The projection for the first half of October are more active though gradually, but overall milder, and opportunities for precipitation come at us in the Northern New England region fading with the default position of higher pressure over the Northeast U.S.

However, a more normal weather pattern eventually kicks in with more frequent opportunities for light amounts of precipitation in the form of rain.

Across the mountain tops of northern New England, we see increasing chances for a little dusting of snow where temperatures aloft barely get cold enough.

As the weather pattern may change up to one more average after the first week of October, there will be more partly sunny to sunny days in between frontal passages.  Overall, a slow start to the cold season is anticipated, and lower than average snowfall for the northeast, with the active weather favoring western Canada into parts of the interior of the west.