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Detailed Forecast

This Afternoon:
Sun, mixing with increasing clouds northeast. High clouds from I-89 west and south increasing and lowering through the afternoon. Highs in the 50s to near 60. Winds east to southeast up to 10 mph.

Tonight:
Becoming mostly cloudy, thicker toward the MA border, with a few showers in the Berkshires, up to Bennington. Partial clearing after midnight from the Adirondacks and Rt. 4 north. Lows in the low to mid 30s, upper 20s in the cold spots. Winds east to southeast less than 10 mph, near calm in sheltered valleys.

Sunday:
Becoming partly to mostly sunny, except more periods of clouds through NH. Highs 60 to 65, a few upper 50s in NH. Winds light and variable.

Extended Forecast

Sunday Night:
Becoming clear, except still a few clouds through NH. Lows in the 30s to near 40. Winds light and variable.

Monday:
Sunshine, mixing with a few afternoon clouds east and north. Highs in the low to mid 60s. Winds light and variable.

Monday Night:
A few evening clouds, then mostly clear. Lows in the 30s to near 40.

Tuesday:
Sunshine, mixing with a few afternoon clouds. Highs in the 60s, from 70 west to 60 east.

Tuesday Night:
Becoming mostly cloudy, with a rising chance of showers through NY, reaching western VT late. Lows in the low to mid 40s west, upper 30s to near 40 east.

Wednesday:
Mostly cloudy, with a good chance of showers west, and a rising chance east. Highs in the 50s.

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Significant/Hazardous Weather

None.

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Recreational Forecast

Mountain Forecast:
The summits will see morning sunshine, mixing with increasing clouds southwest to northeast, lowering across the Berkshires late. Light winds from the east, and temperatures moderating a few degrees. Sunday calls for early clouds south, a spotty shower in the Berkshires, then clouds lifting, and breaking for increasing amounts of sun, clouds lingering through the White Mountains. Temperatures edging up a few degrees, and winds light from the northeast. Monday’s outlook features sunshine, light winds, and temperatures continuing to warm a few more degrees.

Wind At Lower Elevations:
Winds today light, becoming east less than 10 mph. Tonight, winds east to southeast less than 10 mph, near calm in sheltered valleys. On Sunday, winds light and variable, continuing light through Monday.

For more details on Lake Champlain, go to: https://forecast.weather.gov/product.php?site=BTV&product=REC&issuedby=BTV

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Detailed Discussion

It’s been a cold week, in fact about 5 degrees colder than last week. Considering that the average temperature climbs each week in April, we seem to be headed in the wrong direction. That’s probably not surprising with the cold, frosty start to today and to the weekend, but we will see the temperatures ease up through the weekend and into early next week, perhaps finding their way to near 60 degrees this afternoon, and into the low and mid 60s Sunday afternoon, much closer to normal for the last week of April. The morning weather maps actually look a bit threatening, as a storm tracking southeast from Cleveland to Pittsburgh is soaking western NY, and should spread southeast through much of PA, reaching New York City and expanding north through the Hudson Valley, and finally into the Berkshires by this evening. However, we also find a piece of chilly high pressure settling south through Quebec, blocking the progress of this system to our west. This means our morning sunshine does give way to some increasing clouds today, and temperatures warming into the 50s to near 60 this afternoon. Tonight, the clouds thicken for a time, with a stray shower possible into the northern Berkshires and close to the southern VT border, but by Sunday morning, the clouds will be retreating toward the south as the storm swings south of New England, creating a light easterly airflow, with some moisture off the ocean. This could delay some of the clearing through NH, but much of the region sees increasing sunshine tomorrow, warming temperatures a bit more, mostly into the low and mid 60s. By Sunday night, the storm moves out into the Atlantic, while a modest area of high pressure builds from Quebec into northern New England, with mostly clear skies, leading to some very pleasant late-April weather Monday into Tuesday. Temperatures will be seasonable, mostly in the low to mid 60s, perhaps getting closer to 70 west of the Green Mountains Tuesday. Later Tuesday, some high clouds begin to arrive, part of a shift in our weather pattern to an increasingly unsettled one, featuring periods of showers, and cooler daytime temperatures for the middle and end of next week.

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Farm & Garden

Rainfall Forecast:
No rain expected today through Tuesday, except for a few showers possible tonight in northern MA, covering 30 percent of the area, with amounts just a few hundredths of an inch. The next chance of rain comes late Tuesday night into Wednesday

Drying Conditions:
Good to excellent drying conditions today through Monday, with minimum relative humidities near 30 percent each afternoon. Good to excellent drying continuing Tuesday, becoming fair to poor with a chance of showers Wednesday.

Frost:
Temperatures tonight in the low to mid 30s, upper 20s in the cold spots. On Sunday and Monday nights, lows will be in the 30s, generally above freezing, continuing through most of next week.

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Wind by Elevation

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Temperature by Elevation

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