Special Weather Statement issued January 31 at 3:03PM EST by NWS

…Brief moderate to heavy snow late this afternoon… A narrow band of moderate to briefly heavy snowfall is expected to affect the Champlain Valley and western slopes of the Green Mountains between 430 and 6 PM this afternoon. Visibility is expected to briefly drop between a quarter and half mile, and snowfall accumulations of a coating to an inch are possible. Slow

Source: National Weather Service Alerts for Vermont