Green Mountains

This will be a somewhat gradual process, and so even though we will not see the kind of record heat that we're seeing today, temperatures will remain well above the seasonal averages through Friday.

At the surface, we will see a weak cold front approach from our west on Thursday, but with the front probably taking until Thursday evening to reach the Green Mountains.

A disturbance ahead of the front will bring widespread showers on Thursday.

An initial push of showers will tend to focus west of the Green Mountains in the morning before shifting east of the Greens on Thursday afternoon.

Additional showers are likely with the cold front itself from late in the day into the early overnight hours of Thursday night.

On Friday, the bulk of our region will likely be positioned in between two cold fronts.

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That's Saturday, November 7th.

Tomorrow, it will still be mild.

However, clouds and showers will be spreading eastward during the day, more likely in the afternoon from the Green Mountains east, temperatures mainly in the 60s, and that cooling trend continues Friday into the weekend, still mild on Friday, mostly in the 60s, and mostly just a lot of clouds, some leftover showers and temperatures cooling off Saturday and Sunday.

For the summits today, an unusually warm day with plenty of sunshine near record warmth.

Temperatures in the 60s at 4,000 feet, 50s at 6,000 feet, and westerly winds averaging 25 mph will diminish this afternoon.

Thursday, some early sun east, then mostly cloudy.

Showers developing in New York and the St. Lawrence Valley, spreading east during the morning hours, becoming more scattered east of the Green Mountains and New Hampshire midday and afternoon.

Highs tomorrow still quite mild in the 60s.

South winds remain rather breezy, especially in the Champlain Valley.

The sun rose this morning at 631, setting this afternoon at 436, length of the day 10 hours and 5 minutes.

Just how much rain fell during the flood of 1927, whose waters reached their maximum on this date 99 years ago? The highest total came from Somerset, Vermont, high in the southern Green Mountains, 9.65 inches of rain from the 2nd through the 4th, 8.6 inches washed over Northfield and Rutland had 8.5 inches.

About 60% of Vermont's 9,000 square miles had more than 6 inches of rain, rivers rising so rapidly that many had no warning.

Thus, the tragedy claimed 84 lives and wreaked more than $28 million in damage.

Why was it focused over Vermont? A stagnant front had stalled near the Vermont-New York border while a moisture-laden storm moved north.

The final push over the Green Mountains produced a maximum release of water.

Today, only a few showers mark the 99th anniversary of the Flood of 27 and those mainly in northern sections, hints of sun south in the 60s.

I'm meteorologist Mark Breen with an eye on the sky.

Tonight, clouds and any evening showers in the Adirondacks en route to north ending gradual clearing from south to north overnight.

Lows 40s to near 50 from the Green Mountains east in the 50s west.

Wednesday, partly to mostly sunny, quite warm near record highs in the 60s and low 70s.

South winds will be increasing as well, gusting to 30 mph in the Champlain Valley.