A Gorgeous Vermont Mother's Day Weekend, But With A Couple Odd Hazards

A lovely Saturday morning in St. Albans, Vermont will
lead to a gorgeous Mother's Day weekend. 

 If you're out and about celebrating Mother's Day or graduations in Vermont this weekend, you certainly have the right weather for it!  

You can't miss with blue skies, lots of sunshine, and pretty comfortable temperatures. 

It was almost a little hot in spots the past couple of days as highs crept up into the low 80s in some banana belt parts of the Green Mountain State. 

A pair of cold fronts went through last night, so temperatures will only make it into the 60s to around 70 today and in the low 60s or so Sunday.  

Bring the sunscreen if you're outdoors this weekend, though! That sun will be strong, and the coolish air will be deceptive. 

It'll be kind of windy this weekend, especially today, so maybe elaborate hat wear might not be the best option.  Gusts will go past 30 mph at times this afternoon and a more reasonable 20 mph or so Sunday. 

Which brings us to the ever so slight downside to this weekend's awesome weather. 

For one, water temperatures in lakes and rivers is still really low, as you'd expect this early in the season. That means, if you go in, or fall in, you'll get shocked pretty quickly and the risk of drowning is higher. 

With all this wind in the forecast, I'd consider bringing your kayaks and small boats out on another day. Skip it this weekend.  If you tip over in the waves, it could turn into a disaster awfully quickly. 

The fire danger in Vermont today is high,
and particularly high in the Northeast Kingdom. 

Another problem is wildfires. Sure, a few of us had a bit of light rain early Friday morning, but it didn't amount to much. 

Very dry air on Friday sopped up what little moisture we got. Strong sunshine and very low humidity today and tomorrow will keep drying us out. 

So fires can start pretty easily, and then get propelled by today's gusty winds. It's definitely not the weekend to set your burn pile alight. 

Plus, you need a burn permit to do it legally. I'm not sure how many towns are issuing those permits this weekend, but the smarter communities are probably denying them. 

The Vermont Department of Forest, Parks and Recreation has today's fire danger as high in most of Vermont, except very high in the Northeast Kingdom.

The NEK and higher elevations haven't greened up yet like lower, warmer areas of the state, so the risk of fires is greater in places where spring hasn't advanced much yet. 

Looking ahead, I  have one other heads up: I'm getting a little worried about a possible nasty frost/freeze in the middle of the upcoming week. If it's a worse case scenario, we could be looking at some real corp damage in Vermont.  I'll have more on that as we draw closer, as it's still unclear on exactly how cold it will get.