Cold, Damp May Weather In Vermont/New England About To Get Worse

Snow fell atop Mount Manfield, Vermont earlier this week.
An unseasonably cold nor'easter starting tomorrow might
bring even more snow to the Green Mountains summits.
In the valleys, we're in for a long spell of wet, raw, chilly
weather for this time of year.

After last week's summer warmth, the past few days have been a shock. 

Damp, overcast, drizzly and cold. It even snowed a little atop Mount Mansfield earlier this week. 

After sort of, kind of a break today, it's about to get even worse. 

An out of season nor'easter is going to make things even wetter and a little colder than it's been. 

 There probably will even be a little more snow on the mountain summits.  High temperatures Thursday through Saturday throughout most of New England will be near record lows.  

Let's take it day by day.

TODAY:

Today will be the pick of the week, which isn't saying much at all. Highs will be a little warmer than recent days with temperatures poking up to maybe 60 degrees instead of just 50.  That 60 degrees is still about ten degrees chillier than average for this time of year. 

We might even see breaks of sun, but clouds will still predominate. Chances of showers are actually pretty low.

THURSDAY/THURSDAY NIGHT

Here comes the nor'easter. Overall, rainfall will be much heavier in southern Vermont, and in southern New England that in central and northern sections.  If current forecasts hold, more than an inch of rain will fall in far southern Vermont through Saturday morning.  Northern areas should see a third to a half inch. Roughly three quarters of an inch will fall in central Vermont. 

Down in southeastern New England, windswept rain will total one to two inches, maybe even locally three inches. 

The first wave of rain will come in Thursday morning, then wane some in the afternoon. But it will stay cold, with highs near 50 at best. A raw east wind will make it feel even worse. 

The bulk of the rain will come through Thursday night.  It will be a cold night for late May.  Temperatures will only be near 40 as it rains, and those gusty east winds will continue.

Up on the mountain tops, especially in the southern and central Green Mountains, it will probably snow,  The summit of Killington could get a few inches of snow out this, believe it or not.

Snow will be mostly limited to elevations above 3,000 feet but I wouldn't be surprised if a few wet snowflakes get a little lower than that. 

By the way, had this been winter, the storm coming would have been a very nice dump of snow for New England, including much of Vermont.

It seems odd we're getting a nor'easter this time of year. But they can happen at any time. They're just way more common in the late autumn, winter, and early spring. 

FRIDAY/SATURDAY

This particular storm will be in no hurry to leave.  It'll be near southeastern New England Thursday night and only make it as far as the eastern tip of Maine by Saturday morning. 

That will keep the cold, showery conditions going on Friday and Saturday. It won't rain heavily during that time. Just pesky, frequent light showers as daytime temperatures continue to hover near 50 degrees.

I suppose there might be some slight improvement Sunday and Monday as the storm slowly pulls away. At least the clouds might break a little Sunday and temperatures should be a little warmer,

With any luck - and it will take some luck - Memorial Day might actually be reasonable, with just a chance of a few showers, breaks of sun and temperatures up in the 60s to near 70. Unlike the next few days, if that forecast comes to pass on Monday, it will be just slightly cooler than normal.  Not ridiculous.