Snowstorm Winding Down; More Snow For The Western Slopes

JRWeather WINTER STORM WARNING
     JRWeather Continues The Winter Storm Warning For Orleans, Essex, Lamoille, Caledonia, Washington, Orange, Windsor, Eastern Franklin, Eastern Chittenden, Eastern Addison, and Eastern Rutland Counties In Vermont Until 8PM Monday.

     Low pressure moving over Maine and up into New Brunswick will result in snow continuing for portions of the area.

     Light to occasionally moderate Snow will continue tapper off overnight, but begin to redevelop towards morning. As the low pressure system kicks back moisture into the region, on strong northwest winds. This will result in light to moderate snow, with occasional heavy bursts for the Western Slopes of the Green Mountains. Total Snow accumulations will range from 8-12 inches across Southern Vermont, and portions of Eastern Vermont by 7AM Monday. For the Western slopes of the green mountains total snow accumulations will range from 15-20 inches with locally higher amounts near Jay Peak by Monday night. The Warning will expire for all areas other then the Western Slopes of the Green Mountains at 7AM Monday morning.

     Of additional concern is the strong northwest winds, which will be gusting up to 35MPH at times, especially across the Western slopes of the Green Mountains. This will result in significant blowing, and drifting snow.

     A Winter Storm Warning Is Issued When Severe Winter Weather is imminent or occuring. In this case the winter storm warning is for heavy amounts of snow, and blowing snow. Travel will continue to be treacherous into Monday evening for the Western slopes of the green mountains. Stay tuned for further updates.


DISCUSSION
     I have decided to cancel the entire advisory, and cancel the Warning for Bennington, and Western Rutland Counties. Snow is tapering off across the region. However, snow should redevelop by Monday morning, and continue into the evening hours, especially for the Western slopes of the green mountains. An additional 3-8 inches is possible along the Western slopes of the green mountains by tomorrow evening. This will push totals into the 15-20 inch range for the western slopes. Elsewhere in the Warning area in Vermont 8-12 inches will be the total by tomorrow morning.
     There is also some slight concern the the Northern Champlain Valley could pick up another 2-4 inches tomorrow, if northerly convergence winds set up properly. If this were to happen this would push snow totals across the northern Champlain Valley into the 6-10 inch range. However, I did not upgrade the Advisory to a Warning, and instead cancelled it, due to the fact there is too much uncertainty, and the only thing certain at this point, is snow is tapering off significantly across the Champlain Valley.
     Winds will likely be a concern across the entire region tomorrow, but will have the greatest impact on the Western slopes. Winds will be in the 15-25PM range with gusts to 35mph for the western slopes and higher elevations. For the Champlain valley winds of 10-20MPH with gusts up to 30MPH can be expected. This will result in blowing and drifting of the snow. If you have to travel along the Western Slopes of the Green Mountains, use extreme caution.


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