Winter Weather Advisory | Vermont Weather 6 AM

Good morning! I'm Aaron Jolly. And welcome to the Vermont Weather Podcast. It's Thursday, February 26th. Winter's not done with us yet, folks. That cold snap greeting you at 6 A.M.? Wind chills around 8 degrees in southern Vermont. The thermometer reads 16, but your face won't believe it. The silver lining.. The snow is wrapping up. Down south, skies clear first. Central Vermont holds onto a few isolated flurries through mid morning, then partly sunny skies take over. Highs hit 31 degrees. That's textbook late February. Push into the Northeast Kingdom and you might catch a few stray flakes before 8 A.M. After that, clouds crack open for some welcome sunshine. Highs top out near 28 degrees. Not bad for the Kingdom in February. Now tonight is where things get interesting. Temperatures nosedive. Southern Vermont drops to 5 degrees. Central Vermont falls to 8. And the Kingdom? One degree above zero. The kind of cold where your furnace earns its keep. Looking ahead, Friday brings a nice rebound. Sunny skies statewide, mid 30s. Saturday? Even better. Highs push into the 40s. Warmest day in over a month. Savor that one.. Because a cold front crashes the party Saturday night. Light snow possible into Sunday, then Arctic air barges back in. Monday and Tuesday turn brutal. Highs stuck in the teens and low 20s. Overnights dip below zero across the board. Quick bit of history. On this date in 1969, Burlington got buried under 24 inches in a two day nor'easter. Today's quiet skies feel like a gift by comparison. Sunrise at 6:37 A.M., sunset at 5:37 P.M. Three extra minutes of daylight. We're getting there. Charge those phones tonight. Cold like this drains batteries faster than you'd think. That's your forecast — we'll be back tomorrow.