Vermont Faces Another Thump Of Wet Snow Tomorrow.

Traffic backed up in Colchester, Vermont Friday aftternoon
due to that big thump of snow. Some or even most
of the state might well see a similar
burst of snow Sunday morning. 

 Now that we got one thump of snow out of the way in northern Vermont, we have another thump of snow on our way that looks like it could cover the entire state in snow, or close to it.   

At least we think so. This next system is at least as capable of giving us surprises as yesterday's snowy welcome to spring. 

Before we get there, we'll get to some final bits of news and factoids about yesterday's snow. 

Pretty much all of northern Vermont got three to six inches of snow.  For areas outside the Champlain Valley those amounts matched expectations. As we know, though, the Champlain Valley got a lot more than expected. 

The deepest accumulations I could see were 6.3 inches in Greensboro and 6 inches in Underhill, Morrisville and Walden.

It just rained in southern Vermont, which again matched the forecast issued prior to the storm. 

To add insult to injury, there was some freezing drizzle and freezing fog scattered around northern Vermont overnight. That, thankfully is now over.

After some morning clouds, fog, and perhaps a couple of stray flurries, the sun will start making more frequent appearances between the clouds as we go through the day. It might even get  mostly sunny for a time this afternoon. We should top out within a few degrees either side of 40 for highs. 

THE STORM 

The next storm is similar to the one we had yesterday, which moved west to east basically over the top of Vermont. 

We have the same questions as we did before yesterday's mess: Who gets snow, who gets rain, and who gets both?

If Sunday's storm goes to our north, everybody gets mostly rain. If it goes right over us, we have another north/south split. If it goes to our south, most of us get snow. 

The computer models, as always it seems, are still arguing over which track this will take. As of this morning, they're sort of leaning toward just south of us. Hence the snowier forecast for now. 

New winter weather advisories cover pretty much the same areas as yesterdays' event, but the advisory zone is a little bigger in size. It covers Vermont from the Green Mountains east from Springfield north to the Canadian border. The Adirondack are also under the advisory. 

The snow or rain, depending on the track of the storm,  should start in the hours leading up to dawn. Much like yesterday, the precipitation should come down hard for a few hours. This time, though, it will be during Sunday morning, not during the Friday afternoon rush, so fewer of us will be affected.

During the afternoon, we'll just have light snow and rain as temperatures get into the 30s. 

If everything works out as expected, - which I am in no way guaranteeing -most valleys would get 2 to 4 inches of wet, cement like snow.  The Green Mountains could get four to eight inches of snow.  This would give a boost to late season skiing, especially north, with yesterday's snow.  

The overall pattern will remain the same trough next week: Cooler than normal for this time of year and unsettled.

Our next shot at stormy weather is next Thursday, but it's still way too soon to think about what we'll deal with in that one.