March Starts Tomorrow, But Spring Is Still (Kinda) Far Off

Yesterday's snow squall lumbering into St. Albans, Vermont.
Nothing that dramatic for the next few days, but it will
stay cold. 

 After the excitement of yesterday's intense snow squalls, we're back to the winter doldrums this morning here in Vermont.  

Wind chill advisories are up for parts of the state, since temperatures at dawn were at or just barely above zero. Plus, lingering northwest breezes have wind chills near 20 below in some areas.

Despite a fair amount of sunshine, it's going to be way colder than normal today. It's on average in the mid-30s during the afternoon this time of year, but it'll be a good 20 degrees below that.  Tonight will also get down below zero in many areas. 

March won't be coming in like a lion, but more like a polar bear. 

A little storm is still expected to come through Tuesday to help us welcome March with a general one to three inch snowfall. Maybe a little less than that in parts of the Champlain Valley.  Mountains, especially north, could pick up two to five new inches of fluff from this thing.

Typical of early March, questions then arise. Once we get toward the end of winter and toward spring, forecasts tend to get a little iffier with the change of seasons.   On Thursday, another little system either hits us directly with another one to three inches of snow, or swings by the south and just misses.  Take your pick at this point.

We do know it will stay colder than normal all week.

The questions get bigger over the weekend with something of a pattern change. The National Weather Service at this point sees two possible scenarios. One of them is a warm front coming through with a solid thaw and a quick changeover to rain on Sunday.  The other has the warm front struggling against colder air not wanting to dislodge, resulting in another icy mess.

I guess we just stay tuned on that one.