Winter Storm Warning
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT 336 PM EST MON DEC 28 2015 VTZ003-004-006-007-291000- /O.UPG.KBTV.WW.Y.0015.151229T0500Z-151230T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KBTV.WS.W.0006.151229T0500Z-151230T0000Z/ ORLEANS-ESSEX-LAMOILLE-CALEDONIA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWPORT...ISLAND POND...JOHNSON... STOWE...ST. JOHNSBURY 336 PM EST MON DEC 28 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 7 PM EST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BURLINGTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND MIXED PRECIPITATION...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 7 PM EST TUESDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * LOCATIONS...NORTHEASTERN VERMONT. * HAZARD TYPES...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW EARLY TUESDAY MORNING WITH SLEET AND FREEZING DRIZZLE CONTINUING TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 4 TO 8 INCHES...ALONG WITH UP TO A TENTH OF AN INCH OF ICE. * MAXIMUM SNOWFALL RATE...AROUND 1 INCH PER HOUR...MAINLY EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. * TIMING...SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD THE REGION IN THE PRE-DAWN HOURS OF TUESDAY MORNING...AND BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES BETWEEN 4 AM AND 10 AM. THE SNOW WILL THEN CHANGE OVER TO A MIX OF SLEET AND FREEZING DRIZZLE BY NOON ON TUESDAY. * IMPACTS...SNOW WILL CAUSE VERY HAZARDOUS TRAVEL FOR THE TUESDAY MORNING COMMUTE. ROADS WILL BECOME SNOW-COVERED AND SLIPPERY. * WINDS...SOUTHEAST 5 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * TEMPERATURES...LOWS AROUND 10 ABOVE. HIGHS IN THE MID 20S. * VISIBILITIES...A HALF MILE OR LESS IN MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS. PLEASE STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...YOUR LOCAL MEDIA...OR GO TO WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BURLINGTON FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THIS WEATHER SITUATION.
