Tom Messner
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Westport, NY, United States
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Donate to the Chittenden Food Shelf's Thanksgiving turkey drive
NBC5's Tom Messner is in Burlington to help collect donated turkey's for the Chittenden Food Shelf's annual Thanksgiving drive. → Read More
Video: Tom Messner has your Halloween forecast
WEBVTT --------------------------- - DURING THE DAY WEDNESDAY LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM APPROACHES FROM THE GREAT LAKES AREA AND WILL LIFT A WARM FRONT ACROSS OUR AREA. EXPECT RAIN ACROSS MOST OF THE AREA WITH THIS FEATURE, AND TEMPERATURES SNEAKING INTO THE LOWER 50S ON STRONG SOUTHERLY FLOW. LOW PRESSURE LIFTS NORTHEAST OF US AND COLD FRONT FINALLY CROSSES OUR AREA ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT.… → Read More
Video: Tom Messner has your Halloween Forecast
WEBVTT WITHKIDS@NBC5.COM >> WE ARE LOOKING OVER BURLINGTON OVER LAKE CHAMPLAIN, WE HAVE A CEILING OF ABOUT 3000 FEET, AND THAT IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE WE WERE LOOKING TO SEE IF MAYBE WEATHER COULD BE A FACTOR OVER THE HELICOPTER CRASH. IT LOOKS LIKE VISIBILITY WAS OK AND THE WIND WAS NOT MUCH OF AN ISSUE. JUST AN FYI. 41 DEGREES IN BURLINGTON, 40 DEGREES IN PLATTSBURGH, 32 IN SARAH AND I CAN… → Read More
Video: Expecting plenty of rain this week, including Halloween. 10.29.18
Video: Expecting plenty of rain this week, including Halloween. 10.29.18 → Read More
Video: How will the coastal storm affect you? Tom Messner breaks it down
Video: How will the coastal storm affect you? Tom Messner breaks it down WEBVTT A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN FRANKLIN, WESTERN CLINTON, AND WESTERN ESSEX IN NEW YORK ON SATURDAY EVENING INTO SUNDAY MORNING. A DIFFICULT WEATHER SCENARIO IS EMERGING WITH SEVERAL COMPLEXITIES RELATING TO WINDS, PRECIP, AND PRECIP TYPE. AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WILL BE DIGGING OVER THE GREAT… → Read More
Video: Tom Messner shows how the coastal storm will affect us
WEBVTT NOW, FIRST ALERT WEATHER WITH CHIEF METEOROLOGIST TOM MESSNER. TOM M.: I HOPE HE HAD A CHANCE TO GET OUT AND ENJOY TODAY. IT WAS BEAUTIFUL. WE HAD PERFECTLY BLUE SKIES AND A COUPLE OF HIGH CLOUDS NOW. IT IS 42 DEGREES IN BURLINGTON, THE WIND IS NICE AND CALM. THAT IS BECAUSE THIS IS THE CALM BEFORE THE STORM. WE ARE IN THE 30’S IN THE NORTHEAST KINGDOM AND ALSO MONTPELIER, MIDDLEBURY AND… → Read More
Video: Tom Messner's late-night forecast
WEBVTT AD LIB ABOUT TRENDING NOW FULL WEATHER: --------------------------- ------ QUIET WEATHER CONTINUES INTO FRIDAY AS CLOUDS CONTINUE TO THICKEN AS AN ADVANCING COAST LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM STARTS PUSHING UP FROM THE SOUTH. THE SYSTEM STILL LOOKS LIKE ITS ON TRACK TO BRING WARM AIR ADVECTION INTO THE NORTH COUNTRY LATE FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING WITH LIGHT CHANCES FOR PRECIP DURING THE… → Read More
