Power Outage in Pownal, VT

A powerful Nor'Easter resulted in widespread heavy wet snow and gusty winds across southern Vermont March 13-March 15, 2023. ||Anywhere from 15 to 30 inches of snow with locally higher amounts in excess of 30 inches fell over the southern Greens. A few locations in the southern Greens topped 40 inches.||Numerous downed trees and powerlines resulted in widespread power outages. Some locations were without power for at least 1 or 2 days. Several warming stations opened to assist those without power. Overall, this event led to the closing of many school districts, and resulted in chain up laws and bans of empty tractor trailers and/or tandems on some area interstates. A State of Emergency was issued for several jurisdictions as a result of the storm. ||Key Impacts: Power Outages, School Closures, Car Accidents, Travel Restrictions.

March 13, 2023

A brief but powerful arctic airmass moved across the region on February 3-4, 2023 which brought dangerously low wind chill values to much of the region along with strong wind gusts. An arctic cold front passed across the region during the early morning hours on February 3 accompanied by a few snow showers. Thereafter, very cold air gradually advected into the region on February 3 into the morning hours on February 4.||Air temperatures gradually fell throughout the day on February 3 with readings falling all the way to 15 to 30 degrees below zero by the early morning hours on February 4. ||In addition to the cold, this arctic air mass brought strong winds to the region during the daytime hours on February 3 into the overnight hours before easing on February 4. Peak wind gusts between 35 and 50 mph were observed. A few power outages occurred as a result.||The combination of very cold air and strong winds resulted in wind chill values much lower than the air temperature. The lowest wind chills ranged from 25 to 50 degrees below zero. For many, the last time if was this cold was in February of 2016.||Warming centers opened to offer assistance to those needing to shelter from the cold. In addition, some area schools closed as a result of the cold weather.||Key impacts: power outages, school closures.

February 03, 2023

A strong low pressure system emerged from the southern U.S. into the Northeast resulting in mixed precipitation over eastern New York Wednesday (January 25th) into Thursday (January 26th). In addition to the mixed precipitation, strong winds 40-55 mph from the storm resulted in some power outages across southern Vermont.||Key Impacts: Power outages.

January 25, 2023

With southern Vermont in the cold sector of a coastal low pressure system, a swath of moderate to heavy snow fell across a good portion of the area Sunday evening/night into Monday before ending Monday evening. The winter storm proved impactful resulting in car crashes and power outages. Some schools and businesses also closed as a result of the storm.||Key Impacts: Car accidents, power outages, school and business closures.

January 22, 2023

Two separate frontal systems merged to form a powerful winter storm over the Great Lakes from December 22 to December 24 bringing multiple hazards to the region including heavy rain, snow, strong winds and a very cold air mass in its wake.||A widespread 1 to 3 inches of rain fell across the region. This led to some areas of minor flooding and some creeks/brooks to overflow their banks.||Strong pre-frontal and post-frontal winds occurred across the region. A few gusts topped out between 50 and 60 mph, especially across Bennington County. Numerous power outages were reported across southern Vermont.||A period of snow brought accumulations of 2 to 5 inches to mainly higher elevation areas as colder air built back into the region. This led to a chain up law to be activated along Vermont Route 9. As conditions worsened, a large number of slide offs, crashes and whiteout conditions led to Vermont Route 9 to close. In addition, Vermont Route 11 and Vermont Route 30 also closed for a time due to the poor weather conditions.||The combination of much colder air and gusty winds led to wind chill values dropping to 15 to 20 degrees below zero.||Key impacts: Minor flooding, road closures, power outages.

December 22, 2022

Ending a vacation with a power outage is truly comical

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@the_clark - July 03, 2021 19:05

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@the_clark - July 03, 2021 17:48