Winter Solstice 4:48 PM

TONIGHT: Clouds with a stray flurry near the Quebec border this evening, otherwise variable high clouds. A low upper single digits to mid-teens. Light variable wind.

TOMORROW: Considerable morning clouds, breaks of afternoon sun. A high around 35. Winds light and southeasterly.

High Wind Watch late Thursday Night thru Friday Evening…

THURSDAY NIGHT: Overcast. Periods of wet snow or mixed precipitation likely with slick travel developing…transitions to all rain late. Dusting to locally 4” southern Greens. An evening low 30 to 32 degrees. East to southeasterly winds picking up 10 to 25 mph with higher gusts western slopes of the Green Mountains exceeding 40 mph.

FRIDAY: Gray. Periods of wind-blown rain, or showers. Much milder. Temperatures peak in the low 50s. Southeasterly winds 15 to 30 mph with higher gusts western slopes of the Green Mountains exceeding 55 mph in the morning…decreasing some in the afternoon.

Looking Further Ahead…

FRIDAY NIGHT: Mainly cloudy. Rain showers early, transition to snow showers…moderate at times with some accumulation. Flash-Freeze and hazardous travel (black ice). A low 5 to 15 above.

SATURDAY: Lots of clouds but a few breaks of sunshine away from the mountains. A high upper teens to around 20.

SUNDAY Christmas Day: Mostly cloudy. Maybe a northern border flurry. A low 5 to 15. A high around 20.

MONDAY: Clouds mixing with intervals of sunshine. A few northern flurries. A low near 10. A high 20 to 25.

Average lows upper single digits to mid-teens. Average highs mid-20s to mid-30s

Climatological winter peaks approx. January 22nd ends March 9th…

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