Wednesday Evening Vermont Update: Ice Is Late, But Still Coming

A familiar sight for me this winter. The road in front of my
house in St. Albans, Vermont was once again snow covered
and slippery today as more snow came through in
advance of some freezing rain scheduled for tonight. 

Vermont caught a bit of a break this afternoon, as most of the precipitation that did fall in the state came down as snow.  

First off, there wasn't all that much snow to report. There was steady snow for a few hours this afternoon in far northern Vermont. I picked up about 1.5 inches of snow today at my place in St. Albans.

Most of the rest of the state was mainly dry today, but that's changing as I write this at 5 p.m. Wednesday.

A good slug of precipitation is coming in from New York State. There will probably be some snow with this, especially north, but this is where the well-advertised icy mess comes in.

As of 5 p.m., it was still below freezing everywhere in Vermont except the far southwest corner around Bennington.

Which means nearly everywhere will get sleet and that dreaded freezing rain this evening. Many of us will continue to see the freezing rain at least until midnight, as temperatures slowly keep rising

As mentioned before, even after the temperatures creep above freezing, the rain will keep icing up on cold surfaces.

The weather forecast remains basically unchanged for Thursday with rain changing to snow from west to east during the afternoon. We'll get only a dusting to two inches, but that will be enough to make the roads slick again for the Thursday evening commute.