Quick Vermont Freeze Update: Just As Cold Tonight As Last Night

Satellite view late this afternoon clues us in for tonight. 
Clear skies overhead, clear skies to our west coming
in means another frigid night, about as cold as it was 
last night, with lows in the teens in cold 
hollows and 20s for the rest of us. 

 Just a quick Thursday evening update on our hard freeze weather here in Vermont, since we're half way through it.   

First, final figures are in for who in the Green Mountain State got coldest this morning. 

East Have, Vermont takes the honors as the state's coldest spot, bottoming out at 12 degrees above zero. Gallup Mills saw 16 degrees, South Lincoln was 17 and Lunenburg was 18.

Tonight's lows statewide will be very similar to last night's.

The overall air mass has warmed up a tad, but conditions will be absolutely perfect overnight for temperatures to reach their coldest possible. 

Chilly high pressure will be pretty much directly overhead, ensuring calm winds and clear skies.

It actually felt nice and fairly warm in the sun today, as breezes were light and the sun angle was high. Dry air heats up more readily the humid air, so we got well into the 40s to near 50 as expected.

Dry air also cools off fast once the sun goes down. You'll see temperatures really, really crash after sunset this evening, getting down below freezing within hours. After midnight, with the air a little warmer aloft than it was last night, will slow the rate at which temperatures fall.

Still, it'll get into the teens in the cold hollows and 20s for the rest of us.  Those lows will be pretty much the same as they were this morning. 

The dry air and warming air will mean temperatures will get nice again Friday, going up into the 50s to near 60. After another cool night Friday night, we will return to spring.