JRWeather Winter Weather Advisory In Effect From 3PM This Afternoon Until 12AM Wednesday; JRWeather Wind Chill Advisory In Effect From 12AM Wednesday Until 12PM Wednesday...
JRWeather WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY
JRWeather Has Issued a Winter Weather Advisory For All Of Vermont, and All Of Northern New York From From 3PM This Afternoon Until 12AM Wednesday.
A strong clipper system moving into the Great Lakes region, and up through the St. Lawrence Valley today into tonight, will bring Snow squalls, strong gusty winds, plummeting temperatures, dangerous wind chills, and near white out conditions at times.
Light snow will develop this afternoon across Northern New York, and progress from West to East across the entire region, and then out of Vermont by around midnight. A sharp cold front moving through will result in the light snow rapidly changing to heavy snow, with reduced visibilities. Along and behind this cold front strong gusty winds, with gusts to 40MPH will be possible, helping blow around the snow and continuing to keep visibilities low. Also behind this front, temperatures will plummet 10-20 degrees in an hour or two. Wind chills will then become a concern as temperatures drop into the 0 to 5F below range. Continues winds of 10-20MPH with gusts to 30MPH with temperatures 0 to 5F below, will result in Wind Chills ranging from 15F to 25F degrees below zero. Total snow accumulations by 12AM Wednesday will range from 1-3 inches with locally higher amounts in Northern New York, and the Western Slopes of the Green Mountains in Vermont.
A Winter Weather Advisory is issued when significant but not severe winter weather is imminent or occurring. In this case the the Winter Weather Advisory is for a combination of significant weather impacts, including Snow Squalls, Blowing Snow, and Dangerously Cold Wind Chills. Travel will become dangerous late this afternoon, into this evening. Travel may become nearly impossible for a brief time as snow squalls, and significant blowing snow reduce visibilities to a quarter mile or less for a couple hours. If you must travel this evening, be ready for sudden changes in the weather. Stay tuned for further updates.
JRWeather WIND CHILL ADVISORY
JRWeather continues a Wind Chill Advisory for all of Vermont, and all Of Northern New York From 12AM Wednesday Until 12PM Wednesday.
A strong clipper system, and its associated cold front will be moving across the region today, and tonight, with some significant winter weather. The clipper will bring falling temperatures into the 0 to 5F below range, with winds in the 10-20MPH range with gusts up to 30MPH for the overnight hours. This will result in wind chills in the 15F to 25F below zero.
Winds should abate enough to allow the Wind Chill Advisory to expire at noon on Wednesday, although winds chills will still be very cold, in the 10 below to 5 above range. Once again make sure to dress warmly in layers, and wear a heavy duty winter coat, along with a good pair of gloves, and a hat. If you do not do this and are outside, frostbite can occur in about 30 minutes, and hypothermia can set in with much less time. A Wind Chill Advisory is issued for wind chills in the 15 below to 30 below zero range. Stay tuned.
DISCUSSION
Winter will arrive tonight! Your probably saying "Winter is already here" your right, however the real cold, that we have not seen this winter will be arriving tonight, and lasting through the first part of this weekend. Tonight things will become a little sketchy if your out driving. When the cold front comes through this afternoon through tonight, snow squalls, gusty winds, blowing snow, plummeting temperatures, and dangerously cold wind chills can be expected. Infact this clipper moving through has been producing Blizzard conditions from the Dakotas into portions of Michigan, however winds wont be strong enough, to produce blizzard conditions here, although it will be near blizzard conditions at times across the region. This significant weather will unfold first across Northern New York, and work its way into Vermont, by this evening, and then out of Vermont by late tonight. Snow squalls will be a good bet across much of the region, and these squalls will produce 1-3 inches in a very short period of time. Gusty winds will also be likely along and behind the cold front, (brief gusts up to 40MPH possible with the frontal passage) and this will result in blowing snow, resulting in reduced visibilities, especially for those areas that pick up around 3 inches of snow. Temperatures will also plummet behind the front, and bottom out in the 0 to 5F below range, with isolated colder pockets in the Northern Adirondack Mountains of New York, and the Northeast Kingdom of Vermont. These temperatures with continued winds of 10-20MPH with gusts to 30MPH will result in wind chills in the 15F to 25F below zero overnight and into Wednesday. This is all pretty much stated in the above advisories.
Due to the variety of weather impacts brought by this clipper, and frontal passage, I felt it was necessary to issue a Winter Weather Advisory, as this will severely impact anyone who is out traveling. These squalls will be impacting some areas during evening commute, which will be a very bad thing. The Winter Weather Advisory ends at 12AM which is when the Wind Chill Advisory will take effect, although dangerous wind chills will already be felt (But that's covered in the Winter Weather Advisory until 12AM). Stay tuned, and if traveling late this afternoon, into tonight. USE EXTREME CAUTION!!!
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At This Time, The National Weather Service Has Not Issued Any Official Alerts.
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