604 FXUS61 KBTV 112341 AFDBTV Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Burlington VT 741 PM EDT Wed Jun 11 2025 .SYNOPSIS... A brief period of southwest gusty winds is expected this evening into overnight. Winds in the St. Lawrence Valley are expected to gust as high as 35 mph and a Lake Wind Advisory is in effect for gusts up to 25 knots over Lake Champlain. A few overnight light rain showers are also possible as a cold front moves through. Thursday and Friday will be mostly dry with seasonable temperatures and low humidity. Rain chances return Friday night into the weekend. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH THURSDAY/... As of 729 PM EDT Wednesday...Virga is skirting the international border. A little more shower activity will be more likely once a stronger vort max slides southeastwards, but still causing little in the way of showers. A generally quiet, but warm night is expected as winds remained elevated overnight. The previous forecast is in excellent condition, so no changes needed. Zonal westerly flow will continue, allowing a brief embedded vort max to ripple through this evening/early overnight. A west/southwesterly low-level jet will strengthen overhead this evening ahead of the shortwave, maxing out near midnight tonight at 40 to 50 knots at the 850 mb level. The nocturnal timing of the jet will prevent the strongest momentum aloft from getting mixed down, but some areas will still become breezy this evening into early overnight. Strongest wind gusts will be over the Saint Lawrence Valley, where channeled southwesterly flow will allow for gusts 25 to 35 mph. Gusts over the remainder of the area will be in the 20 to 25 mph range. A Lake Wind Advisory is in effect for the overnight hours for winds 15 to 25 knots on Lake Champlain. In addition, winds over the mountain summits will peak above 45 mph tonight. The passage of the shortwave trough will also lead to the development of some isolated to scattered light showers overnight, mainly over our northern counties. Precipitation amounts will be very light, and overall no impacts expected from any of the brief passing showers. Precipitation amounts in areas that do see a shower will only be a few hundredths of an inch. Partly to mostly cloudy skies overnight will keep lows moderated in the mid 50s to mid 60s. Along with the passage of the shortwave aloft overnight, a surface front will move through Thursday morning. This front will sweep any smoke aloft/haze from Canadian wildfires out of the area by Thursday afternoon. Partly cloudy skies are expected Thursday with just the development of some fair weather cumulus expected over topography. Have maintained some PoPs in the 5 to 20 percent range Thursday over our northern counties as vorticity maxima continue to ripple into southern Quebec within the northwest flow aloft, but any showers would again be light and isolated in nature. Highs Thursday will be in the 70s for most areas, with some of our valleys in central and southern VT potentially reaching 80. Distinct dry layer on forecast soundings between 500 and 800 mb should allow drier dewpoints to mix down during midday hours, and have trended dewpoint forecast towards the 10th percentile NBM for Thursday afternoon. && .SHORT TERM /THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY/... As of 320 PM EDT Wednesday...Dry and cool weather is expected on Friday as ridge of surface high pressure builds over the area from Canada. The day will start out sunny with increasing clouds during the afternoon. Winds will be light out of the north. Maximum temperatures will top out below seasonal normals, generally ranging through the 60s with some low 70s in larger valleys. Rain chances will increase Friday night into Saturday as a quasi stationary frontal zone develops across New York and into southern New England. There is still some uncertainty as to where this boundary will set up, but at this time looks like we can expect some precipitation on Friday night, and we`re carrying likely probabilities for precipitation at that time. Mainly light stratiform precipitation is expected with rainfall totals from Friday night into Saturday ranging from a few hundredths of an inch in the St Lawrence valley up to around three tenths of an inch. Models still indicating a potential for some elevated instability, but have not included mention of thunder due to low chances at this time. Our Friday night minimum temperatures will be in the upper 40s to lower 50s, then maximum temperatures on Saturday will range through the 60s. Probability for precipitation will lower through the day Saturday. && .LONG TERM /SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY/... As of 320 PM EDT Wednesday...Additional shortwave energy passing overhead will bring continuing chances for showers on Saturday night into Sunday, with showers winding down Sunday afternoon. At this time longer range models show a return to some drier weather for later Sunday through about Tuesday, then a turn towards more active weather. But, there is a not a lot of model to model or run to run consistency at this time. The week will start out with below seasonal temperatures, then warming up towards the end of next week. Wednesday looks to be the next best timeframe for some showers. && .AVIATION /00Z THURSDAY THROUGH MONDAY/... Through 00Z Friday...Conditions are currently VFR with southwest winds around 6 to 12 knots and a few gusts 15 to 20 knots. Winds could slacken some overnight, but generally remaining elevated overnight. Winds at 2000 ft agl briefly increase to 40-45 knots, and this will result in LLWS with the highest confidence at KSLK, KRUT, and KMPV. A weak trough will produce isolated to scattered showers along the international border. PROB30 groups indicate potential timing of 02-06z over northern New York, and about 04-08z over Vermont. A gradual wind shift and brief dip to 2500-4000 ft agl ceilings will occur behind the trough becoming west and then northwest. Wind speeds and gusts increase beyond 12z to 9 to 15 knots sustained with gusts 20-24 knots. Clouds during the afternoon will be a combination of passing clouds at 10000 ft or higher and some fair weather cumulus with bases 5000-8000 ft. Outlook... Thursday Night: VFR. NO SIG WX. Friday: VFR. Slight chance SHRA. Friday Night: VFR. Likely SHRA. Saturday: Mainly VFR, with local MVFR possible. Chance SHRA. Saturday Night: Mainly MVFR, with areas VFR possible. Chance SHRA. Sunday: Mainly MVFR, with areas IFR possible. Chance SHRA. Sunday Night: VFR. Slight chance SHRA. Monday: VFR. Slight chance SHRA. && .MARINE... A Lake Wind Advisory is in effect for this evening with southwest winds 15 to 25 knots. Winds will increase the evening and peak near midnight, then become westerly and diminish going into the early morning hours. Waves will be 1 to 2 feet, except 1 to 3 feet in the Broad Waters. && .BTV WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... VT...None. NY...None. && $$ SYNOPSIS...Duell NEAR TERM...Duell/Haynes SHORT TERM...Neiles LONG TERM...Neiles AVIATION...Haynes MARINE...NWS BTV