Significant Winter Storm To Effect The Region

Local Update...
   Significant Snow, Sleet, and Freezing Rain To Effect Much Of The Region, Thursday Through Friday...

     The National Weather Service in Albany, NY has issued a Winter Storm Warning for Bennington, and Windham Counties for the potential of 4-12 inches of snow, half to one inch of sleet, and half to one inch of ice accumulation. The National Weather Service In Burlington, has issued a Winter Storm Watch for all but the St. Lawrence Valley of New York for the potential of 6+ inches of snow, along with some potential significant icing across Southern/Eastern Vermont. JRWeather has issued an Ice Storm Warning for Bennington, and Windham Counties in Southern Vermont, for the potential of up to 1.00" of ice with some amounts exceeding one inch in the Southern portions of those counties. A Winter Storm Warning For All of Vermont excluding the Northern, and Central Champlain Valley for snow totals of 6-12 inches with ice accumulations from a quarter to half inch across Rutland, and Windsor Counties, and A Winter Weather Advisory for the Northern, and Central Champlain Valley, and Northeastern New York, for the potential of 3-6 inches of snow.
     A complex storm system is expected to effect the region starting tomorrow afternoon, across the south, and spread into the northern areas by Thursday night. A large variety of wintry precipitation is expected with Snow, Sleet, and Freezing Rain, all accumulating to a significant extent. The large question remains exactly where the most significant accumulation of each type of precipitation will be. At this point it looks like the heaviest icing will occur across South-Central, and Southern Vermont. More snow will be likely across Northern, and Central Vermont, and Northern New York. It is highly dependent on the track of the storm. Right now a low pressure system across the Southeast united states will continue to intensify, and track northeast and up the coast into the gulf of Maine by Friday. As this storm has origins from the gulf of Mexico, and the Atlantic ocean, a large plume of subtropical air will sweep up the coast, and over the cold air mass at the ground. The result will be significant icing where the warmer air will be thicker in the atmosphere, to more snow where colder air can maintain enough thickness in the atmosphere. These storm are very tricky to forecast. Either way, significant problems are likely to occur. There is the likely hood of widespread power outages, and roads to become impassible across Southern Vermont. This is a very serious situation, stay tuned to all media, and weather outlets for further updates on this weather situation. Updated maps below...


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