RECORD FOLLOWS BELOW. NOTE THAT CITED RAINFALL VALUES REFLECT AMOUNTS AS OF MIDNIGHT 06/29. AT 8.62 INCHES, BURLINGTON NEEDS 1.30 INCHES OF ADDITIONAL RAINFALL TO BREAK THE JUNE RAINFALL RECORD OF 9.22 INCHES SET BACK IN 1922. AT 14.87 INCHES, MT. MANSFIELD NEEDS 0.41 INCHES OF ADDITIONAL RAIN TO BREAK THE JUNE RAINFALL RECORD OF 15.28 INCHES SET IN 1998. && .BTV WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... VT...NONE. NY...NONE. && $$ SYNOPSIS...LAHIFF NEAR TERM...LAHIFF SHORT TERM...LAHIFF LONG TERM...BANACOS AVIATION...BANACOS CLIMATE...TEAM BTV - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - SkiVt-L is brought to you by the University of Vermont. To unsubscribe, visit http://list.uvm.edu/archives/skivt-l.html