VELCO Weather Hazards Outlook – 1-27-20

Headlines NO UTILITY IMPACTS FORESEEN THIS PERIOD AS WE ARE IN A MODIFIED COLDER AIR MASS KEEPING STORMS AWAY MID TO LATE WEEK. NUISANCE SNOW SHOWER/FLURRY MACHINE WILL BE THE RULE THRU TUESDAY NIGHT FOR LIGHT ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION ESPECIALLY SKI RESORT OF THE GREEN MOUNTAINS. BEST PROJECT WEATHER CONDITIONS RETURN WEDNESDAY AND LAST PROBABLY INTO FRIDAY. BY SATRUDAY MORNING LIGHT SNOW SHOSERS/FLURRIES CREEP BACK INTO SOUTHERN PARTS OF VERMONT BUT LOWER CONFIDENCE. BEYOND THIS PERIOD – CONDITIONS AMP UP A BIT TO MORE ACTIVE WEATHER EARLY NEXT WEEK.

Arctic Chill: Thursday morning where temperatures may dip to below zero readings…nothing extreme.

Dry Project Weather Best Solar: Wednesday into Friday – 1030 hPa weak…high pressure in control for dry project weather associated colder modified arctic air bringing good solar Wednesday mid-morning on and filtered solar Thursday with generally cloudy conditions moving for Friday.

Hydrology: Below normal precip with modified arctic air in place.

Beyond this Period: Seeing some hints of a storm system with generally light snow precipitation for Sunday-Monday and again later Tuesday-Wednesday middle of next week – but overall benign.

See Outlook Video 5:08