Power Outage in Barre, VT

Low pressure developed off the Carolina coast during the late afternoon/evening hours of March 13th and reached offshore of southeastern Massachusetts by the morning of March 14th and then slowly meandered in the Gulf of Maine until the morning of March 15th before exiting away from New England.||Snow began across southern Vermont before midnight on the 14th, actually mixing with rain in the valleys for a few hours before colder air changed precipitation to all snow. snow finally reached all of Vermont by the early morning hours of March 14th. Snowfall rates of 1 to 2 inches per hour were observed in the southern Green Mountains during the morning hours with a mesoscale band of 1 to 2 inches per hour rotating southeast to northwest across Vermont during the late morning and afternoon hours as well. Snow continued for much of the night of March 14th into the morning hours, especially in northern Vermont, including the Champlain Valley. Brisk north winds gusting 35-45 mph during the night of March 14th, especially in the Champlain valley accounted for some traveling and power issues.||Snowfall totals ranged from 6 to 12 inches in the Champlain Valley and along the International border with Canada to 10 to 18 inches for much of the rest of Vermont with the south and central mountain communities receiving greater than 2 feet.||The wet nature of the snowfall led to scattered to numerous power outages with nearly 90,000 customers without power, especially across the central and southern Green Mountain communities. In addition, dozens of roads were closed due to vehicle accidents and downed trees and utility lines as well as many schools closed, especially in southern sections.

March 14, 2023

Winter Storm. A heavy, wet snow fell across the county with a general 10 to 24 inches of snow, the higher totals across the higher terrain. This led to some tree damage and scattered power outages. Some specific snowfall totals included; 26 inches in Warren, 24 inches in Waitsfield and Moretown, 18 inches in Cabot and Waterbury with 11 inches in Plainfield and Barre.

March 14, 2023

An extremely powerful winter storm located in the eastern Great Lakes and Ontario delivered strong southeast winds of 25 to 35 mph with frequent gusts of 50-60+ mph during the morning hours to higher elevations, western slopes of the Green mountains and the Champlain valley. The result was numerous to widespread tree and utility damage (70,000 customers lost power at the peak, >100,000 total) as well as fallen trees onto vehicles and structures. There was one fatality in Rutland county due to a tree falling on the person. ||These strong winds subsided to 15 to 25 mph with higher gusts by midday but was accompanied by heavy rain and snow melt that led to numerous mountain streams/waterways to reach or exceed bank full with a few waterways closing roads or flooding homes.||During late afternoon and evening hours a powerful arctic front associated with this winter storm moved across VT dropping temperatures from the 40s/L50s into the 20s and falling through the night on strong west winds of 20 to 35 mph. In addition, as those temperature free-fell during the afternoon and evening hours, a widespread 2-5 inches of snow fell with combined with sub-freezing airmass caused a flash freeze on all surfaces creating extremely hazardous travel.

December 23, 2022

Winter Storm. A widespread, heavy wet snow fell across Washington county with snowfall totals ranging from 10 to 20 inches. This resulted in numerous power outages that lasted several days. Some specific snowfall totals include; 21 inches in Northfield, 20 inches in Warren and Moretown, 18 inches in Barre, 16 inches in Waitsfield, 13 inches in Waterbury and 10 inches in Montpelier.

December 16, 2022

A powerful west coast storm over the weekend and earlier in the week moved into the Northern Plains during mid-week and largely stalled. However, energy was transferred to the Mid-Atlantic states Thursday (12/15) producing widespread snow, freezing rain/sleet and rain across the Mid-Atlantic into NJ/NYC. A coastal low developed off the Mid-Atlantic during Thursday afternoon and lifted slowly north to south of Long Island on Friday and into the Gulf of Maine by Saturday. ||Snow slowly spread across southern Vermont during the early morning hours of December 16th (Friday) and continued into Friday night before dissipating as snow showers midday Saturday. Air temperatures were marginally cold for snow, thus it was a wet, heavy snow that caused widespread power outages in central and southern VT and mixed with rain at times in the Champlain and Connecticut River valleys. Total statewide customers impacted were >100,000 with approximately 60,000 at it's peak. ||Snowfall totals ranged from 4 to 8 inches in the Champlain and Connecticut River valleys, 8 to 14 inches in the mid to higher terrain of North Central Vermont with 10 to 20+ inches in the southern Green Mountains.

December 16, 2022

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@vtdigger - December 24, 2022 21:49

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@vtdigger - December 24, 2022 18:59

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@vtdigger - December 24, 2022 17:47

@TylerJankoski can you please look to see if the power outage in Montpelier Vermont was related to the snow storm a… https://t.co/J0QMENzWLZ

@Robertb2625435 - December 17, 2022 03:17

Strong thunderstorms cause damage, power outages in Champlain Valley https://t.co/TYjoQqypc3

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