· If you have taken this week off for staycation in Vermont you have done well. Some excellent weather ahead with predominantly sunny skies Monday through Wednesday complete with a big warming trend.

· Humidity levels low to moderate today Monday and Tuesday, but significant increase in higher dew points moves in for Wednesday and especially Thursday.

· Hit and miss showers and thunderstorms ahead of a cool front or dew point front for a more stormy Thursday afternoon.

· Improvement arrives Friday but with lowered confidence…

· Despite a chilly wet weekend, water temperatures on the big lake range from 64 to 68 and these will be climbing as air temperatures for mid week.

TODAY: Partly to mostly sunny. A high in the mid to upper 70s. Light northwest winds. (5)

TONIGHT: Mostly clear. Patchy valley fog. A low 50 to 55. Light winds. (5)

TUESDAY: Blue skies and bright sunshine. A high in the low 80s. Light west winds. (5)

Looking further ahead…

TUESDAY NIGHT: Mostly clear. A around 60. (4)

WEDNESDAY: Lots of sunshine. Warm and much more muggy. A high in the upper 80s to around 90. (3)

THURSDAY: Warm and rather sticky. Sunshine giving way to increasing afternoon clouds. Widely scattered hit and miss afternoon showers and thunderstorms. A low in the mid 60s. A high in the mid 80s. (2)

FRIDAY: Partly sunny and still muggy.A low in the 60s. A high in the low to mid 80s. (2)

Average lows 55 to near 60. Normal high upper 70s to low 80s

(Confidence factor: 5 = Good predictability 1 = shaky modeling lowered confidence) RH/7-11

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