STORM2K

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT
320 PM EST SAT MAR 29 2003

...WINTRY WEATHER FOR THE REGION SUNDAY AFTERNOON INTO EARLY
MONDAY...
.THE FRONTAL SYSTEM PASSING THROUGH THE NEW ENGLAND REGION...WILL
MAKE ITS WAY TO THE EAST COAST DURING THE EVENING HOURS. LOW
PRESSURE WILL DEVELOP ALONG THIS FRONT OFF THE NORTH CAROLINA AND
VIRGINIA COASTS AND MOVE NORTHEAST DURING THE DAY ON SUNDAY AND INTO
MONDAY. THIS NORTHEAST TRACK WILL BRING ABUNDANT ATLANTIC MOISTURE
INTO THE REGION...COMBINED WITH COLDER AIR BEHIND THE FRONT...WILL
CHANGE ANY PRECIPITATION TO ALL SNOW SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND INTO EARLY
MONDAY.

NYZ028-035-VTZ001>012-300500-
ADDISON VT-CALEDONIA VT-CHITTENDEN VT-EASTERN ESSEX NY-ESSEX VT-
FRANKLIN VT-GRAND ISLE VT-LAMOILLE VT-NORTHEAST CLINTON NY-ORANGE VT-
ORLEANS VT-RUTLAND VT-WASHINGTON VT-WINDSOR VT-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BARRE...BETHEL...BRANDON...BURLINGTON...
CANAAN...DANBY...ESSEX JUNCTION...FAIR HAVEN...MIDDLEBURY...
MONTPELIER...MORRISVILLE...NEWPORT...PLATTSBURGH...RANDOLPH...
RUTLAND...SOUTH BURLINGTON...SPRINGFIELD...ST. ALBANS...
ST. JOHNSBURY...SWANTON...VERGENNES...WHITE RIVER JUNCTION...
WILLSBORO AND WINOOSKI
320 PM EST SAT MAR 29 2003

...WINTER STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
MONDAY MORNING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BURLINGTON VERMONT HAS ISSUED A
WINTER STORM WATCH FOR THE ENTIRE CHAMPLAIN VALLEY...AND ALL OF
CENTRAL AND NORTHERN VERMONT...FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON INTO MONDAY
MORNING. POTENTIAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES ARE
POSSIBLE DURING THIS TIME...ESPECIALLY IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF
EASTERN VERMONT.

A WINTER STORM WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN SEVERE WINTER WEATHER IS
POSSIBLE...BUT NOT IMMINENT. AT THIS TIME...THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR
SIGNIFICANT SNOW AND/OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS. FUTURE DRIVING CONDITIONS
MAY BECOME HAZARDOUS...SO IT IS IMPORTANT TO MONITOR THE LATEST
FORECASTS.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR COMMERCIAL MEDIA FOR THE LATEST
INFORMATION ON THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION.

$$

JN/WGH

You have any details on the North Carolina Winter Wx. Watch?

NCZ034-054-055-062>065-300400-
BURKE NC-CALDWELL NC-HENDERSON NC-MACON NC-MCDOWELL NC-
SOUTHERN JACKSON NC-TRANSYLVANIA NC-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BREVARD...FRANKLIN...HENDERSONVILLE...
LENOIR...MARION AND MORGANTON
255 PM EST SAT MAR 29 2003

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW FOR LATE TONIGHT AND SUNDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY
FOR SNOW...FOR LATE TONIGHT AND SUNDAY. THE ADVISORY IS FOR THE
SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS IN NORTH CAROLINA...INCLUDING
FRANKLIN...HIGHLANDS...CASHIERS...BREVARD...AND HENDERSONVILLE. THE
ADVISORY ALSO INCLUDES THE HIGH TERRAIN OF MCDOWELL...BURKE...AND
CALDWELL COUNTIES...ALONG THE BLUE RIDGE PARKWAY.

RAIN WILL DEVELOP OVERNIGHT AND THEN BECOME MIXED WITH SNOW. THE
PRECIPITATION WILL LIKELY CHANGE TO ALL SNOW AROUND SUNRISE...AND
ACCUMULATE TO ABOUT AN INCH. LOCALLY HEAVIER SNOWFALL IS POSSIBLE
IN HIGH ELEVATIONS.

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SNOW IS FORECAST TO DEVELOP
IN THE AFFECTED AREAS...BUT ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE LIGHT.

$$
JONES

In the East, a strong cold front trailing from an area of low pressure centered over southeastern Canada will trigger scattered showers and thunderstorms across the Ohio and Tennessee Valleys, Northeast, Mid-Atlantic and Carolinas Saturday.

Some storms will be strong to possibly severe later Saturday and into the evening, especially across the mid-Atlantic states. The stronger storms will produce hail, gusty winds, frequent lightning and heavy downpours.

Meanwhile, some snow showers will be possible over the Great Lakes region. Accumulations will be minimal. As the cold front passes, temperatures will drop throughout the day across the majority of the East, while locations ahead of the front, such as the eastern Seaboard will be mild Saturday.


Farther south, the Deep South, Southeast and Florida can expect dry conditions with partly to mostly cloudy skies. High temperatures will be in the 40s across the Great Lakes Region and Ohio Valley. The Northeast and mid-Atlantic will be in the 50s and 60s until the cold front moves through the region. The Southeast, Deep South, and Florida will top off in the 60s and 70s.

In the central United States, minor additional snow accumulations can be expected over the Upper Peninsula of Michigan Saturday morning. Accumulations of one to three inches can be expected before this activity ends around noon.

Scattered rain showers will linger over Wisconsin, Minnesota, eastern regions of the Dakotas, Iowa and Illinois through the morning. However, this activity will taper off by early afternoon as the system moves to the east.

Elsewhere, high pressure will build behind this system, and skies will become clear over the northern Plains, while the central and southern Plains will see partly cloudy to clear conditions all day.

High temperatures will be in the 30s and 40s across the Northern Plains, 50s in the central Plains, and 50s and 60s in the southern Plains.

In the West, a ridge of high pressure will bring calm conditions and clear skies to the majority of the region. This intense high pressure will produce strong offshore winds over southern California, resulting in unseasonably warm temperatures.

The only active weather across the West will be found in the form of snow showers in northern Utah, Colorado and northern New Mexico due to some upper-level energy. However, southern Utah and southern New Mexico can expect a mixture of rain and snow. No accumulations are expected.

A few scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms will also be possible over northern Washington, but the remainder of the Pacific Northwest, California, Rockies, Great Basin, and Desert Southwest will be mostly sunny with dry conditions.

High temperatures will be in the 50s over the Pacific Northwest, Great Basin, and northern Rockies, while northern Arizona and northern New Mexico can expect 50s and 60s. The coastal regions of California, along with southwest Arizona will be the highest with temperatures in the upper 70s.

Thanks for the N.C. info. I hadn't had time to look for it.

No Problem

Extend those advisories up through the west side of my CWA with a 2-4 inches likely above 2000...and 1-2 in the 1-2k ft range.

Look at water vapor and model trends, these cold get bumped up a notch.

Also, BGM NY had WSWatches out...8-10 inches in the highest elevations from SYR to ABE eastward.

Huff

Current

wx247 wrote:You have any details on the North Carolina Winter Wx. Watch?

Here's some more info out of GSP. http://www.erh.noaa.gov/gsp/

i hate snow and anything associated with it

My local NWS is calling for 5-10 inches. I love snow, but having grown up in Maryland, spring is supposed to start in Early March, not May.

we have a freeze warning tonight Hope everything in bloom will make it through the cold.