This story was updated at 7:40 a.m. on Thursday, Nov. 28.
Much of Vermont is under a winter storm watch or winter weather advisory.
A Nor’easter moving up the coast is expected to arrive with snow by mid-morning Thursday and intensify through the afternoon and evening.
It will move south to north. This will be the first measurable snowfall for many locations this season.
Traveling sometime between now and tomorrow (Friday) morning? Take a look at our highway profile maps with expected snowfall totals. If you don't see your road or town, please check out our website https://t.co/QmQlgfB9Yo and winter weather page https://t.co/lneWkvBUCk for more. pic.twitter.com/hpYet4gBau
— NWS Burlington (@NWSBurlington) November 28, 2024
Accumulation will depend on elevation, with wider valleys getting mostly rain, with maybe an inch or two of snow close to Lake Champlain, Jessica Storm, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service (NWS) in Burlington said on Wednesday.
NWS says 4 to 9 inches of snow is expected across portions of central and southern Vermont. That includes eastern Rutland, eastern Addison, Windsor, Orange, and Washington counties.
In Western Essex County, New York and in Vermont’s Caledonia and Essex counties 3 to 8 inches of snow is forecast.
The Eye on the Sky forecast from the Fairbanks Museum & Planetarium says the best chance for locally higher snow totals is in the far southern Green Mountains, “where around if not over 10 inches is likely.”
Storm with NWS Burlington says the snow might be wet, and heavy, and could lead to potential power outages, particularly in southern Vermont.
Storm recommends that people check the most up-to-date forecast and consider delaying post-Thanksgiving travel.
If people do travel, she says to bring a winter weather kit.
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