TONIGHT: Evening showers and a few strong thunderstorms producing gusty winds, heavy rainfall and hail…exiting to mostly clear skies late evening on. Patches of valley fog with a low around 65. Light southwest winds. (5)

TOMORROW: Morning clouds and fog then periods afternoon sunshine.Widely scattered hit and miss showers and thunderstorms northern areas. A high 80 to 85. Southwest winds 10 to 15 mph. (5)

FRIDAY NIGHT: Partly cloudy. Chance for a shower or thunderstorm far northern areas. A low around 60. Light northwest winds. (5)

SATURDAY: Clouds with intervals of sun. Widely scattered showers and thunderstorms Barre-Montpelier area north. A high in the mid to upper 70s. Light northwest winds. (4)

Looking further ahead…

SATURDAY NIGHT: Partly cloudy. Patchy valley fog. A low 55 to 60. (3)

SUNDAY: Morning clouds then mostly sunny. A high around 85. (2)

MONDAY: Sunshine giving way to more clouds in the afternoon, with widely scattered showers and afternoon thunderstorms. A low in the low 60s. A high in the mid to upper 80s. (2)

TUESDAY: More clouds than sun. Chance for showers and thunderstorms. A low around 65. A high in the mid 70s (2)

Average lows 55 to near 60. Normal high upper 70s to low 80s. Peak of summer July 22nd

(Confidence factor: 5 = Good predictability 1 = shaky modeling lowered confidence) RH/7-14

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