Weather Forecast

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Detailed Forecast

This Afternoon:
Mostly to partly sunny. Highs from the mid 30s to around 40, except southern valleys in the low to mid 40s. Southwest winds 5 to 15 mph.

Tonight:
Partly cloudy south. Becoming mostly cloudy north, with scattered snow showers or flurries from the Adirondacks and Route 2 northward. Lows from the mid 20s to around 30 south and in the Champlain Valley, low to mid 20s elsewhere north. West winds 5 to 10 mph, becoming light and variable east of the Greens

Wednesday:
Variable clouds. Chance of early snow showers from the Adirondacks and Route 2 northward. Highs from the mid 40s to around 50 south, and upper 30s to lower 40s north, some mid 30s far north. West to northwest winds 5 to 10 mph, becoming southwest in southern areas, and in the Champlain Valley.

Extended Forecast

Wednesday Night:
Cloudy. Chance of snow or rain showers. Lows from the mid 20s to around 30 north, and low to mid 30s in the south. Winds variable to southeast at around 5 mph, except becoming south 5 to 10 mph late in the Champlain Valley.

Thursday:
Mostly to partly cloudy. Chance of morning rain showers in the south; scattered snow showers north, changing to rain and diminishing. Highs in the 50s in the south, and 40s north, with some upper 30s far north. South to southeast winds 5 to 15 mph, becoming southwest.

Thursday Night:
Mostly cloudy. Rain developing early, mixing with or changing to snow north, all diminishing late. Lows in the 20s to around 30 north, 30s to around 40 in the south.

Friday:
Chance of an early snow or rain shower, then clouds decreasing in the south, and doing so gradually in the north, except remaining mostly cloudy over high terrain from the northern Greens eastward. Blustery and much colder, with valley temperatures steady or falling, from the upper 20s to mid 30s north, and upper 30s to mid 40s in the south.

Friday Night:
Clearing and cold. Lows 5 to 15 north, around zero in the cold spots, and in the teens to around 20 south.

Saturday:
Partly cloudy, breezy, and unseasonably cold. Highs in the upper 20s to lower 30s north, and in the 30s south.

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Significant/Hazardous Weather

None.

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Recreational Forecast

Mountain Forecast:
The summits will find a few early clouds and snow showers northeast, otherwise sunshine, giving way to increasing afternoon clouds. Light northwest winds turning to the southwest, and temperatures moderating a few degrees. Wednesday calls for periods of clouds, in and out across the northern summits, with a few snow showers possible early, and again late in the day. Light west winds becoming moderate from the southwest, and temperatures warming several degrees. Thursday’s outlook features summits obscured in clouds and snow showers early, changing to rain showers and diminishing in the afternoon. Moderate south to southwest winds pushing temperatures well above freezing.

Wind At Lower Elevations:
Winds today light, becoming southwest 10 to 15 mph. Tonight, winds west 10 to 15 mph, diminishing to light after midnight. Winds on Wednesday light, becoming south 5 to 15 mph. The outlook for Thursday calls for south to southwest winds 5 to 15 mph.

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Detailed Discussion

After some last snowy gasps from Sunday’s storm yesterday afternoon and evening, high pressure has been building in, the last of the snow flurries ending in northeastern areas, as temperatures have settled back into the 20s, with some teens in NY where it cleared earlier in the night. We find that high centered along the OH-PA border early this morning, expected to continue east and southeast to the Eastern Seaboard by dark, and then out into the Atlantic. It should supply us with lots of sunshine this morning, followed by some increasing clouds this afternoon as the high heads for the ocean, and we watch a colder area of high pressure extending from north-central Canada into Ontario and western Quebec attempt to build in, its leading edge marked by a cold front to our north. That’s where our next forecast challenge develops. Later tonight into early Wednesday, a few snow showers will gather along the front, and edge into southern Quebec, then extending into our northern-most counties. The front appears to stall through northern areas later tomorrow into tomorrow night, while a ripple of low pressure tracks east along the front. The clouds should thicken, with patches of light snow or rain arriving tomorrow night into early Thursday through central and northern areas, though it appears the moisture will be limited, with no significant accumulations expected. The storm along the front causes it to lift north during the day Thursday, changing any snow showers to rain showers, but also shifting the precipitation to the north. Temperatures are likely to climb to the 40s north and 50s south. Another storm heads east along the front for Thursday night into Friday, enhancing the rain showers into Thursday night. Then, as the front moves back south as a cold front early Friday morning, the rain showers may change back to snow showers, starting late Thursday night through Quebec, and into the northern-most counties of NY, VT, and NH early Friday morning, while most of the showers end farther south before it changes to snow. Of more certainty, there’s plenty of cold air ready to push back into the region during the day Friday, and leave us with a cold last weekend of March.

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Farm & Garden

Rainfall Forecast:
The Farm and Garden forecasts will resume in mid-April.

Drying Conditions:

Frost:

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Wind by Elevation

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Temperature by Elevation

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