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| Crows gather on trees amid dense fog and freezing drizzle Saturday morning in St. Albans, Vermont. |
Meanwhile, far southern Vermont is under a winter storm watch. More in that further below
The dense fog advisory for all of Vermont is in effect until 10 a.m. today. Visibility in some areas was down to a mere 50 feet. If you're caught in that on the roads, you'd better be driving really slowly. It's hard to see even bright tail lights ahead under those conditions.
I noticed some flights are late or delayed at the Patrick Leahy Burlington International Airport in South Burlington, so check your flights if you're coming in or out of Burlington today.
Temperatures throughout the Green Mountain State started the day at around 32 degrees, so the fog was freezing on some surfaces.
Jackson the Weather Dog encountered our icy driveway in St. Albans, Vermont when he went out early today to take observations on the dense fog and temperatures. Jackson noted a little freezing drizzle was also falling here in St. Albans, and I'm sure in several patches elsewhere in the state.
The fog is part of a national weather pattern I posted about the other day which has been socking in wide areas of the nation. Widespread fog broke records midweek for the amount of land they covered.
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| Traffic cam showed foggy conditions on Interstate 89 in Georgia, Vermont this morning. |
In addition to Vermont, dense fog advisories this morning covered most of the states around the western and southern Great Lakes, parts of the northern Plains and numerous spots up and down the East Coast.
Back here in Green Mountain State, the fog should gradually become less dense as this Saturday morning wears on, but it won't entirely go away.
We've got another gloomy day ahead of us with a thick overcast, patchy fog, dank conditions and perhaps a few little area of drizzle or a couple wet snowflakes.
The fog will probably thicken up again tonight, but not become dense in as many areas as it was this morning. Then comes the next little troublemaker
SUNDAY SNOW
That storm we've been watching will pull northeastward out of Mississippi today, carrying boatloads of moisture with it. Flood watches today extend from Alabama to West Virginia.
The storm will move to near West Virginia by Sunday morning. At that point it will fade in favor or a new storm along the Mid-Atlantic coast. That new storm will then scoot east to northeastward away from the U.S.
Still, its projected path has nudged northward a little bit compared to previous forecasts, That puts southern Vermont in play for some snow.
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| Snow forecast for Sunday/Monday from the National Weather Service. Six inches possible in far southern Vermont, perhaps nothing near Canadian border. Map is subject to change by tomorrow. |
A winter storm watch has been posted for Bennington and Windham counties Sunday into Monday. Four to eight inches of snow is a decent bet there, especially in higher elevations.
This will be a wet snow, so a few power outages are a risk.
Snow amounts will diminish quickly as you head north. The National Weather Service has storm totals of around two inches up to about Route 4, and an inch or less up to Route 2, with little or nothing near the Canadian border.
There's a HUGE caveat with that forecast, though. If the storm track continues to nudge north, heavier snow than that will fall in southern and central Vermont. Whatever happens, Sunday will be another overcast, dreary day.
If you're looking for a literal bright side, I have just a teeny morsel of good news. The weather during the upcoming week still looks like it will actually be boring. - a little warmer than average with no notable storms.
However, it doesn't look like we'll be seeing much sun, either.
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