[A] storm system rolling in from the west is set to dump up to 2 feet of snow in Vermont over the long weekend.
Conditions should remain relatively clear until Saturday afternoon, said meteorologist Roger Hill, but roads will likely be snow-coated by dark. Snow will continue falling heavily through the night and into Sunday, leaving behind between 8 inches and 2 feet of snow.
The highest snow totals will be in southern parts of the state, and particularly the Rutland area. The Champlain Valley could see about a foot of snow, and the Barre-Montpelier area near 18 inches.
“This is going to be really that fluffy, powdery snow. Maybe not as powdery as Utah, but pretty close,” the forecaster said. “This is going to be just what the doctor ordered for skiers, snowboarders, folks with snow machines are going to be just in glorious heaven after the end of this.”
Still, outdoor recreation enthusiasts should take heed. Monday — Martin Luther King Day — will be extremely windy, with possible whiteouts, and see temperatures with a daytime high likely under zero degrees.
“I don’t want to diminish what would otherwise be a beautiful, fantastic holiday situation for the skiers and all, but they gotta understand it’s going to be kind of dangerous out there in terms of this bitter cold,” Hill said.
