Vermont Tues. Evening Snow Update: Predicted Amounts Cut Back

Updated snow forecast for tonight around Vermont. Predicted
amounts have been cut back. Now most of the area is
in blue, which indicates storm totals of less tha six inches

Snow fell just in fits and starts all day in Vermont today. For most of us it was flurries, with little or no accumulation.

The snow was getting steadier as of 4 p.m., and it will be a snowy night. Just not quite as snowy as predicted this morning.

The storm taking hold along the coast is not really cranking up, and it's zipping right along. We won't have a chance to snow for all that long. By Wednesday morning, it will pretty much be over.

Winter storm warnings are still up for the eastern two thirds of Vermont, but I think that's generous, given snow totals have been cut back to four to seven inches there, with locally higher amounts.

In the Champlain Valley,  and the valleys of western Vermont, only three to six inches will come down, and that six inches might be overdoing it. So, just a snowfall. No biggie.

You will still have to take care on the roads on the way to work and school tomorrow morning. The surfaces will be snowy and icy, so it will take extra time to get to your destination. And, I know this falls on some deaf ears, but please don't drive like a maniac.

The forecast from tomorrow onward is pretty much unchanged. It will be very cold tomorrow afternoon through Saturday, then a dramatic warm up Sunday into early next week. Very little snow will fall Wednesday through Saturday, except in the snow belts in New York affected by Lake Ontario.

Some precipitation will come down during the first half of next week, but how much snow, sleet, or rain we'll get is still unknown. It looks like it will be warm enough for at least a mix at times, if not plain rain by next week.