Before The Storm: Volatility Showed In Vermont Weather (Video)

A somewhat volatile looking sky over St. Albans, Vermont
Tuesday afternoon ahead of a gusty, squally cold front. 

 Ahead of the winter storm that rolled through Vermont on Thursday, a couple smaller disturbance sort of hinted at the building volatility in the weather.  

A weak cold front came through on Monday, but it had enough oomph to spread snow squalls up near the Canadian border. 

Here in St. Albans, we had no squalls on Monday, but some gusts of winds and some really fast moving clouds. Reminded me of a close miss summer thunderstorm.

A somewhat stronger front came through late in the day on Tuesday.  We got teased by variable winds gusts, fits and starts of snow that didn't amount to much, and finally a squall of sleety snow that deposited a quick inch of icy snow. 

Until that inch of snow, it was odd seeing no snow cover on the ground. The scenes in the video reminded me of late March, not late February. 

This Tuesday cold front helped in enough cold air to ensure that northern Vermont received mostly snow from the main event today. Southern Vermont picked up some snow, too, but it was mixed with sleet. 

Video below shows the mini-weather drama as the weather fronts foreshadowed today's storm. First 35 seconds or so is the quick hit on Monday, and the rest is Tuesday's gusty snow and sleet showers.

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