· Busy train of weather systems will impact Vermont and the northeast in general over the next several days.

· As one weather system moves out, there’s very little time before high clouds push in from the next weather system. The net result is predominance of cloud cover.

· Combine this with lengthening nights and shortening days, the more ugly duckling look of “Stick Season” and good grief the psychological effect is kind of dismal and can play a role of many getting down especially with SAD syndrome.

· Mountain snowfalls will be accrued above mainly 1500 feet or higher is a low level moisture continues to ram against the Green Mountains with a persistent light coatings of snow in the higher elevations.

· A break in this weather will come overnight Wednesday night into a portion of Thursday…but high clouds will thicken before another round of high terrain wet snow/rain barrels in.

TODAY: Mostly cloudy, blustery with scattered snow showers or flurries near the mountains. Accumulation a dusting to 2 inches above 1500 feet. A high in the upper 30s to around 40. Northwest winds 10 to 20 mph mainly the afternoon.

TONIGHT: Widely scattered mountain flurries northern areas diminishing, otherwise partly clearing. A low upper 20s to low 30s. Light Northwest winds.

WEDNESDAY: Cloudy periods mixed with intervals of sun.Slight chance for a few mountain flurries northern areas. A high 35 to 40. Northwest winds 10 to 15 mph.

Looking further ahead…

WEDNESDAY NIGHT: Mostly fair with high clouds. A low in the mid to upper 20s.

THURSDAY: High clouds but mostly fair in the morning. Thickening clouds in the afternoon leading to a rising chance for rain showers…mixing with wet snow toward evening. Blustery. A high in the low 40s.

FRIDAY: Gray and blustery at times. Snow in the higher terrain mixed with rain on valley floors tapering off in the afternoon. A low in the mid 30s. A high in the low 40s.

SATURDAY: Filtered morning sun then thickening clouds in the afternoon. A low in the mid 30s. A high around 45.

SUNDAY: Overcast & grey. A risk spotty mixed precipitation early, otherwise chance for rain. A low near 32. A high in the upper 30s.

Average lows low 30s. Normal highs in the low 50s

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

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