Tuesday Update: Yep, It's Still Going To Snow Tomorrow

The National Weather Service in South Burlington,
Vermont is still telling most of us to expect eight, nine,
ten inches of snow from tomorrow's expected storm.

As expected, winter storm watches in Vermont have been upgraded to winter storm warnings as it becomes even more certain we're in for a midsized snowstorm tomorrow.

Watches in much of the rest of New England will almost surely be upgraded to warnings later today.

Part of the storm will be fairly dramatic, with snowfall rates during Wednesday afternoon often reaching one inch per hour, or even a little more. That's not extreme, but that's pretty damn heavy snow.

The peak of the storm will come just ahead of, or during the late afternoon commute on Wednesday.

 If you can pull it off, try to work from home tomorrow. The roads during the morning won't be too bad, especially in northern Vermont where the snow probably won't start until mid or late morning. I imagine there might be some early school closings, too, which I'm sure will muck up your schedule.

However, there will certainly be problems with snow, low visibility and ice on the highways in the afternoon for sure.

The overall forecast scenario for this storm hasn't change at all, really. Hurray for consistency. Here in Vermont, we're still expecting a general five to 12 inch snowfall. The most will come down in the southern half of the state, the least to the northwest.

Forecasters are still thinking some mid and high elevations in south-central Vermont that really got hammered by Sunday's snow will be the big winners again. I wouldn't be at all surprised if we get reports of between 12 and 15 inches of snow in a few localized spots down there.

As noted yesterday, this storm will be zipping right along and will be pretty much out of our hair by early Thursday morning. Other than a few flurries, it won't snow at all Thursday, and daytime temperatures will be in the 15 to 25 degree range. The weather Thursday will be similar to Mondays  - not bad for snow shoveling, really.

Forecasters are still looking for a small system with limited moisture to scoot on through Friday with a little light snow.

There's still a lot of question marks for around Sunday, with some snow, rain or a mix possible. At this point, it doesn't look like whatever precipitation we get Sunday will be super heavy. And if it does get above freezing on Sunday, it doesn't look like that relative warmth will last long. It'll be back down to the seasonable 20s early next week.