Next In Series Of Vermont Snowfalls Coming Tonight; In Many Ways, This Is A Pleasant One

Southern Vermont will be the big winner in the snow
sweepstakes with the latest storm racing through
tonight. A good half a foot or more down thee. 

Once again, winter storm warnings and winter weather advisories are up for most of Vermont as yet another quick hitting snowfall comes racing through the Green Mountain State tonight. 

Despite the fact that the southern half of the state will receive more snow tonight than that storm we had on Thursday, it's not going to screw up things as much as the daytime snow burst we dealt with Thursday. 

First off, this will be all snow. Don't worry about freezing drizzle or crap like that.   Although most of the southern half of Vermont is going to be dealing with six or more inches of snow, it will be light and fluffy and powdery and pretty. 

We're not going to get a lot of wind, and the tail end of this storm won't include the kind of vicious snow squalls like most of northern Vermont saw Friday morning. This new snow is hitting on the weekend, and mostly at night, so it's not going to mess with schools, or that many work schedules. 

Sure, you'll have to take this snow seriously out one the roads, but you should know the drill by now.

THE PARTICULARS 

If you insist on getting bread and milk, because that's what you apparently have to do when a snowstorm is forecast, you're in the clear for that all day today. There's a few light snow showers around this morning, courtesy of a nothing burger little disturbance passing through. Otherwise, expect clouds to dominate and temperatures to be reasonable - in the 20s 

Then we get our storm. 

Gawd, this thing is moving fast. It'll get here this evening with snow cranking up for most of us between 8 and 10 this evening. By dawn or a little after Sunday, it'll pretty much be over.  . 

Southern Vermont

The storm is zipping by well to our south, so this will be a southern Vermont storm. Yes, snow will fall all the way to the Canadian border and a little beyond, but the real blast of snow will hit the south. 

A winter storm warning is up for Vermont's southern four counties. There, a good six to 10 inches of snow should come down.  It's possible a few isolated spots, especially in the far southern Green Mountains, could get close to a foot of snow. 

Though not exactly huge. the snowbanks lining my
driveway in St. Albans, Vermont are starting to
gain height. Looks like I'll have a small installment
of new snow tonight, as the heaviest stuff
should pass to our south. 

Like I said, it'll all come in a short period of time, so it will really snow hard down in that part of the state overnight. 

Many places in southern Vermont will see snowfall rates of an inch or more per hour at times. That's too fast for the snow plows to keep up with things. 

 I wouldn't bother driving anywhere in Vermont overnight if you can help it, but especially avoid southern Vermont. 

Things on the roads should improve quickly down there during Sunday morning, so that's when you head to the ski areas.

Central Vermont 

A winter weather advisory is flying for central and north-central Vermont.  It covers places like Middlebury, Burlington, Montpelier and St. Johnsbury, but is not in effect for the counties along the Canadian border.

In the winter weather advisory zone, a decent three to six inches of fluff will come down to freshen everything up. The roads won't be great overnight, but other than that, enjoy the winter beauty there

Northern Vermont

No winter advisories are in effect for far northern Vermont. Those places should receive two to as much as four inches of fluff overnight and early Sunday. The least amount of snow should fall tight against the border, in places like Alburgh, Berkshire, Highgate in the far northwest; and probably Canaan at the northeast tip of Vermont might see just two inches or a little less.  

OUTLOOK

The storms will keep coming but we do have a sort of break in the action for a few days. After the bulk of the snow departs tomorrow, the rest of the day will feature clouds, maybe a glimpse of sun, and a few lingering light snow showers.

Monday looks partly sunny and chilly. A new cold front Tuesday could set off some snow showers, and forecasters are going to keep an eye on the risk of snow squalls once again later Tuesday. Those aren't guaranteed, but bear watching.

The next real storm looks like it wants to come along toward Thursday.  The early guess is this will be mostly or all snow. But there are questions about the path of the storm, which is what you'd expect since it's so many days away.  All that means that, if the storm goes inland too far, we could be looking at some freezing rain getting thrown in with the snow.

It's too soon to tell, so we'll put that in our back pocket for a few days and wait for updated forecasts later this week. 

After that, there's signs of yet another storm three days after Thursday's. Watch this space. 

ELSEWHERE

The storm tonight is not going to be nearly as pleasant elsewhere as it will be in Vermont.

An ice storm warning is in effect for pretty much the same sections of Pennsylvania that endured a bunch of freezing rain, blocked roads and power outages on Thursday. West Virginia, which suffered flooding on Thursday, is under another flood watch. Flood warnings are already in effect for parts of that state. 

The winter storm warning we mentioned in southern Vermont extends through the rest of central and southern New England. Places in the three southern New England states that have missed out on snowfalls so far this winter will finally get lucky with this one.

At least the risk of severe storms and tornadoes is lower with this system. The previous storm spun off s handful of tornadoes in Kentucky and Tennessee, one of which unfortunately killed two people and injured others.