Breaking News: Winter's Coming, Eventually

Snow and wind contributed to car crashes aroumd Calgary,
Alberta, Canada on Monday. Photo bu Gavin Young/Calgary Herald

Headline here scares you, doesn't it?

No, our current relatively warm weather here in Vermont is not about to end. In fact, it's going to turn warmer, with even a slight chance of a record high or two in the region this coming Sunday and/or Monday.

But the inevitable forces of winter are gathering, and soon enough, we will be shoveling snow again

The signs of it are in the northern Rockies of the United States and the Rockies and high plains of Canada, especially in Alberta.

They're getting a ton of snow out there. That snow is NOT heading in our direction, but it's a reminder that the cold shoe of winter could drop at any time.  (And yes, we've had rare snowstorms here in Vermont this time of year in the past.)

Around Calgary, Alberta, snow and strong winds created near blizzard conditions and the occasional white out on highways in that region. About four inches of snow was expected yesterday around Calgary, and winds gusted to 35 mph or more.  Parts of the Trans-Canada highway near Calgary were closed during the worst of the storm.

Meanwhile, winter storm warnings are up Monday and early today for much of northern Montana.  A few inches of snow with winds gusting to 45 mph were affecting parts of the High Plains of Montana this morning. Havre, Montana had several hours of heavy snow with winds gusting as high as 44 mph  Monday afternoon and early evening.

The weather will improve in Montana today, but the snow is just a harbinger of what's to come for much of the nation as we sink deeper into fall. Some of you will like this, some of you won't, but eventually we'll all have to deal with it.