Sunday Evening Vermont Update: Heavier Precipitation, But Still Mostly Rain

We're going to have a cold rain in the Champlain Valley of
Vermont later tonight. Although clouds were increasing this
afternoon, a burst of sun toward sunset gave us a 
golden glow before we got into tonight's chilly rain. 

In checking out the updates from the National Weather Service in South Burlington late Sunday afternoon, there's some changes in the storm forecast tonight and Monday morning, but most people won't really notice the difference. 

We will have mostly a cold rain, as planned. 

This is still going to be mostly a cold, miserable rain overnight and Monday morning. 

It could start off as snow, especially at elevations above 1,500 feet above sea level before midnight tonight, but it will quickly go over to rain, except maybe at the mountain summits, where it might take a bit longer for the changeover.

Rainfall will be a little heavier than I mentioned this morning, The latest projections have the Champlain Valley receiving maybe a little over a third of an inch of rain, most of central Vermont seeing a half to two thirds of an inch, and southeastern Vermont seeing perhaps an inch of rain.

So kinda of a soaker but not the end of the world. 

Another thing I noticed is this icky weather looks like it wants to blast out of here pretty quickly on Monday. 

Monday afternoon might be sort of nice by late November standards, especially west of the Green Mountains. Temperatures will be in the low 40s, there might be glimpses of sun, and winds will only be sort of blustery.  

It will still get cold again Monday night and Tuesday with snow showers. Nothing to get excited about in Vermont. Just a coating in Vermont. The remnants of heavy lake affect snow showers in New York should make it into the Green Mountain State but those will only dust the mountains. At least it will be cold enough for ski resorts to keep making snow after a brief interruption overnight and a good chunk of Monday. 

The rest of the upcoming week looks rather bland with clouds, risks of light snow showers here and there, and temperatures about where they're supposed to be this time of year. That means highs in the 30s to around 40 and lows in the upper teens and 20s.

We're stuck in a sort of pre-winter. If you like big weather drama in Vermont, you're pretty much out of luck of the time being.