WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 212 AM EST TUE DEC 08 2009
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 10 PM EST
WEDNESDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BURLINGTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR MIXED PRECIPITATION ACROSS THE CHAMPLAIN
VALLEY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 10 PM EST WEDNESDAY.
* A TOTAL OF 3 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW AND SLEET IS EXPECTED TO FALL ACROSS
THE CHAMPLAIN VALLEY ON WEDNESDAY.
* GUSTY SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH WILL ACCOMPANY THE MIXED
WINTRY PRECIPITATION AT TIMES DURING WEDNESDAY MORNING AND INTO WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON. LOCALLY STRONGER WINDS ARE EXPECTED ALONG THE
IMMEDIATE WESTERN SLOPES OF THE GREEN MOUNTAINS.
* SNOW WILL DEVELOP RAPIDLY ACROSS THE CHAMPLAIN VALLEY DURING THE
PRE-DAWN HOURS WEDNESDAY...AND BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES BY MID-
MORNING. AS TEMPERATURES WARM ALOFT...SNOW WILL MIX WITH AND
CHANGE TO SLEET...AND THEN AS A PERIOD OF RAIN BEFORE ENDING
WEDNESDAY EVENING. THE MOST SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS FROM THIS STORM
WILL BE FELT WEDNESDAY MORNING...INCLUDING DURING THE MORNING
COMMUTE...WITH SNOWFALL RATES UP TO 1 INCH PER
HOUR...ACCOMPANIED BY LOW VISIBILITY AND GUSTY WINDS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW AND SLEET
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.
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