· A cold front will track into Vermont later today with band of showers for about 4 hours worth of showers. We might see rainfall total of around third to about a half inch by mid evening tonight.

· The cold front means business with a good temperatures fall from today’s high of 60 to 65 to tomorrow reading in the low 50s – have your jacket, fleece, sweaters at the ready.

· Other than some ponding on roadways this afternoon no travel issues with just rainfall.

· High pressure builds into the region later tonight and forces a very chilly but sunny set up for Friday in fact very much like what occurred on Monday.

· Higher pressure will be with us over the weekend before the next cold front reaches our region later Sunday afternoon into Sunday night.

· This system appears to be stalling and conditions were increasingly looking better to get some much needed soaking rainfall early next week.

· This precipitation is associated with an “Atmospheric River” where excessive rainfall was to unload in the Pacific NW. Jet stream energy will carry across the country and perhaps put a dent into our dry weather.

TODAY: Partial morning sunshine then thickening clouds. Showers arriving early this afternoon. Breezy. A high in the low to mid 60s. South winds 10 to occasionally 20 mph shifting to northwest late. (5)

TONIGHT: Early evening showers exiting to partial clearing. A low in the upper 30s to around 40. Northwest winds 10 to 15 mph. (5)

FRIDAY: Mostly sunny, a bit blustery and rather chilly. A high around 50.Northwest winds 10 to 15 mph.(4)

Looking further ahead…

FRIDAY NIGHT: Clear moonlit and cold with widespread frost. A low in the mid 20s to low 30s. (3)

SATURDAY: Mostly sunny after widespread morning frost. A high in the mid to upper 50s. (2)

Full Hunters Moon 12:24 AM early Sunday morning (Super Moon)

SUNDAY: Filtered morning sunshine then thickening clouds. Good chance for showers developing late. A low in the upper 30s to low 40s. A high near 65. (2)

MONDAY: Cloudy and gray. Chance for periods of rain or showers. A low around 55. A high in the upper 50s to near 60. (2)

TUESDAY: Clouds mixing with intervals of sunshine. A low near 50. A high in the low 60s. (2)

Average lows in the mid to upper 30s. Normal highs in the mid to upper 50s.

(Confidence factor: 5 = Good predictability 1 = shaky modeling lowered confidence)

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