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| A thunderstorm looms over an outdoor graduation ceremony in Orono, Minnesota on Thursday. The ceremony was moved indoors as the storm ot closer. Vermont is line for some possible thunderstorms on Saturday. |
I'm here in Minnesota for an important graduation. Congratulations Jonas Stengle!
In Vermont, some high clouds came in yesterday, but that didn't prevent temperatures from getting well into the 80s. We'll have the same situation today. There might be some high clouds, especially north. But we'll also have a good amount of sun, with highs well into the 80s.
Then, obviously, rain arrives for the weekend. It's a Vermont rule: If you're going to get gorgeous weather, it hits during the week. Usually, Saturday and/or Sunday will bring the rain.
Saturday
It won't rain all the time, but we should have a near-constant threat of showers and storms. The first batch of weather goes through mostly far northern Vermont with a batch of showers. Some of those showers might have some briefly heavy downpours up near the Canadian border.
There might be a bit of clearing midday, maybe. That will set the stage for another round of showers and thunderstorms. While there might be some locally heavy downpours - that's almost always the case during the summer - most of us won't get a huge amount of rain out of this.
Still, you'll want to keep an eye out for ominous clouds, as a few thunderstorms might get their panties in a twist enough to get pretty strong.
NOAA's Storm Prediction Center has all Vermont in at least a marginal risk of severe storms Saturday. That's a level one out of five on the alert scale A sliver of far southern Vermont is in a level two slight risk
The risk isn't higher than that, says the National Weather Service office in South Burlington, because the best ingredients aren't linking up just right. At least as we think now.
The best chance for any bursts of sunshine Saturday would be in southern Vermont. The partially clearing skies would increase the instability in the atmosphere,
But the best atmospheric dynamics and wind patterns are expected in northern Vermont. If the dynamics and wind patterns were to line up better, wed have a bigger shot at scarier storms
Saturday will be a little cooler under the clouds, but it will be more humid, (If I ruled the language, I would change that to "humider" instead of "more humid," If things were consistent with the language, the sentence would refer either to "cooler but humider air", or "more cool but more humid air."
Whoever invented the English language isn't big on consistency.
Anyway, back to Vermont weather. Highs Saturday should be within a few degrees withe side of 80.
SUNDAY
Lingering showers rule the Vermont roost Sunday, especially south, Cooler air will be flowing in, but it won't exactly be cold with temperatures up in the 70s. Northern Vermont might tend to start drying out late in the day.
Total precipitation if the forecasts verify will run close to just a quarter inch in southern Vermont to a quarter to a half inch north. As always, a few towns might have heavier rain if they get a direct hit from a thunderstorm or two,
NEXT WEEK:
The overall weather pattern is a warm one, so the balmy summer weather will continue. It'll be up near 80 Monday, and way up in the 80s Tuesday and Wednesday. Warmer valleys might touch 90 by Wednesday,
The air will be fairly dry during the first half of the week but tend to turn more humid during the second half, It'll stay warm to hot, with maybe another 90 degree day in spots Thursday. Maybe next Friday or Saturday, too, who knows?
June is starting out pretty toasty in the Green Mountain State!
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