Video: Tom Messner is looking at this weekend's messy weather
WEBVTT COMMODITY AND SHIPPING COSTS. THAT PRICE HIKE IS EXPECTED TAKE EFFECT NEXT YEAR. >> NOW, FIRST ALERT WEATHER WITH CHIEF METEOROLOGIST TOM MESSNER. TOM M.: THERE IS A WEBCAM AND A LAKE PLACID THAT IS REALLY NICE. IT IS CLOUDY RIGHT NOW SO IT LOOKS A LITTLE DRAB. THIS IS LAKE PLACID ITSELF, I THINK THE TOP CUT OFF A LITTLE BIT. WHEN THE SUN IS OUT, THIS THING LOOKS BEAUTIFUL. 28… → Read More
Video: Tom Messner is looking at a milder day Friday
WEBVTT >> NOW, FIRST ALERT WEATHER WITH CHIEF METEOROLOGIST TOM MESSNER. TOM M. IT WAS FREEZING TODAY OUT THERE, LITERALLY FOR A LOT OF US. TONS OF CLOUDS AND STILL SEEING A LOT OF CLOUDS AS WE CHECK ON THE WEBCAM OVERLOOKING PARTS OF BURLINGTON. WE HAD A WIND THAT NINE MILES AN HOUR, AND MADE IT FEEL THAT MUCH WORSE OUT THERE. TEMPERATURES AROUND THE REGION, LOTS OF 30’S AND EVEN A 28 IN… → Read More
Video: Tom Messner's late-night forecast
WEBVTT AD LIB FULL WEATHER: --------------------------- --------- EXPECT UPSLOPE SNOW SHOWERS TO CONTINUE ON THURSDAY IN THE NORTHERN ADIRONDACKS AND NORTHERN VERMONT...BUT WILL BE DECREASING IN AREAL COVERAGE THURSDAY AFTERNOON AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS INTO THE REGION BRINGING DRIER AIR AND MORE STABLE CONDITIONS. ANY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS IN THE MOUNTAINS SHOULD BE AN INCH OR LESS. HIGHS WILL BE… → Read More
Video: Tom Messner looks at where tonight's snow will fall
WEBVTT P.M. UNTIL 6:00 P.M. YOU CAN ALSO GET A VOUCHER ONLINE. TOM M.: A TACO SOUNDS PRETTY GOOD RIGHT NOW. I WANT TO TAKE YOU TO JERICHO, 10:45 THIS MORNING, LOOK AT THE SNOW THAT WAS COMING DOWN. A LITTLE WHITE ON THE GROUND. THE SNOW DID NOT LAST THAT LONG. TAKE YOU TO THE TIME LAPSE WHERE WE DID NOT SEE A LOT MORE SNOW. THIS GIVES WAY TO SOME SUNSHINE BY LATER IN THE DAY AND THE CLOUDS HAVE… → Read More
Video: Tom Messner is looking at mountain snow
WEBVTT >> NOW, FIRST ALERT WEATHER WITH CHIEF METEOROLOGIST TOM MESSNER. TOM M.: IT WAS A PRETTY NASTY DAY. THIS MORNING INTO EARLY AFTERNOON WE HAD THE RAINDROPS AND SNOW MIXED IN THERE. THEN WE HAD SOME SUNSHINE BY THE AFTERNOON. IF YOU LOOK CAREFULLY, YOU MAY HAVE TO SQUINT, YOU WILL FIND A LITTLE BLUE SKY UP THERE. THE TEMPERATURE IS 40 DEGREES, THAT IS WHAT WE ARE THINKING FOR A HIGH… → Read More
Video: Tom Messner's late-night forecast
WEBVTT --------------------------- ----------------------- ON WEDNESDAY, SNOW LEVELS WILL GRADUALLY LIFT BACK TOWARDS THE MOUNTAIN PEAKS WITH SLOW DIURNAL HEATING UNDER PLENTIFUL CLOUDS. WHILE A VIEW AREAS OF HIGHER VORTICITY WILL CONTINUE TO STREAM ACROSS OUR REGION ALONG THE BACKSIDE OF THE UPPER TROUGH, COLUMN MOISTURE WILL BE DIMINISHING THROUGHOUT THE DAY WITH SHOWERS GRADUALLY THINNING OUT… → Read More
Video: Tom Messner's late-night forecast
