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FXUS61 KBTV 061130
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AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT
630 AM EST SAT DEC 6 2025
SYNOPSIS
MOSTLY FAIR WEATHER WILL PREVAIL THROUGH EARLY THIS MORNING
BEFORE LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS DEVELOP DOWNWIND OF LAKE ONTARIO
FOR THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. A CLIPPER SYSTEM WILL BRING A
RENEWED CHANCE OF WIDESPREAD LIGHT SNOWFALL LATE SUNDAY AND
SUNDAY NIGHT. A FEW INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED.
COLDER CONDITIONS RETURN FOR MONDAY AND MONDAY, WHILE UNSETTLED
WEATHER CONTINUES THROUGH MUCH OF NEXT WEEK.
NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/
AS OF 558 AM EST SATURDAY...LIGHT RADAR RETURNS SHOWING UP
ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHEASTERN NY AND WESTERN VT AT THIS HOUR,
ASSOCIATED WITH WEAK WARM AIR ADVECTION. WHILE MUCH OF THIS IS
NOT REACHING THE GROUND, NOTED A COUPLE OF WEBCAMS AT HIGHER
ELEVATIONS, SUCH AS BUELS GORE AND MENDON MTN, SHOW SOME LIGHT
SNOW REACHING THE SURFACE. RWIS SITES COURTESY OF VTRANS
INDICATE THAT PRECIP HAS BEEN ENOUGH TO MAKE ROAD SURFACES WET
AND/OR SLUSHY. HAVE THEREFORE ISSUED AN UPDATE TO INCREASE POPS
IN THESE AREAS TO MENTION ISOLATED SNOW SHOWERS THROUGH THE
MORNING HOURS. MOTORISTS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR ANY SLIPPERY
ROADWAYS, ESPECIALLY IN THE HIGHER TERRAIN.
PREVIOUS DISCUSSION...A WIDE RANGE IN TEMPERATURES EARLY THIS
MORNING, RANGING FROM THE UPPER TEENS AND LOW 20S IN THE LARGER
VALLEYS TO THE SINGLE DIGITS ABOVE AND BELOW 0F IN THE ADIRONDACKS
AND EASTERN VT. CLOUDS WILL GRADUALLY INCREASE THROUGH DAYBREAK, SO
TEMPERATURES SHOULD START TO HOLD STEADY, ESPECIALLY IN THE
ADIRONDACKS, THOUGH EASTERN VT COULD SEE A LITTLE ADDITIONAL
COOLING.
TEMPERATURES WILL WARM IN EARNEST THROUGH THE DAY TODAY AS FLOW
TURNS TO THE SOUTH/SOUTHWEST AHEAD OF AN UPPER TROUGH/SURFACE FRONT
APPROACHING FROM THE GREAT LAKES. HIGHS WILL BE IN THE LOW/MID 30S
IN MOST AREAS, THOUGH A FEW OF THE MORE SHELTERED LOCATIONS IN
EASTERN VT MAY REMAIN IN THE UPPER 30S. STILL, IT WILL BE QUITE A
BIT WARMER THAN YESTERDAY. WINDS WILL BE A BIT ON THE BREEZY SIDE,
ESPECIALLY IN THE ST LAWRENCE AND CHAMPLAIN VALLEYS DUE TO
CHANNELING.
THE WINDS WILL ALSO RESULT IN LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS DOWNWIND OF
LAKE ONTARIO AS THE COOL AIR MOVES OVER THE RELATIVELY WARM WATERS.
THE BAND WILL WAVER FROM THE SOUTHERN ST LAWRENCE VALLEY TOWARD THE
WESTERN ADIRONDACKS AS WINDS TURN SOUTHWEST AND EVENTUALLY
WEST/SOUTHWEST. THE AIR/WATER TEMPERATURE DIFFERENTIAL ISN'T ALL
THAT IMPRESSIVE, SO SHOWERS WILL BE SOMEWHAT UNORGANIZED AND
SHOULDN'T MAKE IT TOO FAR FROM THE LAKE. ANY ACCUMULATION WILL BE AN
INCH OR LESS.
