WWUS81 KBTV 280007 SPSBTV SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT 707 PM EST FRI NOV 27 2009 NYZ026>031-034-035-087-VTZ001>012-016>019-280200- NORTHERN ST. LAWRENCE-NORTHERN FRANKLIN-EASTERN CLINTON- SOUTHEASTERN ST. LAWRENCE-SOUTHERN FRANKLIN-WESTERN CLINTON- WESTERN ESSEX-EASTERN ESSEX-SOUTHWESTERN ST. LAWRENCE-GRAND ISLE- WESTERN FRANKLIN-ORLEANS-ESSEX-WESTERN CHITTENDEN-LAMOILLE- CALEDONIA-WASHINGTON-WESTERN ADDISON-ORANGE-WESTERN RUTLAND- WINDSOR-EASTERN FRANKLIN-EASTERN CHITTENDEN-EASTERN ADDISON- EASTERN RUTLAND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MASSENA...MALONE...PLATTSBURGH... STAR LAKE...SARANAC LAKE...TUPPER LAKE...DANNEMORA... LAKE PLACID...PORT HENRY...TICONDEROGA...OGDENSBURG...POTSDAM... GOUVERNEUR...ALBURGH...SOUTH HERO...ST. ALBANS...NEWPORT... ISLAND POND...BURLINGTON...JOHNSON...STOWE...ST. JOHNSBURY... MONTPELIER...MIDDLEBURY...VERGENNES...BRADFORD...RANDOLPH... RUTLAND...SPRINGFIELD...WHITE RIVER JUNCTION...ENOSBURG FALLS... RICHFORD...UNDERHILL...BRISTOL...RIPTON...EAST WALLINGFORD... KILLINGTON 707 PM EST FRI NOV 27 2009 ...DIFFICULT TRAVEL OVER THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE NORTH COUNTRY... SNOW LEVELS WILL CONTINUE TO LOWER THROUGH MIDNIGHT TONIGHT ACROSS THE NORTH COUNTRY. THE SNOW LEVEL THIS EVENING IS AROUND 1500 FEET AND WILL BE LOWERING TO AROUND 1000 FEET BY MIDNIGHT. THUS EXPECT SNOW TO BECOME MORE PREVALENT AS THE NIGHT WEARS ON ABOVE 1000 FEET...WITH 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW EXPECTED BY MIDNIGHT. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO ACCUMULATE MORE ON GRASSY SURFACES RATHER THAN ROADWAYS...BUT NEVERTHELESS SNOW WILL ACCUMULATE ON ROADWAYS AND MAKE TRAVEL INCREASINGLY DIFFICULT AS THE NIGHT WEARS ON. RAIN IS EXPECTED BELOW 1000 FEET ACROSS THE NORTH COUNTRY THROUGH MIDNIGHT. PERSONS TRAVELING TONIGHT THROUGH NORTHERN NEW YORK AND VERMONT AT ELEVATIONS ABOVE 1000 FEET SHOULD PREPARE FOR SNOW COVERED ROADWAYS AND SLIPPERY TRAVEL CONDITIONS. $$ EVENSON