Vermont Mountain Snow A Symptom Of A Nasty November

Route 105 in Jay, Vermont was once again a snow
globe this morning as heavy snows continued in
the central and northern Green Mountains. 

We know it snowed a lot in the Vermont mountains overnight and early today, but so far, we don't have much information as to how much snow fell.  

As of 9 a.m., the reports I've seen include eight inches of new snow in Johnson, six inches in Underhill and four inches in Montpelier. A little further away from the mountains, I have about a half inch of new snow here in St. Albans. 

Based on radar images from yesterday, the upslope snow in Vermont initially had trouble getting its act together Sunday afternoon. The snow seemed to arrange itself in streaks, so it was hit and miss. 

The upslope snow finally consolidated and did its thing overnight. I'm sure some of the northern Green Mountain summits are at least closing in on a foot of new snow. It was still cranking this morning. 

Traffic cameras hint at quite a bit of snow up high.  It remains to be seen whether any of the northern Green Mountain are getting the two feet of new snow that was in the forecast.

I see there was 28 inches of snow at the stake near the top of Mount Mansfield late Sunday afternoon.  Most of the new snow will have come overnight and this morning. 

It'll keep snowing all morning in the western slopes of the Green Mountains and only slowly diminish through the day today and tonight. Winter storm warnings are still up in the central and northern Greens. 

In the low elevations, today won't be a big deal. It won't be nice, but it will be cloudy, it will be windy, and it will be cold. Not a nice day, but what do you expect from mid-November?

If you're in the Champlain Valley, or the lower Connecticut Valley, it'll pretty much just be flurries today. The closer you get to the mountains, the harder it will snow, and the more likely the roads will be on the iffy side. 

NOT NICE NOVEMBER 

This morning was another gray, cold, windy one
here in St. Albans, Vermont. This has NOT been
a nice November at all. 

Today's unpleasant weather is another day in a Vermont November that has been particularly trying. 

To begin with, November is never a glorious weather month in Vermont. It's the cloudiest month of the year, or at least tied with December for that honor. It is seemingly always dark, windy and cold. 

That's what we're getting this month, only writ large. 

As measured in Burlington, today will be the ninth consecutive cooler than normal day. Sunday was the eighth consecutive day with measurable precipitation. 

Today will be 15th consecutive day in a row with at least a trace of rain or snow. Winds in Burlington have gusted over 30 mph in 10 of the first 16 days of the month. 

Plus, we're not used to this. In August through October, our big drought did have the benefit of giving us day after day of clear, warm, sunny weather. That was taken away from us big time once November hit. 

We've also gotten used to warm Novembers. With the glaring exception of 2019, most Novembers in recent years have been a bit like Octobers used to be back in the day. 

This November I guess is more traditional, if you want to call it that. 

OUTLOOK

The sort of good news is the weather will temporarily turn kind of boring for the rest of the week. It'll turn slightly warmer, but it won't exactly get toasty. Daily high temperatures later this week will be within a few degrees either side of 40.. 

The sun might actually come out at times tomorrow and Wednesday, especially in the broader valleys. That'll be a nice switch from what we've seen.

The next storm in the pipeline looks like it will arrive around Friday. That one won't be a huge one, and it will probably mostly come in the form of rain.