Roger Hill's Lake Champlain Marine Forecast...Moon Phase

CURRENT VISIBILTY USING NEAR REAL TIME WEB CAMS

central Lake Champlain looking southwest from Burlington Vermont and high peaks across in the Adirondacks looking northwest from UVM Burlington at the lake and across to the northern sloping Adirondacks... Colchester's Malletts Bay Mallets Bay Colchester looks east
Looking northeast from Keeler Bay South Hero central Lake Champlain looking east from Westport New York toward Addison county Vermont Plattsburg NY Sky

THUNDERSTORMS? 3 hour forecast for LIGHTNING BELOW

# Hour Forecast for Lightning %

Current Temperatures click for previous observations Plattsburg Temperature click for previous observationsBurlington Temperature

Friday June 27th Headline - Drier air with murky cloud cover to put damper on widespread showers and thunderstorms today. If we see ample sunshine, conditions could worsen and thunderstorm activity might become more active....

The Lake Champlain lake level was at level 96.83 feet at 9 AM in Burlington. Water temperature 68 degrees.

Today Tonight & Tomorrow Variable to south winds 5 to 10 kts. waves less than 1 foot. Caution for any thunderstorms that coukd develop...

The outlook for Sunday Increasing light to moderate South to southeast winds and waves.

Also see New 4KM WRF EXPERIMENTAL Lake modeling hour by hour (use browser zoom level for best results)

THUNDERSTORMS imply Variability in wind and wave conditions as well as lightning strikes heavy rains and hail.

Definitions for the OUTLOOK:

light winds and waves = 1 to 15 kts. Waves a foot or less.

Moderate winds and waves = 16 to 25 kts Waves 1 to 3 ft.

Strong winds and waves = 26 kts or greater with waves greater than 3 ft.

Hey where's your life jacket??? Cold Water Boating -- pretty serious stuff! 50/50/50 rule - in 50F water, after 50 minute, you have 50% chance of survival

Reading the Sky Reading the Sky

Northern Lake Champlain looking west from Phillipsburg Quebec


looks east from NewYork

looking east

looking west

looks west from Vermont

This forecast will updated each weekday morning 7 to 8 AM. This forecast is aired over Classic Vermont WCVT 101.7 FM

Lake level... and surface water temperature

USGS Gage at Burlington VT (near real-time)

Site location USGS in Burlington

Other Current Lake Champlain Readings

USGS Gage at Rouse's Pt NY (near real-time)

USGS Gage north of Whitehall NY (near real-time)

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Observational Data from Colchester Reef - click here for location

Colchester Reef Past Hour Data
Colchester Reef 24 Hour Data

Observational Data From Diamond Island - click here for location

Diamond Island Past Hour Data

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