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28 Oct

Sandy Update #3: Sunday, October 28 7:30am

Posted October 28, 2012 by Julia Carlisle in Vermont.

Notice anything this morning, Woodstock Early Birds?

Is it just our particular roost or our “projections” or is it exceeding quiet out there? We’re not hearing the birds! A few twittering sparrows is all. Do you think they have detected a change in atmospheric conditions?

We’ve discovered that the “National Weather Service in Burlington, Vermont” now has a Facebook page up for those of you who are “onboard” with the Facebook thing. They’ve got some nice colorful up-to-date models on their page this morning regarding the potential for tracking and winds with Storm “Sandy” when she/he gets here…

A new addition to the forecast this Sunday morning is a “Flood Watch” from the NWS for Monday evening into Wednesday morning. A coupla’ inches possible of rain from Southern Vermont up.

We’ve had some inquiries on the storm’s impact on our tradition “night-of” Halloween activities. We’ll let you know if there is any change in plans. We’re sure it depends on what all we get in the next 48 hours. May be we’ll be all “good” and the show will go on….

Here is the latest forecast from the National Weather Service in Burlington for Sunday morning…It appears the winds may start coming in mid-afternoon tomorrow. So get ‘er done today and hunker down campers!

HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM MONDAY TO 11 AM EDT
TUESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BURLINGTON HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM MONDAY TO 11 AM EDT
TUESDAY. THE HIGH WIND WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

* LOCATIONS...NORTHERN NEW YORK...CHAMPLAIN VALLEY...AND CENTRAL
  AND NORTHERN VERMONT.

* HAZARDS...DAMAGING WINDS.

* WINDS...EAST TO NORTHEAST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS BETWEEN 50 AND
  60 MPH ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE CHAMPLAIN AND SAINT LAWRENCE
  VALLEYS. WIND GUSTS UP TO 70 MPH ARE POSSIBLE OVER THE EXPOSED
  HIGHER TERRAIN OF VERMONT AND NORTHERN NEW YORK.

* TIMING...NORTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE THROUGHOUT MONDAY AND
  PEAK FROM THE EAST/NORTHEAST DIRECTION BETWEEN 5 PM AND 3 AM
  MONDAY NIGHT...BEFORE SLOWLY DECREASING ON TUESDAY MORNING.

* IMPACTS...SCATTERED DOWNED TREES AND POWERLINES ARE
  LIKELY...ALONG WITH POWER OUTAGES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED.
THESE STRONG WINDS COULD LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE AND WIDESPREAD
POWER OUTAGES.