· As colder air and a trajectory more from the north-northwest takes hold, we’ll see less and less snow shower activity and more likely flurries going into the early evening hours.

· Away from the mountains will be intervals of sunshine especially central and southern Vermont. Clouds will hang tough near the central and northern Green Mountains where some minor lake effect from Lake Champlain will blow down the I-89 corridor at times creating the locally heavier snow showers- so heads up.

· The snow falling is much lighter and more easily blown around, this too may impact travel at t9imes with blowing and drifting and reduced visibility – but not likely to be very bad.

· A cold weekend ahead with nighttime low flirting with zero degrees but daytime temps mostly stay in the 20s.

· Our next weather maker arrives Sunday night/Monday morning with snow coated roads and perhaps snowfall rates that may approach 1” per hour for short period of time so be ready for slick travel.

TODAY: Intervals of sunshine away from the mountains & blustery. Scattered flurries with a risk of a heavier snow shower. Accumulation up to an inch. Colder. Temperatures in the low to mid 20s. Northwest winds 10 to 25 mph lowering wind chills with some blowing and drifting.

TONIGHT: Mostly clear and frigid. A low zero to 5 above. Light northwest winds.

SATURDAY: Partly to mostly sunny but cold. A couple mountain flurries. A high around 20.Light northwest winds.

Looking Further ahead…

SATURDAY NIGHT: Scattered clouds or mostly clear. A low 5 above to 5 below.

SUNDAY: Sunshine becoming filtered through high clouds. Mostly cloudy late. Temperatures rebound into the mid 20s.

MONDAY: Gray skies. Light to possibly moderate accumulating snow likely. Accumulation of 2 to locally 4” with slick travel . A low around 20. A high in the low 30s.

TUESDAY: Chance for snow accumulating showers early exiting to intervals of sunshine away from the mountains.A low in the upper teens. A high around 25.

WEDNESDAY:Mostly cloudy. Chance for snow showers or flurries. A low in the 20s. A high in the low to mid 30s.

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

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

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