More freezing rain in the forecast.
The First Alert Weather Day WILL CONTINUE INTO SUNDAY, at least during the morning.
A solid 4 to 10 inches of snow fell in roughly the northern half of the region, with locally more in spots. This resulted in a hazardous morning for traveling. Snowfall dropped off sharply as you got south of the Middlebury area, with a mix of sleet, freezing rain and rain in central and southern sections. This will start to spread back northward this evening, and continue into Sunday morning. It now looks like significant ice accumulation is likely in Northern New York through central and southern parts of Vermont, with an additional quarter to half inch of ice likely into Sunday morning, with a total of 3/4 to possible an inch of ice. With that much ice, additional power outages are likely. Northern sections will receive less ice. Stay tuned for the latest updates, and have flashlights, candles, food and water handy. Little additional snow is expected, however.
Sunday morning will certainly be icy and hazardous, but the freezing rain will change to showers during the day for most of the region. That said, areas east of the Green Mountains may continue to get patchy freezing rain, so use extreme caution if you’re traveling in that area. Highs will be in the upper 30s to low 40s. The threat for freezing rain will come to an end overnight.
Monday will have just showers, mainly during the afternoon. A cold front will bring possible afternoon thunderstorms. Though severe weather and flooding aren’t expected, we’ll continue to monitor it. It will be much warmer with highs in the 50s to near 60 degrees. This will be followed by dry and much cooler conditions for Tuesday.
After a dry Wednesday, another storm system will affect the region on Thursday. This will be mainly rain, but could start off briefly as mixed precipitation. We’ll keep an eye on it.
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