Afternoon Forecast, Wednesday, March 25, 2026

From the Fairbanks Museum in St. John'sbury, welcome to this afternoon edition of The

Eye on the Sky Forecast.

A weakening cold front has now drifted southward about halfway through Vermont, where it has

stalled, and it will eventually lift back northward as a warm front tonight and tomorrow.

Strong cold front Thursday night will result primarily in rain at lower elevations ahead

of steady or falling temperatures on Friday as much drier, but also much colder air floods

in.

Cold high pressure will maintain very winter-like temperatures through Saturday night.

Temperatures will start to moderate gradually from Sunday into Monday, but temperatures

next week look likely to remain below the seasonal averages most of the time.

In the short-term forecast summary for this afternoon, variable clouds highs from the

mid-40s to around 50 south, upper 30s to mid-40s north, some mid-30s far north, west to

northwest winds five to ten miles an hour.

Becoming cloudy tonight, chance of rain or snow showers south of Route 4 likely to the

north with some brief freezing rain possible near the international border, lows in the

upper 20s to lower 30s north and mid to upper 30s in the south.

Thursday, mostly cloudy, scattered rain showers in the south, scattered snow or rain showers

north, changing to rain showers, highs in the mid to upper 50s in the south and mid-40s

to lower 50s north with some lower 40s north east, south to southeast winds five to fifteen

miles an hour, becoming southwest.

Thursday night, mostly cloudy, rain developing early, mixing with or changing to snow north

except becoming all snow over the mountain summits, all diminishing late in the valleys,

lows in the 20s to around 30 north, 30s to around 40 in the south.

Friday, early snow showers likely in the northern mountains, otherwise chance of an early

snow shower or rain shower, then clouds decreasing in the south and doing so gradually north, except

remaining mostly cloudy on Friday over high terrain from the northern greens eastward.

Blustery and much colder with valley temperatures steady or falling from the upper 20s to mid-30s

north and from the upper 30s to mid-40s in the south, winds on Friday from the northwest

at 10 to 15 miles an hour in, gusting to 25.

I'm meteorologist Lawrence Hayes with an eye on the sky.