Calm before the storm (Cliche') TUESDAY -- to make for some great winter weather with seasonable temperatures with periods of sunshine and before snow arrives later overnight tonight

Long Duration snowfall WEDNEDAY- THURSDAY Complex double low pressure system to track out of the Ohio Valley delivering snow shield Wednesday morning. Energy transfer to coastal low (late bloomer) to south of Long Island/Cape region to lock in colder air aloft northern tier of VT. Many questions still on intensity, timing issues -- otherwsie sleet (warm bubble of air) to mix in aloft perhaps on a line Middlebury to Saint Johnsbury-Maidstone. Forecast with potentially moderate to significant snowfall northern 2/5ths of state, and "sleety snow middle part of state...to glazing, icy travel southeastern 1/4 of state" all going back to lighter periods of snow before exiting Thursday afternoon SW to NE.

Colder FRIDAY Sunshine with stray flurries.

Looking Long Range -- Arctic chill - cross polar flow from Siberia to bring well below normal temp's next week. January thaw around the 22nd.

Average high 23 Normal or average mid single digits

Please note - looking for digital images of lightning struck trees. Please email me and thanks for all the email - I will be putting together a collage of lightning pictures to educate what they might look like on area trees - thanks to many of you for your emails...

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