· First snows of the season in the higher terrain brought hefty amounts as forecast and most of the snow accumulated just higher off the valley floors some amounts from yesterday morning: 

 LINCOLN 3.9 SSW (1785FT) 6.2

AVERILL COOP 6.0

GREENSBORO 2.1NNW (1495FT) 4.4

SUTTON COOP 3.8

NORTH UNDERHILL 3.8

MORGAN 6.7SE (1160FT) 3.1

WALDEN 4N COOP 3.0

SHEFFIELD 2.8NNW (1340FT) 3.0

JEFFERSONVILLE COOP (1163 FT) 3.0

DANVILLE 2.2 NW (1938FT) 2.5

NASHVILLE 1 E 2.2

WHEELOCK 1.6S (1172FT) 1.0

· A blustery northwesterly flow will continue into Wednesday with periodic small disturbances unleashing small amounts of rain showers and snow showers largely elevation dependent.

· This is all due to a large gyre in the atmosphere swirling in bits and pieces of moisture with temperatures cold enough for elevations snowflakes and valley rain drops.

· The next better organized weather system arrives later Thursday afternoon with some mixed precip changing to primarily all rain Thursday night tailing off with more snow showers Friday.

TODAY: Mostly cloudy northern areas partly cloudy south and continued blustery. Widely scattered rain showers mixed with a few wet snowflakes high terrain. A high in the low to mid 40s. Northwest winds 10 to occasionally 25 mph.

TONIGHT: Partly to mostly cloudy. Scattered flurries mainly near the mountains with a dusting to less than ½ inch accumulation across the elevated terrain. A low 32 to 35. Northwest winds 10 to 15 mph.

TUESDAY: Partly to mostly cloudy, still blustery with scattered snow showers or flurries. Some minor accumulation higher northern Greens. A high in the upper 30s. Northwest winds 10 to 20 mph mainly the afternoon.

Looking further ahead…

TUESDAY NIGHT: A few mountain clouds with Isolated flurries. A low upper 20s to low 30s.

WEDNESDAY: Mixed sun and clouds.Slight chance for a few mountain flurries northern areas. A high in the upper 30s.

THURSDAY: Cloudy with a rising chance for rain showers mixing with wet snow flakes in the evening. Blustery. A low near 25. A high in the low 40s.

FRIDAY: Cloudy with rain tapering off as scattered snow showers. A low in the 30s. A high in low 40s.

Average lows low 30s. Normal highs 50 to 55

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

RH/10-24 [end]