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Another Snow Event, Another Light Amount

This was the scene across most towns Tuesday morning:

Courtesy: VTrans

Courtesy: VTrans

There were a couple of icy spots on the roads, otherwise just wet pavement as light snow fell overnight.  The snow was a light, fluffy consistency with temperatures well below the freezing mark.

Overall snow totals have added up on similar notes.  By 6-7 a.m. Tuesday these were the unofficial snow accumulations, with most reports coming in with a dusting (about a half-inch).

Snow will be on and off through the day.  I have checked with cameras and road conditions across the region and have noticed some snow/ice covered roads/surfaces.  Be mindful of this through the day today, with the light and consistent snow.

The snow will continue to be light as total accumulations by Tuesday night will range from one to three inches.  The best chance to see three inches will be in the higher elevations and ski resort mountains.  On the other side, the Champlain and Connecticut River Valleys will likely get closer to a dusting to one inch of snow.

Tuesday and Wednesday continues a weather pattern that our region has had lately.  It includes a solid ridge of high pressure in the southeastern United States and/or the western Atlantic Ocean.  As a result, the low pressure center tracks north of our area. 

This does two things.  It keeps the heaviest of the snow in Ontario and Quebec.  It also allows for warm air to get drawn into New England.  Once again this particular storm will track through southeastern Canada and high temperatures locally Wednesday will push into the 40s. 

As of Tuesday the Burlington area has had eight consecutive days of above-average temperatures.  When combining the previous eight days' low and high temperatures, that number comes out to be 33 degrees (at the Burlington Int'l Airport).  An 'average' number (or what we typically see this time of year) is 19 degrees!  It is the equivalent of seeing a heat wave in the summer!

However don't think that it is doing this all over the world.  Alaska is getting slammed with heavy snow and bitter temperatures.  Tuesday morning the temperature in Fairbanks was -26 F with moderate snow.  Meanwhile an MSNBC headline caught my eye Tuesday morning saying that at least 48 people have died because of cold weather gripping eastern Europe.

-Meteorologist Steve Glazier

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