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NYZ028>031-034-035-VTZ001>012-016>019-222030-

RECREATIONAL FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT
130 PM EDT WED MAY 22 2013

.THE LAKE CHAMPLAIN FORECAST...

.A LAKE THUNDERSTORM ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT...

.TODAY...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 15 KNOTS. WAVES 1 TO 3
FEET. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. SOME THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE
DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL AND HEAVY RAINFALL. VISIBILITY
GENERALLY UNRESTRICTED...THOUGH LOCALLY BELOW 3 MILES IN HEAVIER
THUNDERSTORMS.
.TONIGHT...SOUTH WINDS 20 TO 30 KNOTS. WAVES 2 TO 4 FEET. SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY UNTIL MIDNIGHT...THEN A CHANCE OF SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS AFTER MIDNIGHT. SOME THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE
DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL AND HEAVY RAINFALL THIS EVENING.
VISIBILITY 3 TO 5 MILES...THOUGH LOCALLY BELOW 1 MILE IN HEAVIER
THUNDERSTORMS.
.THURSDAY...SOUTH WINDS 15 TO 25 KNOTS...INCREASING TO 20 TO
30 KNOTS IN THE AFTERNOON. WAVES 1 TO 3 FEET...SUBSIDING TO 2 TO
4 FEET IN THE AFTERNOON. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY IN THE
MORNING...THEN OCCASIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
AFTERNOON. VISIBILITY GENERALLY UNRESTRICTED...THOUGH LOCALLY
BELOW 3 MILES IN ANY THUNDERSTORMS.

WINDS AND WAVES MAY BE LOCALLY HIGHER IN THE VICINITY OF THUNDERSTORMS.

LATEST LEVEL AND TEMPERATURE DATA FROM AROUND LAKE CHAMPLAIN
                                LEVEL           TEMPERATURE
USGS GAGE AT ROUSES POINT NY    96.08 FEET
USGS GAGE AT BURLINGTON VT      96.17 FEET      48 DEGREES
KING STREET FERRY DOCK          96.05 FEET      50 DEGREES
COLCHESTER REEF                                 49 DEGREES
DIAMOND ISLAND                                  47 DEGREES

&&

.THE HIGHER SUMMITS FORECAST FOR VERMONT AND NORTHERN NEW YORK...

.TODAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. SOME
THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL AND HEAVY
RAINFALL. HIGHS IN THE MID 60S. WEST WINDS AROUND 15
MPH...BECOMING SOUTHWEST IN THE AFTERNOON.
.TONIGHT...CLOUDY. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY UNTIL MIDNIGHT...
THEN A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AFTER MIDNIGHT. SOME
THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL AND HEAVY
RAINFALL THIS EVENING. LOWS IN THE MID 50S. SOUTHWEST WINDS 15 TO
30 MPH...INCREASING TO 25 TO 35 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT.
.THURSDAY...CLOUDY. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY IN THE
MORNING...THEN OCCASIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
AFTERNOON. SOME THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL. HIGHS
AROUND 60. SOUTHWEST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH...INCREASING TO 25 TO 40 MPH
IN THE AFTERNOON.

$$

JMG