In the early morning hours on Wednesday, the house shook due to the high winds, it was very scary, eerie. The winds were very strong, the highest wind gust was 86 MPH. The wind was over the trees, it sounded like a big jet engine. Also, we lost power from 2:30 AM EST Wednesday until Wednesday afternoon @ 2:30 PM EST.
They have issued another HIGH WIND WATCH from 1/11/2024 to 1/13/2024.
The high wind watch is now in effect from Friday evening through Saturday Morning....
What.......... Southeast winds 25 to 35 MPH with gusts 55 to 65 MPH possible. Locally higher gusts possible along the western slopes of the Green Mountains.
Where........ Eastern Chittenden, Eastern Addison, and Eastern Rutland Counties
When......... From late Friday evening through Saturday morning.
Impacts..... Damaging winds could blow down trees and power lines. Scattered power outages are possible. Travel could be difficult, especially high-profile vehicles.
Additional details..... The period of strongest winds is expected to be between midnight and 9 am on Saturday. In addition, given that property and vegetation were impacted by a high wind event just 72 hours prior, the threshold for damages may be lower for this event.
The current temp is 25 degrees and cloudy, and snowing. The 'feels like' temp is 25 degrees.
A lot of us are still picking up from the wicked storm system that came through here the other day with those damaging winds. Power is still out in some places/spots. And now another very similar storm system will be bringing the same kind of weather as the last one.
A weaker clipper system that has been spreading around a few showers this Thursday will be moving out overnight. A bubble of high pressure will build to give us a pretty nice day on Friday. There will be a good deal of sunshine and temps will be seasonable. That will be the calm before the storm.
Then, HERE WE GO AGAIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Another strong storm system will be moving in on Friday night. Like the last one, it will start with heavy, wet, snow, especially in the higher elevations. The Adirondacks will get hit hardest with 6' or more of that heavy wet snow likely. The valleys will get very little snow, though - just a trace to an inch or two. Again, like the last storm, warm air will be blown in on the strong southeast winds, changing the snow to rain over Saturday morning. Then there may be a transition period with some freezing rain & sleet during the night, especially in the higher elevations.
Once we go from snow to rain early Saturday, there will be just some scattered rain showers throughout the day, rather than the downpours that we got in the last storm. The rain showers will change back to scattered snow showers late in the day and into Sunday as colder air comes in behind the departing system.
But again, the biggest impact from this storm will be from the strong South-East winds, which could gust as high as 70 MPH along the Western slopes of the mountains. Again, power outages are likely. The winds will die down later in the morning on Saturday, then pick up a bit later in the day with a wind shift to the South-West. But the winds won't be as strong later in the day. It will be blustery into Sunday.
Martin Luther King Day on Monday will be quiet with just a lot of clouds around. We might get clipped by a system Tuesday into Wednesday with some snow. Temps will be coming down next week, feeling like mid-January.
I am OK, safe!
Deanna
...Well Hello Texas, I sure could use some of that warm weather here in Indiana. Any chance of sending some of it my way. Currently Raining here and we have 36°F.
ray:....First off, I am sending Prayers for those of you who are in weather issues. Be careful about your travel plans and activities. Warm and Safe is always a good option. ....
