Some Vermont Roads Surprisingly Icy This Saturday Evening

A truck makes its way across a somewhat icy parking lot
in St. Albans, Vermont late Saturday afternoon. Light
freezing drizzle and snow flurries have slickened
roads this evening across parts of the state

 Just a little bit of freezing drizzle and snow flurries have left many northern Vermont roads surprisingly icy late this Saturday afternoon and evening. 

So much for my thoughts this morning that it was smooth sailing this weekend. 

Driving home from work at around 4:45 p.m., Interstate 89 was perfectly fine heading north from Burlington until I hit the Lamoille Bridge in Milton. 

There was a minor accident at the bridge, and the road all the way north to St. Albans was icy. 

Vermont State salt shaker trucks are out, but it'll take time to make everything safe. I'm sure many other roads across mostly northern and central Vermont are iffy at best. 

Accumulations are minimal.  Here in St. Albans, it looks like we got 0.2 inches of snow, mixed with a little glaze. 

So just be careful overnight, 

The rest of the quiet forecast I described this morning remains intact. Any flurries will end by morning, except maybe on the mountaintops.

I'm not sure how much it will clear up tomorrow, but there's a shot of some sun in the afternoon, .New Year's Eve night still looks partly to mostly cloudy and kinda mild for this time of year. 

Not warm, by any means. but temperatures should be between 18 and 28 at midnight. Not bad, considering how many New Year's Eves have been below zero.

No precipitation is in the forecast, except for maybe some lake effect snow flurries near Lake Champlain. 

So for now, just be careful out on the roads tonight. No drinking and driving, please.