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Detailed Forecast

Tonight:
Variable clouds. Lows from the single digits to mid teens. Wind becoming light and variable.

Saturday:
Mostly cloudy. Chance of snow showers arriving west of Greens in the afternoon, spreading east into the evening. Highs from the upper 20s to low 30s. Light south to southwest wind.

Saturday Night:
Mostly cloudy. Scattered snow showers. Lows in the teens. Light west wind.

Extended Forecast

Sunday:
Mostly cloudy. Scattered snow showers, diminishing in the afternoon. Highs from the low 20s in the north increasing to near 30 in the warmest southern valleys. Northwest wind at 5 to 10 mph.

Sunday Night:
Mostly cloudy, with some clearing developing in the south overnight. Scattered snow showers over the northern mountains. Lows from the single digits to near 10, some negatives possible in the cooler hollows.

Monday:
Mostly cloudy, with some occasional sunshine in the south and through the valleys. Highs in the mid to upper teens in southern valleys and in the Champlain Valley, low to mid teens elsewhere.

Monday Night:
Becoming mostly cloudy. Increasing chance of snow showers. Lows in the single digits, nearing 10 along Lake Champlain and in the southern valleys. Light and variable wind.

Tuesday:
Mostly cloudy. A few scattered snow showers in the north in the morning, dissipating by midday. Highs from the mid 20s to near 30, some lower 20s in the northeast.

Tuesday Night:
Mostly cloudy. Slight chance of a passing snow shower in the St. Lawrence Valley. Lows from the teens to near 20.

Wednesday:
Mostly cloudy. Chance of passing snow, then afternoon rain showers in the north. Highs through the 30s.

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Significant/Hazardous Weather

Windy and cold today, with mainly mountain snow showers and periods of blowing snow.

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Recreational Forecast

Mountain Forecast:

It will be especially windy and cold in the mountains and hills. Snow showers will be numerous in the northern mountains this morning, with another 1 to 3 inches over the summits. Summits will be largely obscured in the northern mountains, while coming in and out of the clouds in the south.

Wind At Lower Elevations:

Winds at lower elevations today will come from the west at 10 to 15 mph, gusting to 30 mph. On Saturday, winds will become south to southeasterly at 5 to 10 mph; then becoming west to northwest 5 to 10 mph on Sunday.

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Detailed Discussion

A deep trough in the jet stream will remain overhead today, even as a strong mid-level disturbance departs to our east. At the surface early this morning, large low pressure is becoming  centered over Newfoundland and Labrador. Its counterclockwise circulation will generate gusty west winds for our region. Also, a couple of subtle disturbances embedded within the flow will give a couple more upticks in mountain snow showers over northern areas this morning. The influence of this low will depart more fully tonight, allowing winds to finally die down, as a quick ridge of high pressure comes in from our west. Enough cloud cover is expected tonight so that temperatures will largely remain above zero. Tomorrow a warm front will work in from our southwest. Not much activity is expected with the front, in terms of precipitation, but it will give us a milder day than what we’ve been accustomed to so far this month, with the warmer valleys getting into the lower 30s. The warm front will attach to a clipper low that will pass through southern Québec Saturday night. Along and ahead of the system’s cold front, scattered snow showers are likely to develop, but any accumulation should be light. Some of these snow showers might continue into the day on Sunday, but again with little or no impact. But Sunday will be a few degrees colder than Saturday. By Sunday night, there will be another large surface low spinning near the Canadian Maritimes, again drawing very cold air into our region along the backside of its circulation. This will make Monday unseasonably cold, with valley highs largely in the teens, along with another round of gusty winds. Temperatures will rebound slightly on Tuesday, but it will remain unseasonably cold. Forecast confidence drops off by Wednesday. After Tuesday, the main takeaway for next week is that temperatures will become more seasonable, as opposed to the consistently below-average temperatures we have been dealing with lately. But both the strength and the duration of the warmup are unclear. By most indications, widespread high temperatures in the 30s will arrive by Wednesday or Thursday, especially west of the Green Mountains. It’s even possible that some of the warmer western and southern valleys could make the 40s.

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Farm & Garden

Rainfall Forecast:
The Farm and Garden forecasts will resume in April of 2026.

Drying Conditions:

Frost:

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Wind by Elevation

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Temperature by Elevation

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