Snow Squalls Moving Through Northern New York; Vermont Is Next; JRWeather Winter Weather Advisory In Effect & Wind Chill Advisory In Effect

Local Update...
   JRWeather Winter Weather Advisory In Effect Until Midnight; JRWeather Wind Chill Advisory In Effect From Midnight Until 12PM Wednesday...


JRWeather WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY
     JRWeather Has Continues The Winter Weather Advisory For All Of Vermont, and All Of Northern New York Until Midnight.

     A strong clipper system moving into Canada from the Great Lakes region, tonight, will bring Snow squalls, strong gusty winds, plummeting temperatures, dangerous wind chills, and near white out conditions at times.

     Light snow developed across Northern, and Central New York, and much of Vermont, but only flurries, and light snow showers occurred so far in the Champlain Valley. Snow totals currently across northern New York have been in the around and inch, with up to 3 inches in portions of Southern St. Lawrence County. In Vermont a dusting to 1 inch has fallen, with only a dusting in the Champlain Valley. A sharp cold front moving through Western New York as of 7:30PM 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 a couple of hours. Wind chills will then become a concern as temperatures drop to near zero. Continued winds of 10-20MPH with gusts to 30MPH with temperatures near zero, will result in Wind Chills ranging from 15F to 25F degrees below zero. Total snow accumulations by Midnight will range from 1-3 inches across the entire region, with 3-6 inches across southern portions of St. Lawrence County in New York.

     Heavy Snow Showers and squalls currently located just east of Lake Ontario, will continue to move east.

The Snow will effect...

-The Northern Adirondack mountains between now and 8:30PM.

-The Champlain Valley between 8:30PM and 10:00PM.

-The Spine of the Green Mountains between 10:00PM and 11:00PM.

-The remainder of eastern Vermont between 11:00PM and Midnight.

     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 into tonight. 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 tonight, 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 Midnight Until 12PM Wednesday.

     A strong clipper system, and its associated cold front will be moving across the region 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
     Very quick discussion. Squalls have been a bit delayed as the arctic front is now making it through western New York. Timing of the heavy snow is in the above advisory. Everything remains the same. I don't have enough time to update my maps, but its pretty much the same thing as last night, except an area of 3-6 inches of snow has been added to Southern St. Lawrence County. The NWS has also issued alerts for pretty much the same situation. I wont have there current alerts map up either. Sorry for the inconvenience.