Southern Vermont Finally Sees Snow; Much Colder Weather Due

Traffic cam grab of Route7 in Shaftesbury, Vermont
showing yesterday's snow and more snow falling
A new winter weather advisory has been issued for
Vermont's southernmost two counties. 

 Southern Vermont, which has so often missed out on snowfall this winter, finally got a  little bit Saturday, and a little more is on the way.  

Both Bennington and Brattleboro received 5.5 inches of snow on Saturday. There might have been slightly higher totals in the southern Green Mountains, considering the town of Savoy, in the Massachusetts Berkshires, received 10.5 inches.

Most places in central and northern Vermont received two inches or so of fluff on Saturday.

Now, it turns out southern Vermont is getting even more snow.

That offshore nor'easter we mentioned yesterday is indeed staying offshore. But its band of moisture is extending further northwest than expected. That means Bennington and Windham counties are once again under a winter weather advisory. 

Those areas should get another two to five inches of snow. The southern Vermont snow is coming in two waves. One is going through this morning well ahead of the storm.

Meanwhile the actual nor'easter is now forming in the southeastern U.S.  We can confirm those snowy predictions in Florida. Some snow was falling in northwest Florida early today. A winter storm warning is in effect for a couple counties in northwest Florida for one to two inches of snow. Those winter warnings extend through southwest and central Georgia.

It's astounding that northwest Florida has managed to get two snowy Januaries in a row.

Anyway, our nor'easter will really rocket past New England tonight, sending another wave of light snow through central New England, including southern Vermont. It should be over with by tomorrow morning. 

WARM TO COLD

Forecast weather map for next Sunday. If it pan
out, this is a textbook map for a huge Arctic outbreak
Strong, huge frigid high pressure from Canada 
seen plunging into U.S. with huge area of 
bitter north winds in the eastern half of 
the United States,

Today will be the "warmest" day we see in a long time. Highs should make it to around 30 for most valleys today.  

An increasingly cold and dry pattern is set to start tomorrow, with waves of frigid air coming our way. 

Tomorrow will make it into the 20s, which isn't too bad, but gusty winds will make it feel worse.The first of these cold fronts will make Tuesday cold, but not incredibly so. Expect highs that day in the teens with lows near zero.

After a brief warmup into the mid and upper 20s by Thursday, a more intense and longer lasting cold wave will blast in. That'l affect not only Vermont, but pretty much all of the central and eastern United States.

Here in Vermont, we probably face several days with below zero temperatures, starting next weekend and continuing into the beginning of the following week.

We'll have more details on that as we get closer to that icy nightmare.