Winter Storm Warning Northeast Kingdom elsewhere Weather Advisories Noon today into Friday morning…

TODAY: Cloudy and turning blustery this afternoon . Occasional light snow later this morning into the afternoon. A dusting to 3” most toward Connecticut River Valley with 3 to 5” southeastern Vermont . A high in the mid to upper teens. North winds picking up at 10 to 20 mph in the afternoon with some blowing and drifting.

TONIGHT: Cloudy periods of snow but moderate at times near the northern Green Mountains-North East Kingdom highlands. Accumulations of 2 to locally 6” likely in the northern mountains. A low zero to 10 below. Northwest winds 10 to 20 mph with some blowing and drifting.

Wind-chill warning early Friday morning through Saturday…

FRIDAY: Sub-Zero degree cold with wind chills increasing minus 20 to minus 35. Gray with hints of sun in the afternoon otherwise bitterly cold with periods of light accumulating snow Barre-Montpelier area north…with a 1 to locally 3”…most northern mountain areas. A high zero to 5 below. West to northwest winds 10 to 25 mph with higher gusts.

Looking further Ahead…

FRIDAY NIGHT: Periods of very light snow with accumulations dusting to a couple of inches northern mountains areas. A low 10 to 20 below combines with west to northwest winds 10 to 25 mph…producing dangerous wind chills of minus 25 to minus 40.

SATURDAY: Very frigid. Morning clouds and diamond dust flurries give way to lots of afternoon sun. Bitterly cold! Temperatures peaking around 10 below zero with dangerous wind chills minus 25 to minus 40 in the morning.

SUNDAY: Morning sun then high cloudiness. Possibly the coldest morning temperatures. A low 15 to 25 below. Temperatures A high around 10 above.

MONDAY: Overcast. Periods of light accumulating snow. A couple inches possible. Not so cold! A gradual rise in temperature reaching to near 30.

TUESDAY: Periods of light snow in the morning, exiting to flurries in the afternoon. A low in the 20s. A high upper 20s to low 30s.

Average lows 5 to 10. Normal highs mid 20s to around 30

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