WINTER STORM WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 348 PM EST TUE DEC 08 2009
...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 10 PM EST
WEDNESDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BURLINGTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW ACROSS CENTRAL AND EASTERN
VERMONT...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 10 PM EST WEDNESDAY. THE
WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.
* SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 5 TO 9 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS CENTRAL AND
EASTERN VERMONT. THE HIGHEST TOTALS ARE EXPECTED TO BE ALONG THE
EASTERN SLOPES OF THE GREEN MOUNTAINS FROM LUDLOW TO NORTHFIELD
TO WALDEN.
* GUSTY WINDS WILL ACCOMPANY THE WINTRY PRECIPITATION AT TIMES
DURING THE DAY WEDNESDAY...WITH LOCALLY STRONGER WINDS ACROSS
THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS.
* SNOW WILL DEVELOP RAPIDLY DURING THE PRE-DAWN HOURS
WEDNESDAY...AND BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES BY MID-MORNING. THE SNOW
IS EXPECTED TO MIX WITH SLEET...FREEZING RAIN AND RAIN DURING
THE AFTERNOON BEFORE ENDING IN THE EVENING. THE MOST SIGNIFICANT
IMPACTS FROM THIS STORM WILL BE FELT WEDNESDAY MORNING AND INTO
THE EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS...WITH SNOWFALL RATES UP TO 1 INCH PER
HOUR...ACCOMPANIED BY LOW VISIBILITY AND GUSTY WINDS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST
THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS.
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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