Vermont Thanksgiving Snow Forecast: Not A Huge Storm (We Think!) But Some Travel Trouble

The roads probably won't be quite this gummed up
with snow on Thanksgiving in Vermont, but it now
looks guaranteed that at least parts of the state
will have some travel issues with snow
on the holiday. Especially in higher elevations. 

 Once we get past the icy mess on some of Vermont's roads, highways and sidewalks this fine Tuesday morning, we look ahead to that potential Thanksgiving snow we've been talking about for days now.

The early read on this thing is it won't be an enormous snowfall, at least for us in Vermont, but it will probably be enough to complicate things on the roads once again. 

It's another sign The slick road thing started this morning and we should get used to it. We'll be dealing with it an awful lot at least through most of March. 

By the way, this morning was a mess, I'm not kidding. Interstate 89 near Exits 7 and 8, that's around Montpelier and Berlin was gummed up with several cars and trucks sliding off the road and/or crashing.  The Exit 7 on ramp to 89 northbound was closed for awhile, too.

Hardwick officials were warning people to stay off the roads. Pretty much all rural roads in central and eastern Vermont were a mess. 

So, bottom line, if you're planning on being on the roads today in Vermont, you're all set if you wait until late morning or early afternoon.  

Wednesday continues to look fine for road travel in and near Vermont. That leads us to Thanksgiving.

THANKSGIVING

While details of the forecast still need to be sorted out, we're getting a more clear picture of what to expect. At least we know pretty much for sure now that Vermont will at least be affected to some extent by this system coming through. 

Here's what it looks like at this point. I have to yell from the rafters, though, that this is subject to change. More info coming in later today and tomorrow will probably cause some forecast adjustments 

It'll be another modest, mid-sized storm heading by to our south.  So southern and central Vermont should see the most snow.  Early guess are one to four inches. Maybe more in the mountains from Killington south. 

Less snow will fall to the north, but light precipitation is expected all the way to the Canadian border and beyond. 

This looks like it might turn out to be another one of those elevation type storms.  The mountains could get some heavy wet snow and travel issues, even maybe some unwelcome power outages here and there. Broader, warmer valleys might be warm enough for rain to mix in, or for things to just change over to a cold rain.  

Things should switch back over to snow Thanksgiving night even in low elevations, so the trip home might be dicey too. 

After this goes by, the weekend will have a wintry feel with blustery winds, cold temperatures and snow showers here and there, especially up in the mountains. 

Like I said all this could change with subsequent forecasts, but I think meteorologists have gotten a pretty good handle on this.