Quick Vermont Update: Gorgeous Spring Weather Could Overachieve

A subfreezing overnight and a warm day got the maple sap
really flowing Sunday.  There's a maple sugaring operation
next door to my house, and this truck stopped by 
to collect the day's maple sap harvest. 

 I had a chance Sunday to do some yard work on my Saint Albans property.  Man, it was nice out, as any Vermonter knows.  

Temperatures across most valley locations in the state peaked in the low to mid 60s.  It was wall to wall sunshine and winds were light. 

The strong spring sun had me down to shorts and a t-shirt out there, and I still worked up a sweat.  I found myself seeking shade. Not that I'm complaining!

Another clear, warm day is coming today. Sure, it got coldish last night. Very dry air means days can get warmer, but with little moisture in the air to hold onto the heat, it gets cold fast.

Temperatures will still rocket upward into the 60s today.  The warmth is slightly exceeding earlier forecasts that called for temperatures in the mid and upper 50s, but we'll take it. 

The skies during the Wednesday and Thursday will get somewhat cloudier, but not overcast.  Even warmer, and slightly more humid air will come up this way by then.  If we can retain some sunshine Thursday, some of us in Vermont could hit 70 degrees. Certainly earlier than normal!

Last year, the first 70 of the season was late, not coming until May 15.

As we keep noting, it's dry, and we could use the rain. It's still looking like we might get a decent amount Friday, but that's not guaranteed at all.  Computer forecasting models still don't have a great handle on how the storm coming in will behave. 

Oh, and by the way, it's still very early spring.  We'll be back down to reality next weekend, with high temperatures in the 40s - which isn't really bad for this time of year. 

On top of that, a few computer models bring us some snow Sunday night or Monday.  That, of course is highly  uncertain, but knowing how Vermont weather behaves, I wouldn't be at all surprised to wake up to snow covered ground once again in about a week's time.