Monday Afternoon Update: Snow Totals Near Predicting, Except Lots Of Rain In Lower Valleys

This is the forecast for last night's storm issued Sunday
morning........

It turns out the forecast map issued Sunday morning for the storm that affected Vermont yesterday, last night and this morning was pretty accurately.   

The only major discrepancy was the total lack of snow in lower valleys. Some snow was expected everywhere, but places like the Champlain Valley got pretty much nothing.

There was a report of a foot of snow in the Northeast Kingdom, and several reports in that neck of the woods in the 8 to 11 inch range. 

The big winner seems to be Montreal, which got 13 inches of heavy, wet snow. That seriously disrupted the city! 

Power outages from this storm in Vermont peaked at a little above 12,000 homes and businesses at around 10 a.m. today. That's bad, but still only about a third of the amount we suffered in the nasty November 27 wet snowstorm. 

It does seem that snowstorms in Vermont have been trending wetter and slushier than in the past, which contributes greatly to an increase in power failures. Dry powdery snow typical of winters past does not cause many electrical issues. 

And here's a map of how totals actually worked out.
The forecast was pretty damn close. Click on 
both maps to make them bigger and easier to see.

Power outages were down to about 6,800 as of 3 p.m today. 

There was a LOT of moisture with this storm. It was a wet one for sure. 

Totals for rain and melted snow across much of Vermont amounted to an inch or a little more. I've seen reports as high as 1.57 inches in Johnson and 1.25 inches in Waterbury.  

We're definitely off to a wet start for December. 

If you're sick of dealing with wet snow, rain and clouds, the weather where I am in Edinburgh, Scotland is really bad today, even if the vacation continues to be awesome. 

It was windy and rainy here all day, with tourists and locals alike struggling with umbrellas and such as winds reached up to 40 mph.  

The forecast for both Edinburgh and Vermont is better for tomorrow. It'll be cloudy, calm and 40 degrees in Edinburgh.  Vermont will be colder with a few snow showers in the Green Mountain State - no big deal. 

However, temperatures are falling below freezing late this afternoon and evening, so any water on the roads will freeze. It might be dicey on some of the roads tonight and Tuesday. 

Vermont is in for a spell of winter weather Tuesday through Thursday, with highs not getting out of the 20s most places. It's December, it happens! 

Signs still point toward a possible warm up and rain next weekend in Vermont. So if you got snow today, enjoy it while you can.