Vermont Weekend Snow Forecast Stays Steady: Decent Dump Far South; Little North

The National Weather Service in South Burlington this
Thursday evening has taken a first crack at forecasting
snow totals from this coming weekend's storm.
If this pans out, southern Vermont gets a moderate 
snowfall, while the north is no big deal. Of course
this is still subject to big time changes. 

 Just a quick Thursday evening update as the first snow total predictions are out for the expected weekend snowfall in Vermont. Plus, I won't have time Friday morning to do a super detailed account of what's going on.   

So on to the update.

A winter storm watch has been issued for Vermont's two southernmost counties from late Saturday afternoon through Sunday evening.

 In those areas, the current expectation is for five to 10 inches of fresh powder. Not exactly an extreme storm by Green Mountain State standards, but I'm sure the ski resorts in that part of the state won't complain.

Those winter storm watches extend along the spine of the Appalachian mountains from North Carolina to southern Vermont. Most of central and southern New England is under a winter storm watch, too, except for areas along the coast. 

Back here in Vermont forecasters still expect storm totals to taper off the more you head north. By the time you get north of Route 2, only one to two inches of snow is in the cards.

For now, anyway.  There's still plenty of time for the forecast to shift one way or another.   Vermont still has a shot of seeing more snow than expected, or less. As always, we just gotta stayed tuned for updates. 

One important thing to note:  Unlike snowfalls in November and December, and many of the storms last winter, this one promises rather dry and fluffy snow rather than anything wet and heavy. That means that no matter how much snow fall this time, the chances of power outages are pretty minimal to non-existent. 

Any impacts from this storm will involve tricky road conditions, but nothing else bad. And if the forecast pans out, it will be nice to see a more traditional January snow covered ground, even if the snow doesn't turn out to be all that deep. 

Longer range forecasts continue to call for a more powerful storm of some sort here in the Northeast sometimes Tuesday night and Wednesday of next week. More details to follow once we get closer to the event.