Monthly Archives: December 2014

More cold followed by Winter Storm Watch

Today was a chilly day in the Northeast Kingdom of Vermont. The high for the day, 26 degrees, occurred at 12AM and dropped off from there . The weather station displayed temps around 11-12 degrees this afternoon. The current temperature as I write this blog post is 5 degrees at 6PM here in Island Pond, VT. The National Weather Service forecast is calling for a low tomorrow morning of -7F. The forecast for tomorrow, Monday December 8th is calling for mostly sunny skies ahead of a storm system that will be moving in on Tuesday morning.

island pond webcam

The calm before the storm. Today was a blue sky day as seen on our Island Pond, VT webcam. 12/7/14

Below is the text of the Winter Storm Watch issued by the NWS in Burlington, VT.

...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BURLINGTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.

* LOCATIONS...CENTRAL AND NORTHERN VERMONT AND NORTHERN NEW YORK
  EXCEPT THE ST. LAWRENCE VALLEY.

* HAZARD TYPES...HEAVY WET SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN.

* ACCUMULATIONS...POTENTIAL FOR 6 TO 12 INCHES OF SNOW WITH
  LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS IN THE SOUTH CENTRAL GREEN MOUNTAINS.
  THERE MAY ALSO BE UP TO A QUARTER OF AN INCH OF ICE IN EASTERN
  VERMONT.

* MAXIMUM SNOWFALL RATE...UP TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR...MAINLY TUESDAY
  AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING.

* TIMING...LIGHT SNOW WILL BEGIN TUESDAY BECOMING HEAVY TUESDAY
  AFTERNOON AND EVENING AND WILL MIX WITH SLEET...FREEZING
  RAIN...AND RAIN AT TIMES ESPECIALLY IN VERMONT TUESDAY NIGHT AND
  WEDNESDAY.

* IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS ESPECIALLY FOR THE
  TUESDAY EVENING AND WEDNESDAY MORNING COMMUTES. THERE MAY BE
  SOME POWER OUTAGES DUE TO THE HEAVY WET SNOW AND SOME ICING.

* WINDS...NORTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH.

* TEMPERATURES...HIGHS IN THE LOWER 30S. LOWS IN THE LOWER 20S.

* VISIBILITIES...REDUCED TO A QUARTER OF A MILE AT TIMES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL.
CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.

PLEASE STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...YOUR LOCAL MEDIA...OR
GO TO WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BURLINGTON FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THIS
WEATHER SITUATION.

Another Winter Weather Advisory for the NEK 12/5/14 – 12/6/14 

The NWS in Burlington, VT has issued the following Advisory for Island Pond
 and the rest of the Northeast Kingdom of Vermont.


...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS
EVENING TO MIDNIGHT EST SATURDAY NIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BURLINGTON CONTINUES THE WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR WINTRY MIXED PRECIPITATION...FROM 7 PM THIS
EVENING TO MIDNIGHT EST SATURDAY NIGHT.

* LOCATIONS...THE CENTRAL AND NORTHERN GREEN MOUNTAINS AND THE
  NORTHEAST KINGDOM OF VERMONT.

* HAZARD TYPES...SNOW AND SLEET.

* ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 2 TO 4 INCHES OF WET SNOW
  WITH UP TO A TRACE OF ICE ACCUMULATION.

* MAXIMUM SNOWFALL RATE...UP TO A HALF INCH PER HOUR...MAINLY
  TONIGHT.

* TIMING...LIGHT SNOW WILL BEGIN EARLY TONIGHT TRANSITIONING TO A
  WINTRY MIX OF SLEET AND SNOW OVERNIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING.
  PERIODS OF LIGHT RAIN SATURDAY AFTERNOON WILL CHANGE BACK TO
  LIGHT SNOW SATURDAY EVENING BEFORE ENDING.

* IMPACTS...UNTREATED ROADS AND SIDEWALKS WILL BECOME SLIPPERY
  PRODUCING DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS.

* WINDS...SOUTHEAST 5 TO 10 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH.

* TEMPERATURES...EARLY LOWS IN THE LOWER TO MID 20S TONIGHT. HIGHS
  SATURDAY IN THE 30S.

* VISIBILITIES...AT OR BELOW ONE MILE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR
FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.

PLEASE STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...YOUR LOCAL MEDIA...OR
GO TO WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BURLINGTON FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THIS
WEATHER SITUATION.