Ground Hog Day Storm; Worst Storm Since V-Day Nor'easter Of 2007

Alerts:
CPV Weather
         -Champlain Valley Weather has issued a Winter Storm Warning for all of Vermont and Northern New York for heavy snow accumulations of 12-18 inches across the Northern half of Vermont, and much of Northern New York, to 18+ inches across Central and especially Southern Vermont. The Winter Storm Warning is in effect from 1AM Wednesday to 1AM Thursday.

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National Weather Service:
         -The National Weather Service in Burlington, VT has issued a Winter Storm Warning for all of Vermont, and Northern New York for 8-14 inches of snow across the Champlain Valley and St. Lawrence River Valley, with 12-20 inches across the rest of Vermont and Northern New York.

         -The National Weather Service in Albany, NY has issued a Winter Storm Warning for Bennington, and Windham Counties in Southern Vermont for 15-30 inches of snow.

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Champlain Valley Weather Discussion:
         Computer models remain in remarkably good agreement on the overall evolution and track of this system. Low pressure should track from Texas to the lower great lakes region, and then east over PA, and transfer energy to near Long Island. This will result in warm moist air overrunning the cold arctic air, resulting in very heavy snowfall rates, and accumulations. A period of snow is likely tomorrow as warm air advection commences, this will result in a 1-5 inch snowfall across the entire region. Then snow will tapper off for several hours before rapidly redeveloping by early Wednesday morning. Snow totals by very early Thursday morning will range from 12-18 inches across the Northern half of Vermont to over 18 inches across central and southern Vermont. Isolated areas may see up to 3 feet in Southern Vermont. Snowfall rates at the peak of the storm Wednesday afternoon will reach 1-3 inches per hour.

         This storm on a regional aspect will be one of the worst storms since the V-Day Nor'easter of 2007, if not a bit worse. This storm is expected to span from Texas across the middle of the country Northeast to New England with heavy snow. Blizzard conditions likely in the mid-west/ great lakes region and an Ice Storm just south of the heavy snow axis spreading all the way across the country from Texas to Southern New England. Also severe weather will likely break out across the southern states due to this very strong and dynamic storm. Stay tuned for further updates on this developing winter storm.