FNUS71 KBTV 231542 FWSBTV SPOT FORECAST FOR WAMSGANZ SEARCH...FEDERAL OR STATE AGENCY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT 1042 AM EST TUE NOV 23 2010 FORECAST IS BASED ON INCIDENT TIME OF 1028 EST ON NOVEMBER 23. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... A SHARP COLD FRONT WILL CROSS THE AREA TODAY WITH WIDESPREAD RAINFALL THIS MORNING TAPERING TO SCATTERED SHOWERS BY THIS AFTERNOON. BEHIND THE FRONT TEMPERATURES WILL TREND SHARPLY COLDER BY TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY ALONG WITH GUSTY WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS. AT THIS TIME...SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS SHOULD AVERAGE IN THE 15 TO 25 MPH RANGE...WITH GUSTS IN THE 25 TO 40 MPH RANGE. SCATTERED FLURRIES OR LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE LATER TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY AS THE COLDER AIR PUSHES IN...BUT LITTLE IF ANY ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED AT THE INCIDENT SITE. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY (85-95 PERCENT). ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MORNING. SHOWERS. A CHANCE OF SNOW SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON. CHANCE OF PCPN......90 PERCENT. BEGIN/END OF PCPN... MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 52. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 7 TO 16 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS EARLY IN THE MORNING. TIME (EST) 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%).............100 100 94 81 WEATHER COV.........DEFNTE DEFNTE OCNL CHANCE WEATHER TYPE........RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR SNSHWR TEMP................42 47 47 43 20 FT WIND..........SW 13 SW 15 SW 15 SW 14 20 FT WIND GUST.....30 35 35 35 CHC OF PCPN (%).....90 90 80 40 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY (85-95 PERCENT). A CHANCE OF SNOW SHOWERS EARLY IN THE EVENING...THEN A SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS EARLY IN THE EVENING. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SNOW SHOWERS IN THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. CHANCE OF PCPN......40 PERCENT. BEGIN/END OF PCPN... MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 18. WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 16 TO 18 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH...DECREASING TO 30 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. TIME (EST) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY (%).............81 87 100 100 100 100 WEATHER COV.........CHANCE S CHC S CHC S CHC S CHC S CHC WEATHER TYPE........SNSHWR RNSHWR SNSHWR SNSHWR SNSHWR SNSHWR TEMP................40 36 31 27 24 22 20 FT WIND..........W 16 W 17 W 17 W 17 W 17 NW 18 20 FT WIND GUST.....35 40 40 30 25 25 CHC OF PCPN (%).....40 20 20 20 20 20 .WEDNESDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (70-80 PERCENT)...THEN BECOMING MOSTLY SUNNY (30-40 PERCENT). CHANCE OF PCPN......20 PERCENT. BEGIN/END OF PCPN... MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 24. WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 17 TO 20 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. TIME (EST) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%).............92 81 68 49 31 16 WEATHER COV.........S CHC WEATHER TYPE........SNSHWR NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP................20 18 17 19 19 18 20 FT WIND..........NW 18 NW 18 NW 20 NW 20 NW 18 NW 17 20 FT WIND GUST.....35 40 35 30 25 25 CHC OF PCPN (%).....20 10 10 10 10 10 $$ FORECASTER...JMG REQUESTED BY...FR CAPT STREIFF TYPE OF REQUEST...SAR .TAG 20101123.WAMSG.02/BTV