Saturday Evening Vermont Storm Update: Big Thump Of Rain/Mix/Ice Tonight, Big Northern Greens Snowstorm Sun. Night.

Vermont will still get a good thump of rain, freezing rain
ick and schmutz this evening, But this National
Weather Service snow forecast map hints at LOTS
of snow in the Green Mountains Sunday afternoon
through Monday. 

 Just a quick Saturday evening update on that messy storm that is on Vermont's doorstep.

Usually a storm that comes in from the west is pretty uneventful, but this one is super dynamic, so we have a pretty good thump of precipitation on the way. 

It's so dynamic that there's been a lot of thunder and lightning today in western New York and southeastern Ontario. 

After a pretty nice day for mid-November, and compared to what we've had lately, the bad weather will come in fast between 6 and 8 p.m., give or take. 

Whatever comes out of the sky tonight will come down pretty hard, mostly between about 8 p.m. and 2 a.m. The initial part of this storm is short but intense. Rain and melted ice will amount to about a half inch during those hours, so that's substantial for that short time a time frame. 

There's a slight chance you might even hear a rumble of thunder. 

There's still a winter weather advisory for Vermont outside of the Champlain Valley and western Rutland County because some of this will come down as freezing rain.  Roads will get pretty slick. I'd consider abandoning plans to drive around central and eastern Vermont overnight. Or at least plan to take it slow and easy. 

As mentioned this morning the ice will be hit and miss on the roads. Some stretches in the advisory area will be just wet, while a little down the road it'll be glare ice. 

Even in the Champlain Valley, there might be some spots of snow initially and maybe a little sleet and freezing rain mixed in here and there, but it'll be mostly rain overnight. 

As the storm heads east Sunday, winds will really pick up from the west and northwest, gusting to 40 mph in places during the afternoon. Rain showers will turn to snow shower.s 

Most valleys won't have much in the way of rain and snow tomorrow 

However, the central and northern Green Mountains are gearing up for an epic snowstorm. More on that in tomorrow morning's post.