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| The National Weather Service office in South Burlington has once again nudged expected snow totals upward compared to previous forecast. This map was issued late Friday afternoon |
Once again, the National Weather Service office in South Burlington has bumped up snow accumulation forecasts.
The winter storm watch has been extended northward from its position in Rutland and Windsor counties this morning. It now encompasses pretty much all of Vermont south of Route 2.
It now also looks like far northern Vermont is in play for a modest two or three inches of new snow, according to current forecasts. That's a boost from the dusting to an inch that was in the forecast yesterday.
High elevations in far southern Vermont are now under the gun for up to a foot of snow. The winter storm watch has been upgraded to a winter storm warning in Bennington and Windham counties.
I don't know whether this northward trend in the storm track will continue right up until the storm hits, but it is encouraging for snow lovers Even if a subsequent storm midweek ends up depositing mixed precipitation or rain.
For the weekend storm, it's looking like the first flakes will come down in the southwest corner of Vermont roughly around 6 p.m. Saturday and spread north to the Northeast Kingdom by around midnight, give or take.
It appears the heaviest snow will come very late Saturday night into Sunday morning.
Expect snowy, slippery roads and poor visibility later Saturday night and Sunday, especially in central and southern Vermont.
Of course, we're still more than 24 hours away from the storm, so things can still change either way, with updated forecasts of either more or less snow than I'm talking about this evening.
That expected midweek storm still looks potentially wild, with heavy precipitation and strong winds still possible. I'll do better updates on that storm starting about Sunday, as the Tuesday night/Wednesday storm could end up being on the impressive side.
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