Saturday Evening Vermont Storm Update: Still A Mess; Trends Slightly Warmer

The air might be a little warmer with this storm than
forecasters were thinking this morning, so snow
totals were cut back a bit overnight. This map
only covers through 1 p.m. Sunday. More snow
should add to the totals Sunday night. 

 After a long trend toward colder and colder forecasts for tonight storm in Vermont and surrounding  areas, the latest forecast has more or less bumped up temperatures by a degree or two. 

This means some of the broader, warmer valleys might see more rain than anything else. In those places, says the National Weather Service, it could start of as rain this evening, maybe get cold enough for  some mixed precipitation for a while, the perhaps going back to rain, before things taper off Sunday morning. 

Colder areas, like mid and high elevations and the Northeast Kingdom, are more likely to see more snow and not so much rain. But it will still probably turn into mixed precipitation even there. 

The National Weather Service has cut back overnight snow totals in the Northeast Kingdom down to one to as much as five inches. The broader Champlain Valley could see an inch of snow perhaps less, because of the anticipated mix with rain. Most areas south of Route 4 should see little or even no snow in the warmer spots, like Bennington. 

Freezing rain is still in the card for many areas. The most likely areas for freezing rain continue to be in the southern Green Mountains, southern Adirondacks and the Monadnocks of southern New Hampshire. 

Those three areas areas are still under winter weather advisories overnight. The amount of ice accumulation has been cut back slightly to a tenth of an inch or less in the places under the winter advisory. 

That means we won't have trouble with power lines and trees, but the roads will surely be scary. Don't drive overnight if you don't have to. 

Anywhere in Vermont, roads will be iffy overnight Just keep that in mind if you want to go out partying or something.

There's still a really high bust potential with this forecast. Don't be surprised if you end up surprised one way or another by tomorrow morning,  

Temperatures will tend to start falling Sunday afternoon as the winds begin to pick up. Snow showers will start re-blossom as well. At least in northern Vermont and the mountains. Northern and central Vermont look like they might pick up two to four inches of snow from this second phase, mostly Sunday night. 

The central and southern Champlain Valley, and the low lands of southern Vermont will pretty much miss out on the Sunday night snow. 

On the other hand some of the central and northern Green Mountains could do really well. Between this evening and Monday, those areas could receive six or more inches of snow.