WINTER WEATHER ALERT: Winter Storm Watch Issued For Vermont

Vermont - The National Weather Service out of Vermont has issued a Winter Storm Watch for most of the state.

National Weather Service as follows.

...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH
WEDNESDAY EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BURLINGTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH
WEDNESDAY EVENING.

* LOCATIONS...THE ENTIRE NORTH COUNTRY

* HAZARD TYPES...SNOW...SLEET...FREEZING RAIN.

* ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION 6 INCHES OR MORE IS POSSIBLE...
  ALONG WITH A TRACE TO A TENTH OF AN INCH OF ICE.

* MAXIMUM SNOWFALL RATE...1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR...MAINLY
  WEDNESDAY NIGHT.

* TIMING...LIGHT SNOW WILL BEGIN TO FALL LATE TUESDAY
  NIGHT...CHANGING OVER TO A MIX OF SNOW...SLEET...RAIN AND
  FREEZING RAIN BY WEDNESDAY MORNING. BY LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON
  AS COLDER AIR RETURNS TO THE AREA...PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE
  BACK TO ALL SNOW WITH THE BEST CHANCES OF ACCUMULATING SNOW
  WEDNESDAY NIGHT.

* IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED.

* WINDS...SOUTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH...BECOMING NORTH 10 TO 15 MPH
  WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH BY WEDNESDAY NIGHT.

* TEMPERATURES...LOWS IN THE LOWER 20S. HIGHS IN THE MID 30S.

* VISIBILITIES...DOWN TO A HALF A MILE AT TIMES IN HEAVIER
  SNOWFALL.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL.
CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.

PLEASE STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...YOUR LOCAL MEDIA...OR
GO TO WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BURLINGTON FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THIS
WEATHER SITUATION.