Vermont Tuesday Snowfall In Line With Expectations, But Roads Surprisingly Bad

Snow delicately piles up on some old, last-season
berries in St. Albans, Vermont on Tuesday.

 With snow still falling as of 5 p.m. across Vermont, it looks like the expected snowfall of four to six inches will pan out. 

One exception might end up being parts of central Vermont, which could get a little more than that. 

A band of heavier snow was falling roughly from Middlebury through Morrisville into parts of the Northeast  Kingdom. By 4:30 p.m. Morrisville and Jeffersonville were already reporting five inches of new snow. 

The extreme northwest tip of Vermont might end up with something closer to three inches. 

Here in St. Albans, we'd only see two inches of new snow as of 4 p.m. But since in the rate of snowfall here has picked up a little bit, so we'll see.  

Temperatures held to near 20 degrees today.  At that temperature, the pressure of car tires can compress the snow into a thin layer of nearly invisible ice on roadways. True, Vermont road crews have been pretty aggressive all day with their plows and salt spreading, but there's only so much they can do. 

Looked like slow going on Interstate 89 in Colchester,
Vermont judging from this grab from a traffic cam.

Several slide-offs were reported along Interstate 89 during the day. 

Route 4 in Killington and Mendon was really gummed up for a time this afternoon due to stuck cars and slide offs. I'm sure there's more trouble on all sorts of roads around Vermont early this evening. 

This evening's Vermont commute home is turning into a real mess as most people (wisely!) are taking it slow. 

Also, people are getting stuck, or sliding off the roadway, or getting involved in fender benders, so that is backing everything up, too.

Plan on a longer than usual trip home if you're still at work. 

LOOKING AHEAD

The forecast for the rest of the week hasn't changed much. Cold-ish tomorrow, then definitely cold Thursday through Sunday morning. 

We're still in for a brief Arctic outbreak Friday and Saturday, but this one isn't nearly as strong as many of them can be. Wind chill will be a problem but days as north breezes continue. Those breezes will happen as night time temperatures go down to zero and highs only stay in the upper single numbers and low teens.

If anything, signs have gotten even stronger that we're in for another winter warm spell starting Monday and probably continuing for quite awhile. So enjoy the winter weather while you can.