Most of the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic Coast is incredibly murky this morning. Down where I am in temporarily in Bethany Beach, Delaware, it's damp but warm for this time of year, foggy, drizzly but still OK.
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| Traffic cam of Interstate 89 in Milton this morning nicely depicts just how gloomy it is in Vermont. Not much improvement is in the immediate forecast. |
This state of affairs will continue through New Year's Eve, but at least it's not super cold, or super stormy.
However, my fellow Vermonters look like they will be subjected to freezing rain, ice and blech and schmutz for the second holiday weekend in a row.
At least New Year's Eve is looking fairly safe for travel at this point.
Details are still sketchy on exactly what will come down, but the broad brush is this: A storm system will pass over or very near Vermont Saturday and Sunday. Depending on its track, we'll get rain, freezing rain, sleet and probably a little snow.
Who gets what and when is still a big open question. Current forecasts have rain on Saturday, but maybe freezing rain north. It could be anything coming out of the sky on Saturday night and Sunday morning before a sharp cold front Sunday afternoon convincingly turns everything to light snow showers.
Current forecasts have the worst weather Saturday night. This won't be an epic storm, but is shaping up to be a messy one. Check back tomorrow for more details, as the National Weather Service and other meteorologists will have to refine and probably change the forecast.
At this point, the long-advertised turn to typically Vermont style frigid weather is still on schedule, but probably won't last all that long.
After highs in the teens and lows near 0 Monday night, forecasts are trending toward near and above normal temperatures again by the middle of next week.
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