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AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT
225 PM EST SAT MAR 2 1996

COORD WITH ALB ON UPCOMING WINDEX EVENT FOR LTR TNGT/SUN.

CSTL LOW STILL PRODUCING SNOW IN SRN & ERN VT...HEAVIEST OF WHICH 
CONTINUES TO BE IN LWR CT VLY (VSF 1/2SF).  THIS WILL BE WINDING
DOWN SOON AS LOW RACES NEWRD...AND MOVS INTO CAN MARITIMES TNGT. 
(TO COVER CURRENT CNDTNS HOWEVER...MAY WISH TO MENTION SNOW ENDING
EARLY RHIS EVENING FOR CT VLY ZONES) 

NEXT PRBLM WL BE SGFNT WINDEX EVENT FOR LTR TNGT/SUN TRIGGERED BY H5
TROF & ASSOCD ARCTIC FNT.  ALL MDLS IN GOOD AGREEMENT.  VIGOROUS
SHRTWV CURRENTLY OVR CNTRL GRTLKS WL FORGE EAST ACRS NRN NY & VT
TNGT/SUN. MASSIVE HGT FALLS...STG PVA...AND EXCELLENT WINDEX
POTENTIAL (T1-T5 TEMP SPREAD INCR TO 15 DEG...INCRG LI'S...ABUNDANT
MSTR THRU MID LVLS).  ADDED LIFT PROVIDED BY ARCTIC FRONT.  LOOKING
FOR SNOW ACCUM OF 1-3" IN VLYS...BUT XPC WDSPRD AMTS OF 6+" ALL MTN
ZONES...THEREFORE WINTER STORM WATCH THESE AREAS.  MOST SGFNT AMTS
LIKELY IN NRN GREEN MTNS...AND ESPEC IN ADRNDKS WHERE LES SUN AM WL
ENHANCE TOTALS.

STILL SOME SNOW SHWRS SUN NGT WITH CNTD CYCLONIC FLOW.  A BRIEF
RESPITE ON MONDAY AS HI PRES ATTEMPTS TO RDG INTO RGN.

FWC & FAN GUID ARE IN GOOD AGREEMENT TNGT/SUN AND ACCEPTED.  GUID
LOOKS A BIT TOO WARM SUN NGT/MON.

RJS