Tuesday Evening Update: Yes, Winter Storm Still Targeting Parts of Vermont/New York

Betcha thought you wouldn't see the National Weather
Service's snow forecast map until next winter. 
Guess again! Winter storm watch late Wednesday night
and Thursday for northwestern Vermont and 
northern New York for 4-10 inches snow

 Just a quick update to the weather picture in Vermont and surrounding areas this evening, with a much bigger update coming tomorrow morning, as usual.  

No joke, a winter storm watch has been extended to cover northern Vermont outside the Connecticut Valley. 

It seems unbelievable, after yet another gorgeous spring afternoon today. It got up to 63 degrees in Burlington today - well above normal.

That cold front will slowly waltz in tomorrow, bringing rain initially. It'll spread west to east during the afternoon. The front will stall, and a storm will form along it and intensify, as I indicated this morning.

Where the front stalls or slows down will be key to where the heaviest snow sets up.  As of this evening, that's across all of northern New York and in Vermont north of Route 2 west of the Green Mountains.  Although the forecast could easily change, the National Weather Service in South Burlington is going with four to nine inches in the above mentioned areas of Vermont and five to 10 inches in New York. 

By the time it gets cold enough to snow in southern and eastern areas the storm will be pulling away, so there won't be that much snow to fall. 

On the bright side, unlike some Aprils snowstorms in our history, the snow won't stay on the ground long. Many April snowstorms are followed by up to a week of chilly temperatures to keep spring at bay.  

This time, after a cold, wintry Friday, it'll get well into the 40s to near 50 Saturday and Sunday afternoons, and in the 50s to near 60 the early part of next week.