47 degrees and rain in Vermont! (The snow-lover's worst nightmare....)

2038-01-19T03:14:07Z

For those of us who love the snow and all the outdoor winter sports... downhill skiing, snowshoeing, X-C skiing... the impending reports of rain have been the stuff of nightmares. We want the snow to be here. We don't want it to melt! And what's even worse, we don't want the rain that will create a layer of ice on top of all of the snow! That just destroys so much of the fun you have in snow! (And already one of the snowmen we built in the front yard has toppled over.)

But yes, indeed, we've got warmer temps today... they are forecasting 47 degrees F today! Crazy! And this with a foot-and-a-half of snow on the ground! We will have a white Christmas... but odds are the white layer will be a whole lot thinner than it was looking. From the National Weather Service:

.TODAY...CLOUDY. A CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS THIS MORNING...THEN RAIN
SHOWERS THIS AFTERNOON. VERY WINDY WITH HIGHS IN THE UPPER 40S.
SOUTH WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH...INCREASING TO
20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH THIS AFTERNOON. CHANCE OF RAIN
90 PERCENT.
.TONIGHT...RAIN SHOWERS UNTIL MIDNIGHT...THEN A CHANCE OF SNOW
SHOWERS AFTER MIDNIGHT. SNOW ACCUMULATION UP TO 1 INCH. VERY WINDY
WITH LOWS AROUND 30. SOUTH WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO
50 MPH...BECOMING SOUTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH
AFTER MIDNIGHT. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION NEAR 100 PERCENT.

Rain, rain, go away...

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47 degrees and rain in Vermont! (The snow-lover's worst nightmare....)