Storms That Clip: Sunday's Got Far NW Vermont, Today's Just Misses New England, Then Friday?

Alburgh, in far northwestern Vermont, often misses out on
snowstorms, but was the big winner in Sunday's as this
AOT web cam of Route 78 shows. 

It didn't snow all that much in Vermont Sunday, except in the far northwest corner of the state.

That is pretty much in line with previous forecasts.  The far northwest got about as much snow as previously anticipated, while the rest of Vermont got if anything, a little less than forecast. 

Still, perusing the list of snow totals the National Weather Service in South Burlington issued this morning, the forecast was pretty much spot on. 

The big winner was Alburgh, in the extreme northwest corner of Vermont with six inches. St. Albans, Swanton and South Hero saw five inches. 

Practically everybody else was under three inches. The official total at the National Weather Service office in South Burlington was 2.4 inches. 

We also got to enjoy some true winter air in Vermont this morning, as it was the coldest so far this winter season. Nothing extreme for the North Country, but many of the colder areas got below zero.

The next storm isn't affecting Vermont, but is creating quite a turnaround in the weather in the South and Mid-Atlantic states.

Places in Mississippi and Alabama that had record highs in the 80s Saturday saw snow and slippery roads Sunday. Tornado warnings were in effect around Huntsville, Alabama Saturday and two twisters touched down. Sunday night, they had an inch or two of snow. A winter storm warning was up for extreme northern Georgia this morning.

The Mid-Atlantic states are now getting pounded. Washington DC is getting pounded and can expect up to eight inches of snow today. It was 63 degrees in Washington DC just yesterday. 

Coastal Delaware, where I enjoyed a pleasant vacation the other day with temperatures near 60 degrees, is expecting 6 to 12 inches of snow and possibly damaging coastal flooding today.  This is a powerhouse, quick hitting storm with a lot of wind, a huge burst of precipitation and a lot of energy.  

However. I'm still in Frederick, Maryland this morning, just 50 miles northwest of Washington DC. I've only seen a few flurries here as of 9 a.m. We'll probably only get a couple inches of snow here. 

As heavy snow hit Washington DC this morning, it was barely
flurries in Frederick, Maryland, just 50 miles to the 
northwest of the Capital. 

That sharp cut of in the snow in Maryland hints at what's going on. This storm is heading northeast, out to sea later today.  

It's going to blow up to be a pretty monstrous storm, but will barely graze southeastern New England. It won't affect Vermont at all. 

Dry air to the north of the storm is creating that sharp cut off from big storm to nada, south to north. That's another factor keeping Vermont from seeing anything out of this.

So a whiff there for us.  

After that, there's still hints of a new nor'easter around Friday, but its future is also pretty uncertain. 

The American model puts the storm far enough offshore so that the storm would have little effect on Vermont. The European model gives us Vermont a solid snowfall, especially south and east.  The British model is somewhere in between the American and European, notes the National Weather Service in South Burlington in their forecast discussion. 

Beyond that, we seem to be ready to enter a cold, mostly dry and rather boring in my opinion weather pattern through the middle of the month.  We'll see how that works out!