Woodstock Early Bird hopes everyone travels safely (or doesn’t travel too far) given this Winter Weather Advisory from the National Weather Service in Burlington:
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO
MIDNIGHT EST WEDNESDAY NIGHT…
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BURLINGTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY…WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO
MIDNIGHT EST WEDNESDAY NIGHT.
* LOCATIONS…MUCH OF CENTRAL AND NORTHERN VERMONT…THE CHAMPLAIN
VALLEY AS WELL AS THE ADIRONDACKS OF NORTHERN NEW YORK.
* HAZARD TYPES…SNOW…SLEET…RAIN AND FREEZING RAIN.
* ACCUMULATIONS…4 TO 6 INCHES ACROSS HIGHER TERRAIN…AND 2 TO 5
INCHES ELSEWHERE. SOME TOTALS MAY BE SLIGHTLY LOWER DUE TO SLEET
AND PERIODS OF PATCHY FREEZING RAIN BEFORE 7 AM WEDNESDAY.
* TIMING…LATE TONIGHT THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT.
* IMPACTS…HEAVY WET SNOW…MIXED WITH SLEET AND SPOTTY FREEZING
RAIN AT TIMES…MAY CAUSE ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES…ALONG WITH
HAZARDOUS ROAD CONDITIONS ON WEDNESDAY.
* WINDS…LIGHT AND VARIABLE TONIGHT BECOMING SOUTHEAST AROUND 10
MPH ON WEDNESDAY OVER SOUTHERN ZONES…AND NORTHEAST OVER
NORTHERN ZONES.
* TEMPERATURES…IN THE 20S TO NEAR 30 DEGREES TONIGHT…AND
WARMING INTO THE 30S ON WEDNESDAY.
* VISIBILITIES…POSSIBLY AS LOW AS 1/4 MILE AT TIMES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW…SLEET…OR
FREEZING RAIN 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.
Julia Carlisle
Woodstock Early Bird 