UPDATE: Significant Snowstorm Possible Monday Through Tuesday

Local Update...
   Messy Wintry Mix To Effect Vermont, and Northern New York...


     A complex weather system is forecasted to effect the area Monday night through Tuesday night. Not as much snow is expected as was first thought a few days ago.
     A low pressure system is forecasted to move Southeast from Canada, similar to an Alberta clipper, the low pressure system will move from the Great Lakes region into Western New York, and then pretty much stall out. Most models are indicated a wave of low pressure trying to form off the coast of Long Island. Previous model runs should a low pressure system forming off the coast of Long Island, which would have led to significantly more snow, but this is no longer the case. With the storm staying and wobbling around over upper New York State it appears that warmer air will move in to the region and cause a messy mix, due to warmer air aloft. It will be interesting as to how much warmer air makes it to the surface or not. But for the Champlain Valley of Vermont, East-southeasterly winds will help produce shadowing, and downsloping which will help warm and also limit the amounts of precipitation. Never-the-less the entire area will need to monitor the potential for freezing rain and sleet. At this time however it looks to be a snow/ sleet/ freezing rain changing to plain rain event for nearly all of the area. Total snow accumulations will range from 1 - 3 inches by late Tuesday night, with the heaviest amounts being along the Southeastern slopes of the southern green mountains, and the lowest amounts being in the Champlain Valley. Strong to possible damaging winds will have to be watched for the higher terrain of eastern Vermont, and the downslope regions of the western slopes of the Green mountains. A wind advisory will likely be issued for those areas later today or tomorrow morning. Stay tuned for further updates!