· Enjoy today…because tomorrow morning may end up being a white knuckle commute in the morning as a period of sleet and freezing rain may (sub-freezing ground temps) were likely to impede travel making it extremely icy and slippery especially east of the Green Mountains.

· This will change as ground and air temps gradually rise in the afternoon Tuesday.

· Rain ends as few leftover sprinkles Tuesday night.

· A duplicate storm system to bring another round of rain mid week. Temperatures at that point to be above normal and not sub-freezing with about .50 to .75” of rainfall. We can certainly use it as this will definitely help raise water tables without frozen ground mid week.

· Colder air aloft works in with valley sprinkles and wet snow flakes in the mountains but no real replacement snows in the offing for western New England while Maine could see significant accumulations of snow. Maine resorts could be seeing jackpot snows of foot and half for next weekend.

TODAY: Pick of the week. Clouds giving way to increasing amounts of sunshine late morning on. A high near 35. Little wind.

TONIGHT: Mostly clear this evening, then increasing high clouds. A low in the mid 20s. Light southeast winds.

TUESDAY: Thickening clouds. Periods of rain moderate at times. A risk for freezing rain at onset in the morning with possible treacherous travel. Breezy in the afternoon. A high 35 to 40. Southeast winds 10 to 20 mph in the afternoon.

Looking further ahead…

TUESDAY NIGHT: Cloudy. Isolated sprinkles. A low around 35.

WEDNESDAY: Cloudy. Periods of rain likely in the afternoon, moderate at times. A high in the mid 40s to near 50.

THURSDAY: Morning clouds then breaks of afternoon sun. Scattered rain showers mixed with wet snow flakes in the mountains. A low 35 to 40. A high in the mid 40s.

FRIDAY: Cloudy northern areas with intervals of sunshine south. Widely scattered mountain flurries and valley sprinkles. A low near 32. A high 40 to 45.

Average lows in the low 20s. Normal highs upper 30s to low 40s

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

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