WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 341 AM EST WED DEC 09 2009
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST THIS
EVENING...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BURLINGTON CONTINUES THE WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR MIXED PRECIPITATION ACROSS THE CHAMPLAIN
VALLEY...UNTIL 10 PM EST THIS EVENING.
* A TOTAL OF 3 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW AND SLEET IS EXPECTED TO FALL
ACROSS THE CHAMPLAIN VALLEY TODAY INTO EARLY THIS EVENING.
* GUSTY WINDS MAY ACCOMPANY THE PRECIPITATION AT TIMES DURING THE
DAY...ESPECIALLY CLOSE TO THE GREEN MOUNTAINS WHERE GUSTS TO 40
MPH ARE POSSIBLE.
* SNOW WILL DEVELOP RAPIDLY DURING THE EARLY TO MID MORNING
HOURS...AND BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES BY MID TO LATE MORNING. SNOW
WILL MIX WITH SLEET AND RAIN DURING THE AFTERNOON BEFORE ENDING
AS RAIN THIS EVENING. THE MOST SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS FROM THIS
STORM WILL BE FELT THIS MORNING INTO THE EARLY AFTERNOON
HOURS...INCLUDING 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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