WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 416 AM EST FRI NOV 27 2009
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO
11 AM EST SATURDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BURLINGTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW ACROSS HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF EASTERN
VERMONT AND THE WESTERN SLOPES OF THE GREEN MOUNTAINS...WHICH IS
IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 AM EST SATURDAY.
TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 7 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE
HIGHER TERRAIN...GENERALLY ABOVE 1000 FEET. THE MOUNTAIN SUMMITS
COULD RECEIVE HIGHER AMOUNTS.
THIS IS EXPECTED TO BE A VERY WET SNOW FALL IN THE HIGHER
ELEVATIONS WITH LITTLE ACCUMULATIONS IN THE VALLEYS.
WINDS WILL INCREASE FROM THE NORTHWEST AND GUST TO 40 MPH AT
TIMES TONIGHT AND SATURDAY.
RAIN WILL DEVELOP THIS MORNING. RAIN WILL MIX WITH VERY WET SNOW
AT TIMES AT THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS THIS AFTERNOON...THEN CHANGE TO
WET SNOW THIS EVENING. SNOW LEVELS WILL LOWER LATE TONIGHT WITH
SOME WET SNOW MIXING IN THE VALLEYS TOWARD SATURDAY MORNING. SNOW
AND RAIN WILL END FROM SOUTH TO NORTH SATURDAY MORNING.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT WET SNOW 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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