This composite of photos from the National Weather Service in Burlington, Vermont. Emergency managers are monitoring a weekend-long heavy rain and snow event. We have had reports from the Woodstock area of snow, sleet and hail at different points in the day. WEB
LAKE PLACID...NEWPORT... ISLAND POND...JOHNSON...STOWE...ST. JOHNSBURY...MONTPELIER... BRADFORD...RANDOLPH...SPRINGFIELD...WHITE RIVER JUNCTION... ENOSBURG FALLS...RICHFORD...UNDERHILL...BRISTOL...RIPTON... EAST WALLINGFORD...KILLINGTON 343 PM EDT SAT MAY 25 2013 ...HIGHER ELEVATION SNOWFALL WILL LEAD TO POWER OUTAGES TONIGHT... LATE THIS AFTERNOON...MIXED RAIN AND WET SNOW WAS FALLING AT ELEVATIONS BETWEEN 800 AND 1200 FEET WITH ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL ABOVE 1500 FEET. THESE TRENDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM A WET TRACE TO 3 INCHES BETWEEN 800 AND 1500 FEET WITH 4 TO 8 INCHES AND LOCALLY MORE POSSIBLE ABOVE 2000 FEET...ESPECIALLY IN THE SUMMITS. THIS HEAVY WET SNOW ALONG WITH GUSTY NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH ALONG WITH FULLY LEAFED TREES WILL CAUSE SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES AND POSSIBLY MORE WIDESPREAD OUTAGES IN THE HIGHEST ELEVATIONS. IN ADDITION...ROADWAYS ABOVE 1000 FEET WILL LIKELY WITNESS SOME SNOW COVER BUT PLOWABLE SNOWFALL LIKELY ABOVE 1500 FEET. IF TRAVELING ACROSS HIGHER ELEVATIONS...PLEASE USE EXTREME CAUTION. CAMPERS AND HIKERS SHOULD PLAN FOR WINTER LIKE CONDITIONS IN THE HIGHER MOUNTAIN SUMMITS THIS WEEKEND. $$




