WINTER STORM WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 341 AM EST WED DEC 09 2009
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST THIS
EVENING...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BURLINGTON CONTINUES THE WINTER
STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW ACROSS CENTRAL AND EASTERN
VERMONT...UNTIL 10 PM EST THIS EVENING.
* SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 5 TO 9 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS CENTRAL AND
EASTERN VERMONT TODAY INTO EARLY THIS EVENING. 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...WITH LOCALLY STRONGER WINDS TO 50 MPH ACROSS
THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS.
* SNOW WILL DEVELOP RAPIDLY DURING THE EARLY TO MID MORNING
HOURS...AND BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES BY MID TO LATE 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 THIS MORNING
INTO THE MID 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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