[at-l] Guess what?

[the_rev_mrf at kingcon.com (Martin Fors)]

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT
245 PM EST SAT APR 3 2004

...A SPRING SNOWSTORM IS EXPECTED TO IMPACT MUCH OF VERMONT AND
NORTHERN NEW YORK SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY...

.A STRONG UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES TONIGHT
WILL TRACK SOUTHEAST INTO PENNSYLVANIA BY SUNDAY MORNING. THIS WILL
RESULT IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF LOW PRESSURE OFF THE SOUTHERN NEW
ENGLAND COAST SUNDAY, EVENTUALLY INTENSIFYING INTO A MAJOR WINTER
STORM IN THE GULF OF MAINE SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY.

NYZ029>031-034-VTZ002>004-006>008-016>019-040900-
CALEDONIA VT-EASTERN ADDISON VT-EASTERN CHITTENDEN VT-
EASTERN FRANKLIN VT-EASTERN RUTLAND VT-ESSEX VT-LAMOILLE VT-
ORLEANS VT-SOUTHEASTERN ST. LAWRENCE NY-SOUTHERN FRANKLIN NY-
WASHINGTON VT-WESTERN CLINTON NY-WESTERN ESSEX NY-
WESTERN FRANKLIN VT-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BARRE...CANAAN...MONTPELIER...
MORRISVILLE...NEWCOMB...NEWPORT...SARANAC LAKE...ST. ALBANS...
ST. JOHNSBURY AND SWANTON
245 PM EST SAT APR 3 2004

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BURLINGTON VERMONT HAS ISSUED
A WINTER STORM WATCH FROM LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY
MORNING...

THIS WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE ADIRONDACKS OF NORTHERN NEW YORK
AS WELL AS NORTH CENTRAL, NORTHEAST VERMONT AND THE WESTERN SLOPES
OF THE GREEN MOUNTAINS FROM RUTLAND NORTH TO THE CANADIAN BORDER.

IN THE ADIRONDACKS...THE COMBINATION OF RAIN MIXED WITH SNOW IN THE
VALLEYS AND WET SNOW IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS WILL DEVELOP SUNDAY
MORNING. COLDER AIR WILL EVENTUALLY CHANGE ALL PRECIPITATION INTO
WET SNOW DURING SUNDAY AFTERNOON.

IN VERMONT...RAIN IN THE VALLEYS AND MIXED RAIN AND SNOW IN THE
HIGHER ELEVATIONS WILL DEVELOP BY MIDDAY. COLDER AIR WILL EVENTUALLY
CHANGE PRECIPITATION INTO WET SNOW IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS AND THEN
WEST TO EAST IN THE VALLEYS DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

SNOW WILL BECOME STEADIER ACROSS MUCH OF THE REGION SUNDAY NIGHT
WITH HEAVY SNOW POSSIBLE IN THE ADIRONDACKS AS WELL AS NORTH CENTRAL,
NORTHEAST VERMONT AND THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS.

WET SNOW WILL EVENTUALLY TAPER TO SNOW SHOWERS MONDAY NIGHT AND EARLY
TUESDAY WITH A WIDE RANGE OF SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS POSSIBLE. STORM
TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM SEVERAL INCHES OF WET
SNOW IN THE SAINT LAWRENCE...CHAMPLAIN AND LOWER CONNECTICUT VALLEY
FLOORS TO POSSIBLY A FOOT OR MORE LOCALLY IN THE WATCH AREA.

A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR MORE THAN 6
INCHES OF SNOW. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR COMMERCIAL MEDIA
FOR THE LATEST FORECASTS AND INFORMATION ON THIS UPCOMING WINTER
WEATHER EVENT.