Icy roads in Vermont

Low pressure near Cape Cod continues to push moisture west into New England and southern Quebec. A cold rain has developed in Montreal this afternoon, but we managed to avoid the ice. In the Townships and Vermont numerous reports of sleet and freezing rain were observed today including in Burlington. Roads were icy and travel difficult along I-89 through the Champlain Valley and points south and east. Frozen precipitation is even falling across New York along I-87 south towards Albany. Temperatures will very slowly warm above freezing tonight with showers and drizzle tapering off by morning. Winds will be gusty at times from the north 20-40km/h.

Jesse Ferrell on his AccuWeather blog posted an awesome graphic today of just how the moisture from the remains of hurricane Tomas is feeding into this system producing all the flooding rain across Atlantic Canada and today's snow and ice in New England and Quebec. The image is on the right, and you can clearly see the plume of moisture moving north into Canada and the US.