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Cold returns to the NEK

After several very warm days here in the Northeast Kingdom of Vermont the temperatures are going go the other way for the foreseeable future. We may even see lows in the single digits on several nights this week.  I guess we need to pay the price at some point for the mild weather that was around the northeast for most of the winter.

Even with all of the mild weather the ice has been hanging tough on most of the lakes and ponds here in the NEK. This quad-coper (drone) video shot yesterday shows Island Pond still has ice covering most of the lake.

Where did winter go?

It’s hard to believe winter has come and gone without registering 12″ of snow on the stake here in Island Pond, VT. I kept holding out hope all season that we would get a good dumping of the white stuff, but it never did happen. This had to be very hard on the businesses throughout the Northeast Kingdom that rely on skiers and snowmobiliers to frequent their restaurants and stores. Hopefully we have a beautiful Spring and Summer season that helps make up for such a dismal Winter.

Here’s a video that was shot last weekend that shows just how bad the snow season was here in the NEK. About the only snow to be found is man made with the exception of the very top of Burke Mountain.

 

Winter Storm Warning For NEK 12/29/15

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WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.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.