NBC5 First Warning Weather [Video]

A band of heavier snow has been moving across the region as of Saturday evening, but we expect it to become lighter overnight as the leading edge of the storm battles some dry air. Widespread heavy snow really kicks into gear by daybreak on Sunday. Strong downslope and gap winds, from the east, are likely along west-facing slopes of the Green Mountains Sunday morning and midday. Gusts can reach 50 to 60 mph, at least.The snow likely mixes with or switches to sleet Sunday morning and afternoon from the Tri-Lakes region of New York to central Vermont and south. However, it remains possible that the mixing line makes it north of the Canadian border by later Sunday.For the southern four counties of Vermont, freezing rain takes over midday Sunday. A quarter inch of icing is likely, especially from Rutland to Springfield and points south.Strong wind is known to increase ice …