· Slippery travel to improve as temperatures break the freezing mark later this morning with bare and wet roads for the afternoon.

· No travel issues expected tonight – always be prepared for black ice –

· Colder air sweeping across the relatively warm water of the Great Lakes will make for huge lake effect snows across New York state.

· A streamer of snow will track east-northeast of Lake Ontario and tickle the northern Champlain Valley, but most especially the northern 1/5th of the Green Mountains around Jay Peak and eventually toward Mt. Mansfield before falling apart Thursday afternoon.

· We’ll likely see more lake effect enhancement to a weak frontal system that tracks through on Friday.

· Colder weather blows in for the weekend – with some exceptionally colder nights flirting with zero.

THIS MORNING: Occasional light snow producing slippery travel this morning. Accumulation ½” to an inch and half”. Temperatures rising into the low 30s. Light winds.

THIS AFTERNOON: A few mountain flurries early exiting. Perhaps a break of sun with a high around 35.. South winds 10 to 15 mph.

TONIGHT: Partly to mostly cloudy. A low in the mid 20s. Light southwest winds.

THURSDAY: Scattered snow showers or flurries northern areas with up to an inch or two higher terrain. Partial clearing late. A high near 35. West winds 10 to 15 mph.

Looking Further ahead…

THURSDAY NIGHT: Mostly cloudy. Scattered snow showers or flurries A low around 20.

FRIDAY: Partly to mostly cloudy & blustery. Scattered snow showers or snow squalls exiting in the afternoon with increasing sunshine. Colder. A high in the mid 20s.

SATURDAY: Partly to mostly sunny but cold. A stray mountain flurry. A low zero to 10 above. A high around 20.

SUNDAY: Mostly cloudy. A rising chance for accumulating snow later in the day. A low 5 above to 5 below. A high in the mid 20s.

MONDAY: Gray with periods of generally light accumulating snow. A low in the 20s. A high 30 to 35.

TUESDAY: Chance for leftover snow showers and valley flurries. A low around 20. A high around 25.

Average lows in the low 20s. Normal highs mid 30s

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

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