SKYWARN · Vermont · New York

NWS South Burlington BTV

16 counties, 4 radars, one forecaster on the warning desk when it goes bad. This page is what that desk is looking at, plus the nets that feed it.

📺 Wall mode #vt-wx #ny-wx

Nothing active from this office

NWS checked 11:27 PM

Radar

NWS RIDGE · base reflectivity · last hour

Deeper look: KCXX interactive ↗ · KCXX at College of DuPage ↗ · KGYX interactive ↗ · KGYX at College of DuPage ↗ - velocity, correlation coefficient and every tilt.

Satellite

GOES-East · NE sector · GeoColor

NOAA STAR · updates every 5 min · all bands ↗

SPC outlook · day 1

categorical

Marginal → Slight → Enhanced → Moderate → High · day 2 ↗ · mesoscale discussions ↗

Reports taken by this office today

0 · SPC preliminary

No spotter reports logged by BTV so far today (UTC).

Cameras near the office

none listed yet

No cameras listed near South Burlington yet. Know one?

Radar tells you what the storm is doing; these tell you what it looks like. Pictures open at their source - ODOT and the Mesonet allow linking, not republishing.

SKYWARN & weather nets for this office

Suggest or fix one →

No net is listed for NWS South Burlington yet. If you know the repeater and who runs it, suggest it - the state coordinator checks it and it shows up here and on the state hub. Never guess a frequency from memory; a wrong one during a warning is worse than none.

NOAA Weather Radio in this area

11 transmitters · this office’s first, neighbours after

162.525 MHz KBS508 · White Hillcovers Franklin (WESTERN), Jefferson (NORTH), Lewis (NORTH), St. Lawrence · 300 W · NWS Burlington

162.400 MHz KIG60 · Burlingtoncovers Addison, Chittenden (ALL), Franklin, Grand Isle, Lamoille, Washington · 500 W · NWS Burlington

162.450 MHz KSC43 · Gore Mtn.covers Addison, Rutland · 300 W · NWS Albany

162.500 MHz KZZ41 · Mt. Washingtoncovers Caledonia, Essex, Orange · 100 W · NWS Gray/Portland

162.400 MHz WNG544 · Clarksvillecovers Essex · 100 W · NWS Gray/Portland

162.550 MHz WNG545 · Holdernesscovers Orange (EXTREME SW), Windsor · 300 W · NWS Gray/Portland

162.525 MHz WNG546 · Hanovercovers Orange, Windsor · 300 W · NWS Gray/Portland

162.500 MHz WNG671 · Castletoncovers Addison (ALL), Bennington (ALL), Rutland · 300 W · NWS Burlington

162.425 MHz WWG50 · St. Johnsburycovers Caledonia, Essex, Orange (ALL), Orleans · 300 W · NWS Burlington

162.475 MHz WXM44 · Windsorcovers Orange (E), Windham, Windsor · 400 W · NWS Burlington

162.475 MHz WXN68 · Watertowncovers Jefferson, Lewis, Oswego (N), St. Lawrence · 100 W · NWS Buffalo

What to report, and where

Size charts and the full guide →

🌪️ Tornado, funnel, wall cloud

·Tornado on the ground (say if you see debris)
·Funnel cloud - rotating, not touching down
·Wall cloud, especially a rotating one
·Where it is relative to you, and which way it's moving

🧊 Hail

·The largest stone, compared to a coin or ball (chart below)
·1″ (quarter) is the severe threshold - smaller is still worth a report to most offices
·How long it fell and whether it's covering the ground

💨 Wind

·Measured gusts of 40 mph+; 58 mph is severe
·Damage: trees down, limbs bigger than your arm, roof or structure damage, power lines
·Say whether it was measured or estimated

🌊 Flooding

·Water over a road, especially moving water
·Creeks and rivers rising fast or out of their banks
·Rainfall of 1″ or more in an hour if you have a gauge

❄️ Winter

·Snowfall of 1″ an hour or more, and totals
·Freezing rain and ice accumulation on wires and trees
·Visibility under ¼ mile, blowing and drifting

🚫 Not this

·Lightning and thunder on their own
·Rain that isn't causing flooding
·Ordinary dark clouds, scud, or clouds that only look scary

1 · The net, if one is up
When the office activates SKYWARN, a net control on the local repeater takes reports in a set format and relays them straight to the forecaster. Listen first, check in when asked, keep it short: who, what, where, when.
2 · The office directly
No net running? Every office has a spotter line or online report form on its SKYWARN page - for you that’s NWS South Burlington. Trained spotters get the number in class; anyone can use the form.
3 · Tell the room here
/report hail quarter · 71st & Memorial in #vt-wx puts it in front of everyone watching the state. It does not reach the NWS - do 1 or 2 for that.

Counties served by NWS South Burlington · 16

NYC019 Clinton

NYC031 Essex

NYC033 Franklin

NYC089 St. Lawrence

VTC001 Addison

VTC005 Caledonia

VTC007 Chittenden

VTC009 Essex

VTC011 Franklin

VTC013 Grand Isle

VTC015 Lamoille

VTC017 Orange

VTC019 Orleans

VTC021 Rutland

VTC023 Washington

VTC027 Windsor