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| My lawn in St. Albans, Vermont is suddenly littered with leaves as strong winds blew through this morning. Tomorrow will be much colder, with a wintry feel to the air. But the cold wave will be over by Sunday. |
The Champlain Valley was taking the brunt of it, as gusts were well over 40 mph in spots. By 8:30 a.m. , the National Weather Service in South Burlington issued a wind advisory through 4 p.m. today, for gusts up to at least 45 mph.
At one point this morning, there were almost 1,000 power outages in the Champlain Valley. I'm sure a few more will pop up as we go through the day.
It was breezy in other parts of Vermont, but not nearly as much as in the Champlain Valley. Here's how the rest of today looks:
TODAY
The rest of the day will be shower, windy, especially in the Champlain Valley, and briefly warmer. Highs should get into the 50s to some 60s, mostly west of the Green Mountains. It looks like the showers might be more concentrated in the mid-afternoon to evening time frame. There might even be a rumble of thunder.
No severe storms are expected here in Vermont, but the storm is dynamic enough to raise the risk of severe storms in the Mid-Atlantic States, extending as far north as Connecticut.
The storms's cold front should cross through Vermont this evening, causing those temperatures to drop and snowflakes to fly in the mountains late tonight.
SATURDAY
Our brief introduction to winter is still on track. But just as we suspected, the intensity of it doesn't look like it will be as intense as some earlier forecasts
Still, Saturday will be a shock to the system. Early day snow showers will dust the ground at elevations of above 1,500 feet, and the mountain summits will get maybe a couple inches of fresh powder.
Highs will only get into the 30s in the Northeast Kingdom and 40s elsewhere. Probably low 40s in most places. The foliage stripping will continue as northwest winds rocket through with gusts to at least 30 mph most places. The wind will be more widespread than it is today, even if gusts won't be as strong as they are today in the Champlain Valley.
Saturday will be no day for a foliage hike in the mountains. Underfoot it will be wet, with icy snow at higher elevations. Temperatures will remain below freezing all day as you approach the summits and wind chills up there will be in the single digits.
It'll be a nice novelty, though, seeing the white capped mountains surrounded by splashes of color remaining as stick season begins to emerge.
SUNDAY
What cold wave?
The frigid blast will end as quickly as it began. Sunday will dawn cold, with temperatures across the state in the 20s. But under sunshine, temperatures should reach the low 50s at least. For reference, Sunday afternoon will be very similar to yesterday afternoon. So, yeah, pretty damn nice.
NEXT WEEK
I don't need to pick out the weather on individual days next week, because it will be pretty much the same all week. The overall weather pattern will stall, much to our benefit.
A storm will spin and not move all that much off the Carolina and Virginia coasts. Meanwhile, it looks as if a sprawling, huge high pressure system will linger over or near New England all week. That means sunshine most days, with pretty normal temperatures for this time of year.
That means comfortable afternoons with temperatures in the mid 50s to low 60s, and cool overnight lows in the 30s. Not a true Indian Summer because it won't be unusually warm. But close enough.
We'll have light winds, too
Those light winds will be great for those of you who will be raking leaves. The job is so hard to do when the wind is howling, so next week will be a great break for that.
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