ADDITIONAL SHOWER CHANCES WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING AS THE
AFOREMENTIONED COLD FRONT PUSHES SOUTHWARD ACROSS THE REGION. BOTH
SIGNIFICANT MOISTURE AND FORCING WILL BE LACKING, BUT ISOLATED TO
SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE NORTHERN
ADIRONDACKS AND INTO THE NORTHERN GREENS THROUGH ABOUT MIDNIGHT AS
THE BOUNDARY MOVES THROUGH. MUCH COLDER AIR WILL RUSH IN BEHIND THE
FRONT, AND EXPECT NORTHERN AREAS WILL ONCE AGAIN BE IN THE SINGLE
DIGITS AND LOW TEENS BY DAYBREAK, WHILE SOUTHERN SECTIONS WILL
MAINLY STAY IN THE TEENS. SNOW WILL BE AN INCH OR LESS, PERHAPS A
COUPLE OF INCHES OVER THE HIGHER NORTHERN SUMMITS.
SHORT TERM /SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY/
AS OF 1254 AM EST SATURDAY...WIDESPREAD LIGHT SNOW EXPECTED FOR THE
START OF NEXT WEEK AS A WEAK CLIPPER LOW TREKS ACROSS THE REGION.
SUNDAY STARTS OUT DRY WITH CLOUDS QUICKLY INCREASING FROM WEST TO
EAST DURING THE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS. SNOW WILL
LIKEWISE GRADUALLY SPREAD EASTWARD, HOLDING OFF UNTIL THE LATE
AFTERNOON/EARLY EVENING IN THE ST LAWRENCE VALLEY, AND THEN MOVING
INTO THE REMAINDER OF THE AREA OVERNIGHT. THE SYSTEM IS A FAIRLY
FAST MOVER, SO SNOW WILL HAVE ENDED BY DAYBREAK MONDAY FOR ALL BUT
THE FAR NORTHEAST KINGDOM. SNOWFALL WILL BE FAIRLY UNIFORM GIVEN
LACK OF STRONG FORCING AND LIGHT WINDS THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY AND
INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. HOWEVER, WINDS WILL TURN TO THE NORTHWEST
LATE SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY BEHIND THE SYSTEM, BRINGING A
REINFORCING SHOT OF COLDER AIR FOR THE START OF THE WORK WEEK. SNOW
TOTALS WILL BE A GENERAL 1 TO 3 INCHES, JUST ENOUGH TO FRESHEN THE
SNOWPACK AND PERHAPS MAKE FOR SOME SLICK TRAVEL. HIGHS ON SUNDAY
WILL RANGE FROM THE UPPER TEENS ALONG THE INTERNATIONAL BORDER TO
THE UPPER 20S/NEAR 30 IN SOUTH- CENTRAL VT. JUST ABOUT EVERYONE WILL
DROP INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS BY MONDAY MORNING, WITH SOME BELOW ZERO
READINGS LIKELY IN THE ADIRONDACKS. MONDAY WILL BE COLD WITH BRISK
NORTHWEST WINDS. HIGHS WILL ONLY BE IN THE TEENS WITH A FEW SPOTS IN
FAR SOUTHERN SECTIONS POSSIBLY BREAKING INTO THE LOW 20S. GIVEN THE
BREEZY WINDS, WIND CHILLS WILL STAY IN THE -5F TO +5F RANGE IN MOST
AREAS DURING THE AFTERNOON. THE HIGHER SUMMITS WILL BE EVEN COLDER,
AS HIGHS WILL ONLY BE IN THE SINGLE DIGITS. THIS COMBINED WITH WINDS
GUSTING TO 25+ MPH WILL RESULT IN DAYTIME WIND CHILLS AS COLD AS
-25F.
LONG TERM /MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY/
AS OF 107 AM EST SATURDAY...ANOTHER COLD NIGHT IS EXPECTED MONDAY
NIGHT INTO TUESDAY. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BE SHIFTING EAST AND HIGH
CLOUDS WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA. TEMPERATURES WILL RANGE AN BOTH
SIDES OF ZERO, WITH SPOTS IN THE DACKS REACHING -10F. THE CLOUD
COVER WILL BE THE KEY, AS RIGHT NOW THE NBM IS LEANING TOWARDS
HIGHER CLOUDS WHICH COULD STILL ALLOW FOR MORE RADIATIONAL
COOLING AND EVEN COLDER OVERNIGHT LOWS ACROSS THE REGION.
AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH SWINGS THROUGH LATE TUESDAY AND BRINGS SOME
CHANCES FOR SOME LIGHT SNOW, ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE HIGHER TERRAIN.
THEN, A LARGER SYSTEM MOVES THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY,
WITH YET ANOTHER ON LATE FRIDAY. TEMPERATURES WILL BECOME MORE MILD
AND MOVE BACK TOWARDS THE FREEZING MARK BY MIDWEEK, SO WHILE THE NBM
IS LEANING PRIMARILY SNOW, IT IS POSSIBLE THAT WE SEE SOME RAIN
AND WINTRY MIX IN THE BACK HALF OF NEXT WEEK DEPENDING ON LOW
PRESSURE TRACKS FOR EACH SYSTEM.
AVIATION /12Z SATURDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/
THROUGH 12Z SUNDAY...A MIX OF MVFR AND VFR CONDITIONS ACROSS
THE REGION. SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE IS MOVING OFF THE NEW ENGLAND
COAST THIS MORNING WITH DEVELOPING SOUTH WINDS AT 4 TO 8 KNOTS.
THESE WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON WITH LOCALIZED GUSTS 15
TO 25 KNOTS POSSIBLE, ESPECIALLY MSS/PBG AND SLK. SOME LIGHT
SNOW IS FALLING NEAR KRUT, BUT SHOULD NOT RESTRICT VISIBILITY.
EVENTUALLY A FEW LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS MAY IMPACT SLK/MSS AFTER 21Z
WITH SOME LOWERING CIGS TOWARD MVFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED AT
KMSS/KSLK/KPBG/KBTV BETWEEN 22Z - 02Z BEFORE IMPROVING AFTER
08Z.
OUTLOOK...
SUNDAY: MAINLY VFR, WITH LOCAL MVFR POSSIBLE. CHANCE SN.
SUNDAY NIGHT: MAINLY VFR, WITH AREAS MVFR POSSIBLE. CHANCE SN.
MONDAY: VFR. NO SIG WX.
MONDAY NIGHT: VFR. NO SIG WX.
TUESDAY: VFR. CHANCE SN.
TUESDAY NIGHT: MAINLY VFR, WITH AREAS MVFR POSSIBLE. CHANCE SN.
WEDNESDAY: MVFR/IFR CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. LIKELY SN, LIKELY RA.
EQUIPMENT
NOAA WEATHER RADIO STATION WXM-44, TRANSMITTING FROM MT.
ASCUTNEY, VERMONT, ON FREQUENCY 162.475 MHZ IS NON-OPERATIONAL
AT THIS TIME. NWS TECHNICIANS HAVE DIAGNOSED THE PROBLEM, BUT
REPAIRS WILL LIKELY NOT BE ABLE TO OCCUR FOR QUITE SOME TIME DUE
TO CIRCUMSTANCES BEYOND OUR CONTROL. THEREFORE, THE TIME OF
RETURN TO SERVICE IS CURRENTLY UNKNOWN. THE FOLLOWING NOAA
WEATHER RADIO TRANSMITTERS MAY BE ABLE TO PROVIDE SERVICE DURING
THIS OUTAGE: WWG 50 FROM BURKE MTN, VT AT 162.425 MHZ AND WNG
546 FROM HANOVER, NH AT 162.525 MHZ.
EQUIPMENT MALFUNCTIONS AT THE COLCHESTER REEF METEOROLOGICAL
STATION WILL LIKELY LEAVE IT INOPERABLE FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD
OF TIME. THIS SITE IS NOT SERVICED BY THE NWS. TECHNICIANS DO
NOT CURRENTLY HAVE AN ESTIMATED RETURN TO SERVICE FOR THIS
STATION. USE EXTRA CAUTION WHEN NAVIGATING THE BROAD WATERS OF
LAKE CHAMPLAIN, AND PLEASE CONTACT US IF YOU OBSERVE WINDS
SIGNIFICANTLY DEVIATING FROM THE FORECAST.
BTV WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
VT...NONE.
NY...NONE.
SYNOPSIS...HASTINGS
NEAR TERM...HASTINGS
SHORT TERM...HASTINGS
LONG TERM...VERASAMY
AVIATION...VERASAMY
EQUIPMENT...TEAM BTV
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