Back To Vermont Winter Reality, But Actual It's Just Average Out There

Yesterday was the last in a very odd, long stretch of 
late January and February days with no snow on the 
ground. This is a view late Tuesday afternoon
near St. Albans, Vermont. 

 Well, we just got through the "biggest snowstorm" of the month so far here in Vermont, with a whopping one to two inches of new snow covering many spots this morning. 

A few towns got even more light fluff. 

It looks like Burlington got at least an inch.  Essex Center reported 3.8 inches, Williston 3.0 inches and Colchester 2.5 inches. 

The big winner so far is Smuggler's Notch, with five inches.  

It all hit just prior to this morning's commute, so it probably wasn't necessarily fun on the roads

All this is not exactly on par with the Valentine's Day Blizzard back in 2007, which dumped upwards of two feet of snow back on that day 17 years ago. 

We have an even bigger "snowstorm" on the way, but you might be less than impressed with the expected one to six inches.  

TODAY

At least it looks like winter, too.

And feels it. 

As of 8 a.m today, temperatures had fallen into low and mid teens behind a cold front and wind chills are within a few degrees either side of zero.  It's the coldest morning of the month so far, and remarkably, it's right around average for the season. 

A testament to the warmth of this winter, for sure. 

If the snow hasn't ended at your house by the time you read this, it will soon. The sun is breaking out and we'll have a rather bright, blustery winter afternoon.  

Current snowfall prediction map from the National
Weather Service depicting snowfall from late Thursday
to Friday morning. Not much, but it's better than
nothing if you finally want snow. 

Highs will be in the upper teens and 20s, but a continued gusty northwest wind will make it feel much cooler. Again, nothing odd for a Vermont February, but we're just not used to it after the recent false spring. 

OUTLOOK

Tonight will bring us the coldest weather we've seen since the third week of January. That's not saying much, as lows by tomorrow morning will be in the single numbers to maybe a couple low teens - very average for the date.

Clouds will increase through the day Thursday and snow will break out in the evening as that quicky Alberta Clipper zips through. 

We'll get a general two to four inches of snow out of this, with maybe a little less than that in the Northeast Kingdom and a little more in the mountains. 

Like this morning's snow, this next one will have a high fluff factor, so it won't be too hard to shovel away. 

Look for seasonable temperatures (highs in the 20s to near 30 lows in the upper single number and teens) pretty much Friday into early next week. We'll have frequent chances of snow as a series of little disturbances zip on through, but still no big storms loom.