Early Afternoon Storm Update: Forecast Is Accurate So Far

It's been snowing steadily in Vermont and eastern New York for a few hours now, with generally two to five inches of snow as of 1 p.m.

Photo in my St. Albans, Vermont yard taken at 1 p.m.
Wed. shows light windblown snow falling, with about 1.5
inches so far. Things will really pick up later this afternoon.
 

The really heavy stuff was in western and central New York, where strong winds and heavy snow are cutting visibility on the highways to near zero at time.

It still looks like those conditions will come into Vermont and northern New Hampshire as the afternoon and evening wear on.

The forecast of 18-24 inches total across northeastern New York, central Vermont, northern New Hampshire and western Maine still look like a good bet, as so far the storm is behaving pretty much as forecast.

I'm still looking at 10-20 inches in far northern New York and far northwestern Vermont, with similar totals in southern Vermont.

The cold air and wind associated with this storm is already moving into western and northern New York and northern Vermont.

Here in St. Albans, Vermont, the temperature went from 32 degrees at 8 am. to 22 at noon. Winds have picked up here from calm at 8 a.m. to gusts of around 25 mph.

The temperature will continue to drop and winds will continue to pick up in New York, Vermont, New Hampshire and maybe a bit later in Maine the rest of the afternoon and evening.

There are already quite a few spinouts, crashes and SUVs in the ditches across highways in the entire snow zone. So be careful out there. Or don't go out at all.

As the National Weather Service in South Burlington notes, by later this afternoon and evening, it will be a near blizzard out there and travel will be dangerous.

Practically everything is canceled anyway so there's no reason to go anywhere.