PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Commuters could contend with the first snow of the season on the drive home Thursday.The snow probably won't amount to much in the Providence area, if it sticks to the pavement at all, and it's likely to be washed away by rain later that night, but the timing could prove challenging, according to Bill Simpson, a meteorologist for the National Weather Service in Norton."It's the first event [of the season], and people aren't used to it," [...]