TODAY: Brief periods of sunshine alternating with clouds before it clouds up late. Chance for more flurries across northern areas mid-day on.Becoming blustery. Continued chilly. A high around 40.Westerly winds 10 to occasionally 25 mph.

TONIGHT: Cloudy. Periods of light snow roughly Barre-Montpelier area south. A dusting to locally up to an inch central areas and an inch far southern higher terrain. A low in the upper 20s to low 30s. Light winds.

SATURDAY: Periods of light snow or snow showers southern areas exiting in the morning. Accumulations dusting to locally 3 inches near the Massachusetts border. Otherwise, clouds with intervals of afternoon sun develops central and northern areas. A high 40 to 45. Light east to northeast winds.

Looking further ahead…

SATURDAY NIGHT: Evening clouds then mostly clear. A low upper 20s to low 30s.

SUNDAY: Sunshine gives way to increasing clouds. Milder. A rising chance for light rain showers northern and western areas later in the afternoon. A high pushing 60.

MONDAY: High overcast with a few hints of sun. A low 32 to 35. A high around 40.

TUESDAY: Clouds with breaks of sun. Rising chance for showers of rain mixed with wet snow in the higher terrain. A low mid to upper 20s. A high 40 to 45.

WEDNESDAY: Morning clouds, then partly to mostly sunny. A low mid to upper 20s. A high mid-30s to near 40.

(Italics mean precip)

Average lows ranging upper 20s to mid-30s, average highs in the mid to upper 50s.

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