Winter Storm In Vermont: Monday Evening Forecast Hasn't Changed Much

Latest snow and sleet forecast for the upcoming winter storm Tuesday
and Wednesday. It looks like northern and western areas will
be the big winners, with the western slopes of the Green
Mountains getting less. Accumulations in southern Vermont
still look like they will be cut back by a period of sleet.

The updated forecasts are in as of late Monday afternofor the winter storm that's expected to reach Vermont during the day Tuesday,

It still looks like it will bring most of us a good thump of snow.

It will mix with sleet in much of Vermont.  The National Weather Service on South Burlington indicated late this Monday afternoon that at this point, Burlington will be about the northernmost extend of the sleet.

As it stands now - and this could change - the northwestern Champlain Valley and the northern Adirondacks will be the big winners in the snow department.

The further south you go the more sleet will  mix in overnight Tuesday night, so amounts will be cut down there. The best guess is the sleet would last roughly three to six hours where it does fall. National Weather Service meteorologists think any sleet will go back to snow Wednesday morning, then taper off to a lighter snow by afternoon.

Also, the forecast with this storm for the western slopes of the Green Mountains is still indicating a snow "shadow."

Strong east and southeasterly winds will blow down the slopes of those mountains. That sinking air tends to discourage precipitation. The zone of lighter snow along the western slopes will be fairly narrow - perhaps 10 to 20 miles wide in most places.

Results may vary, as they say, but as little as six inches of snow might accumulate around Rutland, and as much as 13 or 14 inches might pile up near Alburgh and St. Albans, especially closer to the lake. Which is opposite the usual regime, but oh, well.

It'll be fairly mild Wednesday. A few warmer valleys will probably see a few cold rain drops mix in as temperatures go up into the low and mid thirties during the afternoon.