If You Don't Like The Weather In Vermont, Drive To Another Part Of The State

I've talked a bit in recent days how the weather is in a yo-yo pattern in these parts, one day is warm, the next rainy, the next frigid, back to warmth etc. etc.

It's getting even worse, in that the weather over the next few days has often varied widely over short distances within Vermont. That's going to continue, too

Look back to Thursday for an example of all this.  The western part of the state was at near record highs in the 50s during the morning whereas parts of the eastern areas were in the 30s.

Then by Thursday afternoon, temperatures were falling through the 30s in the northwest part of the state while flirting with 60 in the southeast.

This seems as if it will continue. Sunday afternoon, temperatures might hover only in the low to perhaps mid  30s in the far northwest of Vermont with a bit of snow or mixed precipitation.

Down in southern Vermont valleys, there will be a few intervals of sun, and temperatures up near 50.

Late winter and early spring are the prime seasons for this kind of weird extremes over short distances. The forces of winter still want to maintain control, sending Arctic air down from Canada. the forces of spring are getting stronger, trying to send balmy air northward.

Vermont often finds itself in the battle zone between the two seasons in late February, March and April, and there you go.

Specifically, this weekend, a storm system is zipping along eastward just north of the International border. It'll drag a cold front southward, which will then slow down dramatically over Vermont Sunday.

Hence, the chilly air to the north, where the cold front will have gone through, and the mild air to the south, where the cold front won't have reached.

Toward Wednesday, another pretty good sized storm is likely to come along, and move just to Vermont's west. Expect another one of those storms where temperatures warm up nicely in parts of southern and western Vermont, where a chill freezing rain could fall northeast.

Details on that storm are still iffy, so stay tuned. And be prepared for lots of changes in the weather in the coming days. And probably weeks.