TODAY: Considerable cloudiness with some hints of sunshine. A high 32 to 35. Winds light and southeasterly.

Winter Weather Advisory for elevated terrain of the southern Green Mountains

High Wind Warnings and Wind advisories starts tonight into Friday Evening…

TONIGHT: Overcast. Periods of wet snow or mixed precipitation developing with slushy travel…transitions to rain about daybreak. Dusting to an inch valleys…up to 5” southern Green Mountain summits. An evening low around 30 degrees. East to southeasterly winds picking up 10 to 25 mph with higher gusts western slopes of the Green Mountains exceeding 40 mph.

Flood Watch Friday afternoon thru Saturday evening

FRIDAY: Gray. Periods of wind-blown rain, or showers. Much milder. Temperatures peak upper 40s near 50. 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.

TUESDAY: Partly to mostly cloudy. Maybe a flurry. A low in the single digits. A high in the 20s.

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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