Weather Forecast

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Detailed Forecast

Tonight:
Slight chance of an isolated shower north in the early evening. Mostly clear, with some patchy fog in the valleys. Lows in the 50s, near 60 in the Champlain Valley. West wind near 10 mph, becoming light and variable.

Saturday:
Some patchy fog early. Mostly sunny. Highs in the 70s to low 80s. Wind light and variable.

Saturday Night:
Mostly clear. Patchy valley fog. Lows in the 50s, some low 60s in the Champlain Valley. Wind light and variable.

Extended Forecast

Sunday:
Valley fog burning off. Mostly sunny. Highs in the low to mid 80s north, mid to upper 80s south. Wind light, becoming south less than 10 mph.

Sunday Night:
Becoming partly cloudy. Mild. Lows in the upper 50s to mid 60s.

Monday:
Sunshine with mixed clouds. Chance of a shower south in the afternoon. Warm, and humid. Highs in the 80s to near 90.

Monday Night:
Periods of clouds, with an increasing chance of showers south. Lows in the 60s.

Tuesday:
Sunshine with mixed clouds. Chance of showers. Warm and humid. Highs in the 80s.

Tuesday Night:
Increasing clouds. Slight chance of scattered showers and thunderstorms. Lows in the mid to upper 60s, some 70s in the Champlain Valley.

Wednesday:
Showers likely. Chance of afternoon thunderstorms. Highs in the low to mid 80s.

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Significant/Hazardous Weather

None.

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Recreational Forecast

Mountain Forecast:
The forecast for the summits starts with some clouds, giving way to increasing amounts of sunshine. An isolated shower north late. Fresh northwest winds will draw slightly cooler, and less humid air into the region. The outlook for the weekend calls for mostly sunny skies Saturday and Sunday. Light northwest winds decreasing Saturday, then turning to the southwest, still light on Sunday. A gradual warming trend through the weekend.

Wind At Lower Elevations:
Winds today northwest 5 to 15 mph, with waves on the open waters of Lake Champlain 1 to 2 feet, subsiding to near 1 foot. For Friday night, winds west near 10 mph, becoming light and variable, with waves on the open waters of Lake Champlain 1 foot or less. On Saturday, winds light and variable, with waves on the open waters of Lake Champlain 1 foot or less. The outlook for Sunday calls for light, variable winds.

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

A few showers interrupted the partly sunny skies yesterday, part of a cold front that has interrupted our most recent spell of summertime humidity. As the front worked east yesterday afternoon, perhaps you could feel the air begin to change, as winds shifted into the west, transporting the slightly cooler and less humid air across the region. This was followed by a second, trailing push of cooler, less humid air overnight, with periods of clouds, and a few spotty, light showers in northern areas, now moving out to begin a stretch of sunny skies, and a cooler refreshing start to the day. We find high pressure over the Great Lakes, and a second piece near James Bay to our north, setting up a gentle northwest breeze, and temperatures just a few degrees shy of their long-term averages, reaching the 70s to low 80s this afternoon. Between the two highs, a very minor blip might squeeze out a very spotty, very light shower north late this afternoon and early evening. The two highs blend together over us tonight into Saturday, clearing the skies to make for a cool night tonight, mostly 50s, even a few upper 40s in the colder mountain valleys, and maybe a few channels of river valley fog, quickly giving way to a spectacular summer day tomorrow to start the weekend, thermometers climbing into the upper 70s and 80s, while the humidity remains low. By Sunday, the area of high pressure weakens and slips to our east, inviting a warming trend, and a gradual increase in the humidity, but still a fine day for all of your weekend outdoor plans, with temperatures ranging through the 80s. Early next week introduces some clouds Monday, warm and increasingly humid, as we watch a storm spin up over the Atlantic, well to our south this weekend, lifting north toward us Monday. By Tuesday its decaying circulation tries to continue north into New England, giving us periods of clouds and a few localized showers. As this system weakens, a few minor systems arrive from the west, resulting in a warm, muggy week, with localized showers each day.

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Farm & Garden

Rainfall Forecast:
Only a spotty mountain shower today, with little or no measurable amounts. No rain forecast Saturday through Monday. Scattered showers developing Tuesday, with light amounts forecast.

Drying Conditions:
A spotty mountain shower today, otherwise drying conditions improve to good to excellent, with minimum relative humidities near 40 percent. Dry and warm Saturday through Monday, with good to excellent drying, with minimum relative humidities near 35 percent. A chance of showers develops Tuesday, with fair to locally good drying expected.

Frost:
No frost for the foreseeable future.

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Wind by Elevation

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Temperature by Elevation

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