WEBVTT AD LIB ABOUT PKG FULL WEATHER: --------------------------- -------------- .SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE TO SHIFT EASTWARD TONIGHT AS A DECAYING SURFACE LOW DIGS SOUTHWARDS. SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW WILL LEAD TO A CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS AT LOWER ELEVATIONS AND SNOW LEVELS GENERALLY ABOVE 2500FT. THIS ACTIVITY WILL WANE SOMEWHAT OVERNIGHT. LOWS WILL BE A DEGREE OR TWO ABOVE AVERAGE WITH… → Read More
Video: Warmer with rain showers Tuesday
WEBVTT BRIAN: A BIT OF WIND ON SATURDAY. TREES BLOWING ALL OVER THE PLACE. LEE ANNE: WINDOWS REALLY RATTLING. TOM: WHEN IT GETS WINDY, GETTING TEXTS FROM THIS GUY TELLING ME HOW IT IS. I DON’T KNOW HOW TO HELP YOU OUT. LEE ANNE: I SHOULD START DOING THAT. TOM: OUT THERE WITH THE KIDS. BRIAN: BUNDLED UP WITH THE COFFEE. TOM: AT LEAST YOU GOT YOUR COFFEE. THE TOP OF WHITEFACE MOUNTAIN. YOU MAY… → Read More
Video: Tom Messner is looking at a cool week (10/22/18)
Video: Tom Messner is looking at a cool week (10/22/18) Rain, snow showers around this week WEBVTT >> NOW, FIRST ALERT WEATHER WITH CHIEF METEOROLOGIST TOM MESSNER. ALICE: HEY, TOM, PRETTY COLD, BUT I’M EXCITED FOR THE WINTER BECAUSE I HAVE MY SKIS. TOM: DO YOU HAVE A SEASON PASS, TOO? ALICE: I DID. TOM: THIS IS HUGE. ALICE: EVERYONE, WATCH OUT FOR ME. TOM: WE HAVE A HUGE GROUP HERE TO GO… → Read More
Video: Tom Messner's weekend weather forecast
WEBVTT >> NOW FIRST ALERT WEATHER WITH CHIEF METEOROLOGIST TOM MESSNER. TO MY PARENTS LOVED TO TELL THE STORY OF I WAS PUTTING MY CANDY IN A PILLOWCASE. I WAS COLLECTING STUFF COMING DOO - STUFF DRAG IT AROUND AND EVERYTHING FELL OUT. I GOT HOME AND REALIZED IT WAS EMPTY. THAT WAS A ROUGH FOLLOWING. BUT THEY HOOKED ME UP. RIGHT NOW, THINGS ARE LOOKING GREAT. WE HAVE SEEN ALL KINDS OF… → Read More
Video: Tom Messner's late-night forecast
WEBVTT FULL WEATHER: JUST WEEKS AWAY FROM ELECTION DAY.. Look for warmer weather the next 2 days → Read More
Video: Tom Messner anticipates a warm-up
WEBVTT COUNTY WOULD LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU. ANNOUNCER: NOW FIRST ALERT WEATHER WITH CHIEF METEOROLOGIST TOM MESSNER. STEPHANIE: THERE WAS MEASURABLE SNOW THIS MORNING. TOM: FOUR INCHES IN THE NORTHEAST KINGDOM. SEEMS CRAZY, BUT THAT IS THE TIME OF YEAR, FALL. IT WILL BE COLD AGAIN TONIGHT. LOOKING AT FREEZING CONDITIONS IN THE CHAMPLAIN VALLEY. AT LAKE CHAMPLAIN, WATER TEMPERATURE, HARD TO… → Read More
Video: Freeze warning issued for Champlain Valley (10.18.18)
Video: Freeze warning issued for Champlain Valley (10.18.18) Quite cold this afternoon & evening WEBVTT >> NOW, FIRST ALERT WEATHER WITH CHIEF METEOROLOGIST TOM MESSNER. TOM: WHAT A MESS DOWN THERE. IT IS SO MUCH COLDER AROUND HERE. LOOK AT THE 24-HOUR TEMPERATURE CHANGE. IT IS 11 DEGREES COLDER THAN IT WAS DURING OUR NOON NEWS YESTERDAY. 14 DEGREES COLDER IN BENNINGTON. I SUPPOSE THAT… → Read More