Special Weather Information for Mount Snow Ski Resort:
Friday, April 18rh, 2008


Special Weather Statement

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT
830 AM EDT FRI APR 18 2008

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NORTHERN ST. LAWRENCE-NORTHERN FRANKLIN-EASTERN CLINTON-
SOUTHEASTERN ST. LAWRENCE-SOUTHERN FRANKLIN-WESTERN CLINTON-
WESTERN ESSEX-EASTERN ESSEX-SOUTHWESTERN ST. LAWRENCE-GRAND ISLE-
WESTERN FRANKLIN-ORLEANS-ESSEX-WESTERN CHITTENDEN-LAMOILLE-
CALEDONIA-WASHINGTON-WESTERN ADDISON-ORANGE-WESTERN RUTLAND-
WINDSOR-EASTERN FRANKLIN-EASTERN CHITTENDEN-EASTERN ADDISON-
EASTERN RUTLAND-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MASSENA...MALONE...PLATTSBURGH...
STAR LAKE...SARANAC LAKE...TUPPER LAKE...DANNEMORA...
LAKE PLACID...PORT HENRY...TICONDEROGA...OGDENSBURG...POTSDAM...
GOUVERNEUR...ALBURGH...SOUTH HERO...ST. ALBANS...NEWPORT...
ISLAND POND...BURLINGTON...JOHNSON...STOWE...ST. JOHNSBURY...
MONTPELIER...MIDDLEBURY...VERGENNES...BRADFORD...RANDOLPH...
RUTLAND...SPRINGFIELD...WHITE RIVER JUNCTION...ENOSBURG FALLS...
RICHFORD...UNDERHILL...BRISTOL...RIPTON...EAST WALLINGFORD...
KILLINGTON
830 AM EDT FRI APR 18 2008

...ACCELERATED MOUNTAIN SNOW MELT WILL LEAD TO RISING MOUNTAIN STREAMS
AND RIVERS THROUGH SATURDAY...

MOUNTAIN STREAMS AND RIVERS IN NORTHERN VERMONT AND THE ADIRONDACKS
HAVE BEEN FLOWING HIGHER DURING THE PAST FEW DAYS WITH GREATER LEVELS
EXPECTED THROUGH SATURDAY.

PLENTIFUL SUNSHINE...DAYTIME MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES IN THE 50S TO
LOWER 60S IN THE SNOW COVERED HIGHER SUMMITS OF NORTHERN VERMONT
AND NORTHERN NEW YORK...ALONG WITH MINIMUM TEMPERATURES ABOVE
FREEZING DURING THE PAST FEW DAYS HAS ACCOUNTED FOR SUBSTANTIAL
SNOW MELT AND WATER RUNOFF INTO MOUNTAIN STREAMS AND RIVERS.

MORE SUNSHINE TODAY AND SATURDAY WITH MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES IN THE
70S ACROSS THE VALLEYS WITH 50S AND 60S ACROSS THE HIGHER SUMMITS
WILL CONTINUE THE ACCELERATED SNOW MELT WHERE SNOW STILL EXISTS AND
ACCOUNT FOR MORE RUNOFF INTO MOUNTAIN STREAMS AND RIVERS.

MOUNTAIN STREAMS WILL BE FLOWING HIGH AND FAST...DEPOSITING INTO
THE HEADWATER REGIONS OF RIVERS FLOWING OUT OF THE MOUNTAINS AND
INTO THE VALLEYS. THE FOLLOWING RIVERS AND THEIR MOUNTAIN
TRIBUTARIES WILL WITNESS SUBSTANTIAL RISES AND COULD APPROACH
BANKFULL CONDITIONS. IN VERMONT...THE MISSISSQUOI RIVER BETWEEN
NORTH TROY AND EAST BERKSHIRE...PASSUMPSIC RIVER BETWEEN EAST HAVEN
TO PASSUMPSIC AS WELL AS THE MOOSE RIVER...THE LAMOILLE RIVER FROM
HARDWICK TO GEORGIA. IN NORTHERN NEW YORK...THE AUSABLE RIVER...THE
SARANAC RIVER AND THE GREAT CHAZY RIVER WILL WITNESS RISES AS WELL.

DESPITE BRIGHT SUNSHINE AND DRY WEATHER THE PAST FEW DAYS...BE ON
THE ALERT FOR RISING STREAMS AND RIVERS COMING FROM THE MOUNTAINS.
IF RISING WATER THREATENS...MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.

RECREATIONALIST SHOULD AVOID STREAMS AND RIVERS AS THEY WILL BE
RUNNING HIGH...FAST...TURBULENT AND VERY COLD. WATER TEMPERATURES
ARE ONLY IN THE 30S AND AT THESE TEMPERATURES HYPOTHERMIA CAN RESULT
QUICKLY IF YOU BECOME SUBMERGED.

 

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WHITTIER

 

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