Friday Evening Update: A Little Extra Snow In Vermont Forecast, Especially South

National Weather Service has ticked up expected
amounts of snow late tonight through early Sunday
morning, especially in southern Vermont. 

Just want to post a quick Friday evening update to note an uptick in expected snow amounts late tonight and Saturday. 

Most of northern Vermont is still expecting just light snow showers and periods of light snow starting late tonight and going into tomorrow evening. 

Total amounts in the north have ticked up a bit, but will still be an inconsequential one to three inches in most spots. Of course the central and northern Green Mountains will see more than that. 

The problem is in southern Vermont. It turns out a fairly dynamic but somewhat moisture-starved system  might have a little bit more moisture than first thought.  

So, Rutland, Bennington and Windham counties are now under a winter weather advisory starting around midnight-ish tonight and going until tomorrow evening. 

Most places in this area can expect three to six inches of snow, except maybe closer to two inches in far northwestern Rutland County. 

Southern Vermont ski areas, which have looked longingly at the northern Green getting dumped on, really want to see some big snows. They won't get a blizzard, but the National Weather Service is going for four to eight inches in the Green Mountains from about Killington south. 

So, pretty good!

The snow will never come down all that hard, but maybe moderately at times in the mountains. 

Temperatures should get into the low 30s in southern Vermont valleys and Champlain Valley tomorrow, so the snow there will be kind of on the wet side. 

You might encounter some slippery road conditions anywhere in the Green Mountain State between the hours before dawn tomorrow and later Saturday night.  Captain Obvious tells me the worst roads will probably be in the southern Green Mountains, which will see the heaviest snow.