Filtered sunshine but thicker clouds toward southern Vermont Friday as healthy low pressure system passes to our south...spreading rain into far southern VT.

High latitude blockiness this time of year making modeling shaky and reviving jet stream energy with storm track to our south across mid Atlantic states this weekend and early next week. This is keeping us high and dry through Mothers Day. Early week weather system next week stays south, but will come back north - it still could - right now northern New England also looking fair and dry.

MOTHERS DAY WEEKEND is trending up for northern New England! We shall watch one compact but potent system pass to our south later Friday into Saturday AM, giving New York City 1-2 inch rain amounts. That system moves out with weak higher pressure in control across northern New England.

Average high around 65 Normal or average low near 39.

Gardeners and Farmers note better than 50% chance for seeing frost through mid May and 25% chance in colder hollows through end of May...

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...

An excellent free program Google Earth
	The Forecast for North Central Vermont & Northeast Kingdom:   Tonight: Patchy high cloudiness otherwise fair. A low in the mid to upper 30s. Light northeast winds. Saturday:  Partly to mostly sunny with a high in the low 60s. North winds 10 to 15 mph. Saturday Night:   Clear and chilly. A low in the low to mid 30s with a risk of frost in the coldest hollows of the Northeast Kingdom. Looking further ahead:  MOTHERS DAY: Bright sunshine after a cool start. Filtered sunshine in the afternoon. A high 60 to 65. MONDAY: Cloudy periods. Chance for showers mainly toward Rutland. A low in the mid to upper 30s. A high in the 50s. TUESDAY: Mostly sunny but continued cool with a threat for frost. A low in the 30s. A high in the low 60s. WEDNESDAY: Partly sunny. A low 35 to 40. A high in the 60s. RH/5-9-08   Return to Top     The Forecast for the Champlain Valley:   Tonight: Patchy high cloudiness otherwise fair. A low in the in the low to mid 40s. Light northeast winds. Saturday: Partly to mostly sunny with a high near 65. North winds 10 to 15 mph. Saturday Night:  Clear and chilly. A low in the upper 30s to mid 40s. Looking further ahead:  MOTHERS DAY: Bright sunshine after a cool start. Filtered sunshine in the afternoon. A high 60 to 65. MONDAY: Cloudy periods. Chance for showers mainly toward Rutland. A low in the mid to upper 30s. A high in the 50s. TUESDAY: Mostly sunny but continued cool with a threat for frost. A low in the 30s. A high in the low 60s. WEDNESDAY: Partly sunny. A low 35 to 40. A high in the 60s. RH/5-9-08

Diluted mercury/acid rainfall info. We receive a mercury bath every time it rains or snows. Mountain tops get it worst...