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| Yet another winter wonderland this morning in St. Albans, Vermont after last night's 6.5 inches of snow. All eyes on the East Coast as what might well become the Blizzard of '26. |
The big news next is something that escalated really quickly over the past couple of days.
The expected path of the nor'easter we've been talking about went from well offshore to right near the coast.
A full-fledged blizzard is now expected along the Mid-Atlantic and New England coasts. This includes New York City and probably Boston.
That storm will mostly hit Sunday night and Monday.
I'll give you all the details on that in a moment, with updates on how all that might affect us in Vermont, but let's catch up with last night's storm in Vermont .
SNOW TOTALS AND FORECAST
It looks like total accumulations were in line with expectations. I saw a lot of five, six and seven inch reports across the state. The most I've seen so far is 8.5 inches in Tunbridge, followed closely 8.2 inches in Morrisville.
Here in St. Albans, I collected 6.5 inches. Burlington collected six inches as of shortly before 7 a.m today.
Also as expected, the snow slowed down traffic quite a bit. The worst problem locally was in Sunny Hollow on Route 7 in Colchester. Several cars couldn't make it up the steep hills in that area, ad had to be pulled out. That really snarled traffic there.
An accident also had traffic seriously backed up amid heavy snow on the Killington Access Road Friday afternoon.
Road conditions are definitely improving this morning. There are still slick spots, but just go a little slow and you'll be fine.
A cold front was slopping south through Vermont as of 8 a.m. Temperatures were near 20 degrees in the north and in the low 30s in southern Vermont. Since we're getting into daylight and sunshine, temperatures will hold in the low to mid 30s south and rise only into the mid and upper 20s central and north.
But I'm burying the lede. Here's the big story
BLIZZARD OF '26?
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| The American computer model from this morning has a super intense storm with serious coastal flooding and blizzard conditions for areas near the coastline from Delaware to New England. |
The Nor'easter that just three days ago was supposed to harmlessly head out to sea is now going to bring a potentially historic storm to the the Northeast. Especially along and east of Interstate 95.
Delaware, the Jersey Shore, New York City, Long Island and coastal Connecticut are under blizzard warnings for Sunday into Monday.
I think those blizzard warnings will be extended into southeastern New England, too.
Places under the blizzard warning look like they might receive one to two feet of snow, driven by winds of up to 55 mph.
The early part of the storm will feature wet and heavy snow. That, combined with the strong winds, could cause some widespread power outages.T
Serious coastal flooding is also in the cards.
All the computer models agree the nor'easter will develop explosively on Sunday and quickly become perhaps the most intense storm in years. It's definitely a red alert storm.
What we don't know is whether the northwestward drift in the expected path of the storm will continue or not. Which leaves questions about how far inland the heavy snow will get. For now. winter storm warnings for more eight to 16 inches of snow cover New Jersey away from the coast, southeast Pennsylvania, and the Hudson Valley north of New York City
In case the predicted storm track keeps going further northwest, winter storm watch covers Maryland, a good chunk of Pennsylvania, New York as far north as Albany and New England as far north as the border between Massachusetts and Vermont and New Hampshire.
As mentioned, this will probably be an historic storm.
VERMONT EFFECTS
Until now, we didn't think Vermont would be affected by this nor'easter at all. Now it looks like the Green Mountain State will feel some effects, but it still doesn't look particularly scary for us.
The forecast might still change, but for now Vermont's southernmost two counties could receive around six inches of snow Sunday night and Monday. A couple inches of snow might pile up as far north as Route 4. Northern Vermont would get no additional snow under this scenario
Winds will probably pick up on Monday, especially in southern and eastern Vermont. It won't be anything damaging like near the coast, but gust to 30 mph will add to the late winter chill.
The nor'easter will also probably tug down a shot of Arctic air toward Tuesday. We'll have a 24 hour or so spell where daytime highs Tuesday would barely crack 20 degrees with an overnight low in the single number or even below zero.
And no rest for the weary. It looks like two more smaller storms might affect Vermont next Wednesday and Friday.
I'll have much more on this nor'easter in future posts as this develops.
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