Quick Wednesday Morning Update: Snow Totals From Tuesday, Squalls Thursday, Then Bitter Cold

Traffic cam shot of snowy Route 7 in Shaftsbury 
Vermont Tuesday. That part of Vermont generally
got the most snow out of yesterday's storm. 

 I've got some very early appointments today, so just a brief update to start the day on yesterday's snow, and what's coming next. 

The snowfall yesterday pretty much matched the forecast with the most falling in southern Vermont. The Northeast Kingdom did well, too.

The highest totals I've seen so far are 10.6 inches in Manchester Center; 8.7 inches in Arlington; 8.5 inches in Landgrave, and 8 inches in Pawlet.

Northeast Kingdom totals included 8.6 inches in Lyndonville and several reports in the 6.5 to 7.3 inch range. 

In the Champlain Valley, it was mostly three to six inches, about as expected. Central Vermont generally had five or six inches. Again, that's pretty close to what the National Weather Service had forecast 

It stopped snowing hours ago, but it's cold out there this morning - mostly in the teens. I'm sure there are some slick spots on the roads. I can hear the scraping outside of state plow trucks trying to finish cleaning up. 

Today will be the calm before the next storm. It will be winter cold today, with everyone except maybe a few people in southern Vermont valleys staying below freezing

ARCTIC FRONT

We're still looking at that terrible cold front coming at us tomorrow morning with its band of snow squalls. The National Weather Service in South Burlington remains worried about tomorrow morning's commute in the Champlain Valley. 

It was bad enough with the gentle snow we had yesterday. There's a good chance this front will barrel in with a band of snow squalls.  These would cause abrupt, almost whiteout conditions, a quick one to two inches of snow and gusts to 30 mph. 

Yeah, I'm staying put at home tomorrow morning. I'll just huddle under blankets with Henry the Weather Dog. 

We're still looking at the timing of these, but so far, it looks like these might come through the Champlain Valley at between 7 and 9 a.m. or so.  The rest of Vermont might get these squalls, too, but at least they would come through between mid-morning and early afternoon, when the roads are a bit less busy. 

Winter is here with a vengeance, and it's not easing up anytime soon. I would say at least half of Vermont will be below zero by early Friday morning, and the rest of us will be damn close to it. 

I don't see any big storms on the horizon at this point. But I do see repeated cold fronts with reinforcing shots of nasty cold air at least through most of next week, if to beyond that.