MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0090
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   0802 PM CST SAT FEB 05 2011
   
   AREAS AFFECTED...CNTRL MA / MUCH OF VT AND NH / WRN MAINE
   
   CONCERNING...FREEZING RAIN 
   
   VALID 060202Z - 060400Z
   
   A BAND OF TSTMS WILL MOVE ACROSS PORTIONS OF NEW ENGLAND DURING THE
   NEXT FEW HOURS.  A QUICK BURST OF FREEZING RAIN WILL RESULT WITH
   LOCALIZED RATES EXCEEDING 0.15 INCH PER HOUR.
   
   LATEST SURFACE ANALYSIS PLACES A LOW INVOF THE HUDSON VALLEY AND
   TEMPS ACROSS VT/NH ARE HOLDING IN THE UPPER 20S TO LOWER 30S DEG F. 
   A STRONG NEGATIVELY TILTED UPPER TROUGH MOVING INTO NEW ENGLAND THIS
   EVENING IS RESULTING IN VIGOROUS LARGE SCALE ASCENT MOVING INTO THE
   REGION.  THIS...ALONG WITH AN IMPROVING THERMODYNAMIC STRATIFICATION
   PER THE 00Z ALB RAOB --SHOWING A PRONOUNCED WARM LAYER NEAR 825 MB
   AROUND 5 DEG C WITH STEEP MID LEVEL LAPSE RATES /7 DEG C PER
   KM/--HAS BEEN AND WILL LIKELY CONTINUE TO SUPPORT UPRIGHT CONVECTION
   DURING THE NEXT FEW HOURS.  WITH A SHALLOW SUBFREEZING WEDGE OF AIR
   IN PLACE ACROSS THE REGION...FREEZING RAIN WILL BE THE FAVORED
   P-TYPE AND RAINFALL RATES MAY LOCALLY EXCEED 0.15 PER HOUR.
   
   ..SMITH.. 02/06/2011
   
   
   ATTN...WFO...GYX...BOX...BTV...ALY...
   
   LAT...LON   44317290 44667243 44707139 44437057 43877073 42467202
               42347247 42767295 44317290