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UPDATE: The National Weather Service has issued a
list of rainfall totals across Vermont from the storm that ended last night. Pretty impressive totals with several places near and above two inches.
The unusual thing about this storm is rainfall totals were pretty uniform state wide. Usually, you get wide variations in storm totals, sometimes from nearly nothing to deluged.
Previous discussion:
Last evening, I went to bed and it was spring. Granted, it was chilly, foggy and wet, but it was spring.
This morning I woke up at my house on St. Albans Hill and found the rain had turned to freezing rain, icing things up. An inch of snow then fell on top of the ice. Sigh.
At least the cold is helping the flood water recede.
Photo, by Free Press Editor Ryan Mercer took this shot of people watching high water cascasding over Fairfax Falls off Route 104 Tuesday
This morning's snow is melting quickly, and this afternoon's temperatures will be reasonable. And it will actually be pretty nice tomorrow, with readings rebounding toward 50 degrees.
Then the bottom drops out. I've been advertising this for days, but we're still on for a nasty cold snap Friday. I'd be surprised if the temperature makes it to 25 Friday afternoon.
I know that means the fragile, early spring greenery is threatened. But I've seen this before. We will green up again, pretty fast after the cold wave ends. Some people's magnolias and daffodils are on the edge of blooming, and I'm afraid those flowers are toast because of the upcoming cold.
But most of the other early buds aren't far enough along to die in the upcoming cold. The green grass will get frostburned, but will revive in the next warm spell.
The Friday cold snap won't last long. Saturday willl start out frigid, with readings between 5 and 12 above. But afternoons over the weekend will recover into the 40s. Not exactly tropical, but OK for late March. Also, I'm not making any promises, but there are some tentative hints that it could get nice and warm again late next week. That's something to hope for.
UPDATE, 5:15 p.m. More road closures to report: North Williston Road is closed (that one always seems to shut down in a flood) They are considering closing part of Vermont 128 where water has crossed it near Weed Road.
UPDATE: 3:15 p.m.: Still some new reports of flooding coming in. Water is indeed beginning to creep onto Vermont 128 as I expected. Last I checked, the road was still open.
In Lyndon, Center Street is closed by flooding, and there is water on the road at the intersection of U.S. 5 and Vermont 114 in Lyndon. The Passumpsic River is causing the flooding, and is expected to crest at around 5 p.m., so says the National Weather Service in South Burlington.
UPDATE 2 p.m: I have reports they're closing Pettingill Road in Essex due to flooding, so if that's your regular route home this evening, I'd go to Plan B if I were you.
Often when Pettingill Road closes due to flooding, Vermont 128 also closes due to Browns River flooding. So far, 128 is open, but I won't guarantee it will stay that way.
UPDATE 1 p.m.: Steady as she goes. Not much rain is falling in Vermont now, and I don't expect much more. The radar is pretty empty, but I think it will fill in with more numerous showers this afternoon. It won't rain super hard, however.
A lot of those rushing brooks are receding, but water continues to gush into the main rivers. The flood warnings for the Otter Creek and in Washington County continue, and they've added a new one for the headwaters of the Missisquoi near North Troy.
Expect water to keep rising this afternoon in the lower reaches of the Winooski, Lamoille and Missisquoi rivers and the Otter Creek.
Previous Discussion:As of 9:30 a.m., the rain was starting to taper off, but flooding will remain a concern for the rest of the day. Right now, most of Vermont south of Vermont 15 is under a
small stream flood advisory.On my way to work this morning, I did notice all the little brooks were roaring. The brook that runs by the front of my house was at its highest level since a severe thunderstorm and flash flood last summer.
The water from these brooks is now cascading into the bigger rivers, and they are rising rapidly. The
Otter Creek in Rutland County is under a flood warning, meaning some roads around there will close soon.
And just now, the National Weather Service issued another
flood warning for Washington County as the Winooski, Mad and Dog rivers rise quickly.
I wouldn't be the least bit surprised if flood warnings are issued for the New Haven, lower Winooski, Lamoille, Missisquoi and other Vermont rivers today as water continues to rise.
I don't expect enormous flooding, but a lot of roads, fields, basements and other low spots will surely go under water today.
I'll update things as we go along today.
