Quick Monday Evening Vermont Update: Burst Of Snow Indeed Messed Up Roads; Rest Of Forecast Largely Unchanged

Tail end of my commute as I came into St. Albans,
Vermont this evening. Snowy roads this evening
should turn into at least scattered flooding by
Wednesday night. 

 I just drove from Burlington to St. Albans, and I can report the roads were slick.  

Most (but not all!) motorists on Interstate 89 were behaving themselves, so I didn't see too many slide offs or crashes.  

I was struck by how many vehicles had bad tires as people had trouble making it up small hills in Winooski I'm sure some people can't afford decent tires, but I suspect a few are too lazy or cheap to invest in them. 

They're worth their weight in gold. I have new tires and had zero trouble negotiating those hills, just saying.

The heaviest band of snow was across northern areas as of 6 p.m. and it was all starting to taper off further south. 

That will leave us overnight with patchy snow and freezing drizzle, probably trending toward just plain drizzle in the Champlain Valley later on as temperatures rise.

That winter weather advisory remains in effect into the Tuesday morning commute for Vermont except for the Champlain Valley due to that lingering freezing drizzle. 

As for Wednesday's rain, all systems still seem go for a flood event. Hoping for a mostly minor one, but already, the Otter Creek at Center Rutland is forecast to hit moderate flood stage Thursday morning.  Maybe close to major status, as it could reach nearly 12 feet.

At that level, Otter Creek begins to flood homes on parts of Dorr Drive and Park Street in Rutland, and near Route 4 and West Proctor Road in Center Rutland. Many low lying roads in Rutland and Addison counties near the river will probably go under water. 

Current forecasts have the Mad River approaching some roads around Moretown, Waitsfield and Warren. It looks like the Lamoille River could at least approach Route 15 at the Wrong Way Bridge.

You get the idea. We'll keep an eye on future flood forecasts. 

The National Weather Service in South Burlington will almost certainly issue a flood watch tomorrow, to cover possible high water Wednesday and Thursday morning.  

When things cool off late Wednesday night and Thursday, it doesn't look like there will be much precipitation left, so snowfall likely won't amount to much, except out near the lake effect snow belt area near Watertown and the Tug Hill Plateau of New York.