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I just got back from BTV as I had to run an errand after work. I remember seeing snow next to the highway as close as the Williston rest areas. I just can't remember seeing any unpaved ground after that. The area round Stowe had a couple of areas of a mile or two of accumulating heavy snow bands. Very very local. Ex- nasty accident on Stagecoach on snow covered roads where the roads were clear a mile or so away.

7.6 inches here. power flickered a couple of times but is still on.

3.0 as of 12:10 board clearing.

Sometimes you just have to let it go

BTV bumped my area up to a Winter Storm Warning. Added advisories further north. https://www.weather.gov/btv/winter URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Burlington VT 146 PM EST Wed Nov 27 2024 VTZ010-019>021-281000- /O.UPG.KBTV.WS.A.0006.241128T0600Z-241129T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KBTV.WS.W.0008.241128T1200Z-241129T1200Z/ Orange-Eastern Rutland-Western Windsor-Eastern Windsor- Including the cities of Killington, Ludlow, Randolph, East Wallingford, Bethel, Bradford, Springfield, and White River Junction 146 PM EST Wed Nov 27 2024 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THURSDAY TO 7 AM EST FRIDAY... * WHAT...Heavy snow expected. Total snow accumulations between 4 and 9 inches with locally higher amounts across the southern Green Mountains. * WHERE...Orange, Eastern Rutland, Eastern Windsor, and Western Windsor Counties. * WHEN...From 7 AM Thursday to 7 AM EST Friday. * IMPACTS...Roads, and especially bridges and overpasses, will likely become slick and hazardous. Travel could be very difficult. Heavy wet snow may lead to scattered power outages in some locations.

Winter Storm Watch for my area: https://forecast.weather.gov/showsigwx.php?warnzone=VTZ021&warncounty=VTC027&firewxzone=VTZ035&local_place1=West Norwich VT&product1=Winter+Storm+Watch&lat=43.7543&lon=-72.3728 Orange-Western Rutland-Eastern Rutland-Western Windsor-Eastern Windsor- Including the cities of East Wallingford, Springfield, Randolph, Rutland, Fair Haven, Ludlow, Bradford, Killington, Bethel, and White River Junction 314 AM EST Wed Nov 27 2024 ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH LATE THURSDAY NIGHT... * WHAT...Heavy snow possible. Snow accumulations greater than 7 inches possible. * WHERE...Orange, Eastern Rutland, Eastern Windsor, Western Rutland, and Western Windsor Counties. * WHEN...From late tonight through late Thursday night. * IMPACTS...Plan on slippery road conditions. The hazardous conditions could impact Thanksgiving holiday travel Thursday and Friday. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Heaviest snowfall is expected above 1000 feet, but even light amounts could be impactful considering the additional volume of traffic expected from holiday travelers.

Whinge away!

Looks like I was just ahead of a mess. VSP reports multiple accidents on 89 https://vtstatepolice.blogspot.com/2024/11/89-nb-mm526.html I always enjoy it when VSP includes the bolded language. It will last until it doesn't.

89 and 100 were fine in Vermont as I got part of the way before the rain hit. Above freezing from Montpelier west. Roads were just wet but I got ahead of the precip before it hit the dirt roads near me.

One year we went to family friends for Thanksgiving. They had a tradition/rule that before you had seconds on dessert you had to go outside and run a lap around the house. Had to do it before any subsequent dessert. It was fun.

I hereby lock in the 18 Z GFS. I am getting snow on my new car on Wed so good to have rain for Tues and then Fri Sat looks great, Sorry SNE.

I do this as well. I don't think it works but it makes my passive aggressive-self feel better.

https://forecast.weather.gov/product.php?site=BTV&issuedby=BTV&product=AFD&format=CI&version=1&glossary=1 .NEAR TERM /THROUGH FRIDAY/... As of 911 AM EST Thursday...And so the snow begins. At Whiteface Mountain, that is. The last few images of a webcam atop Whiteface Mountain show that freezing drizzle has changed to snow as the DGZ has finally saturated. This gives us strong confirmation that the snow level presently is around 4000 ft give or take 100 feet across northern NY with VT still hovering closer to 5000 ft as we still await some colder air aloft and some wet-bulbing likely to occur as the mid-levels saturate. Otherwise, rain is ever so slowly working it`s way northward with rainfall rates of a tenth of an inch or less per hour observed thus far. There is a good bit of bright banding going on across all regional radars given freezing level around 4000-5000 feet so don`t let the radar fool you into thinking heavy rain is falling across the Hudson Valley or coastal New England.

Two other issues at play. I assume some are using "auto-dim headlights" that are slow to dim or don't at all. Second is my daily driver sits low so pick ups, Subies, SUVs, trucks which ride high appear as having highbeams on when it is just obnoxiously bright LEDs. Fortunately there are so few pickups and Subarus in Vermont.

Is it really so hard to dim your *amn high-beams people?????????!!!!!!!!!!! Give drivers LED headlights and they lose all consideration for other drivers?

I'm not feeling too greedy so I will go ahead and lock this in for next week. Hopefully GFS will process the paperwork prior to the next run. Hopefully it will be a return to the world of exploding Miller Bs

It is gone in the 18Z GFS. Did no one lock it in?

Looks to be doing better as it gets further from Jamaica. http://www.insmet.cu/asp/genesis.asp?TB0=PLANTILLAS&TB1=RADAR&TB2=../Radar/05Pilon/plnMAXw01a.gif http://www.insmet.cu/Radar/05Pilon/plnMAXw01a.gif

Just mowed. Mostly to chop leaves but did tidy up what grass I have. (My lawn would give some SNE folks a heart attack. It is pretty bad thanks to awful soil in the flat area behind the house, it being a lower priority than getting the planting structure in place, and two labradors who run and dig everywhere. On the plus side the labs have effectively weeded out all the tendril spreading weeds in the back while playing fetch. Lettuce is still growing under a cloche but the potato plants (late planted) are now toast.

In contrast, I averaged 1.5" every three days from June through August last summer. What a difference a year makes. Raining lightly here.

Not me, I gripe about gnats and melt in the summer sun if I am doing anything physical and it is over 70. It never use to the case but it sadly is now. (90 and cloudy is no issue) We also didn't have gnats here until summer of 23. Cold I am fine with. Today was beautiful however.

People who get sick of being swarmed by gnats and mosquitoss

Cow grilling accidents

Very true:

Ground is just wet at this point so I have no idea if it was snow or rain after I went to bed. It was polite enough to spit out a few flakes while I threw the ball for the Labs just now. Meanwhile a few miles away: https://www.wcax.com/2024/10/27/emergency-crews-battle-barnard-forest-fire/