Still Looking At One More Snowfall

Latest snow depth map from the National Weather Service in
South Burlington, Vermont. Click on it to make it bigger and
easier to see. Still a lot of snow on mountain summits Orange
and reds represent a foot or more of snow coer. 

We had snow flurries in St. Albans, Vermont,  making this the sixth consecutive day with some sort of frozen precipitation.

I wonder if that's some sort of record for April. Especially since Friday will likely be Day Number 7 as well.  

It hasn't snowed everywhere in Vermont today, but most of the state is in for another late season blast.

There will be rain mixed in with light precipitation today, but that'll change to snow tonight, even on valley floors.

Even Burlington will get into the act with a dusting to as much as two inches of snow by Friday afternoon.

Northern areas of Vermont will get anywhere from one to six nches of snow, with the highest amounts in the more elevated areas. Mountain summits like Mount Mansfield and Jay Peak have the potential to get even more than that.

Mount Mansfield already has 90 inches of snow at the summit. They could close in on 100 inches by the end of the day Friday. Quite a lot - but not a record depth for April. I think in 1996 they had something like 113 inches at the top of Mount Mansfield in April, for instance.

So yeah, get your snow brushes ready to clear your car Friday morning. Interesting, my truck needs repairs, but I can't get into a service center because everybody is switching out their winter tires, so the repair shops are booked full. Maybe the tire change outs should have waited until after Friday.

The good news for the winter weary is the meteorologist are still lock solid on a definitely warm up, along with sunshine coming up.

It'll be a slow-ish process, but we'll get there. Saturday will be the transition day after Friday's snow. Some sun will break out on Saturday, which will be nice, but there will be a cold breeze from the northwest and high temperatures will only make it into the 40s. Still much colder than normal for this time of year, but an improvement over today and Friday nonetheless.

Sunday still looks to be a bit on the cool side for this time of year, but you're going to like it anyway. Afternoon temperatures will be somewhere near 50 degrees, the sun will shine brightly and winds will be pretty light.

Monday and Tuesday -- Nirvana: Quite a bit of sun, especially on Monday with highs somewhere in the 55 to 65 degree range. It will be heaven, won't it.

Some showers could arrive Wednesday, but temperatures will remain close to normal -- temperatures well into the 50s.

There are signs some sort of nor'easter or coastal type storm could come through toward the end of next week. Don't worry, if this storm materializes, it looks almost certain that it would drop rain on us - not snow.