Frosty Thursday night for many
Clouds return later Friday
TO TAKE THE SIGNS DOWN. ANOTHER SIGN THAT LIFE IS GETTING BACK TO SOME SORT OF NORMAL. FOOD TRUCKS…BACK OPEN. NBC5’S CAROLYN SISTRAND WAS IN SOUTH BURLINGTON TONIGHT. DURING DINNER TIME. WHERE PEOPLE TOOK ADVANTAGE OF THE DIFFERENT OPTIONS. TO GRAB A BITE. – <27:12 JENNIFER MORRIS/SOUTH BURLINGTON: “WE HAVE BEEN HAVING SOME CABIN FEVER.”> BASEBALL HERE.”> FOOD TRUCK FAVORITES… <15:47 MARSHALL CUMMINGS/OWNER, MAC’S SUGAR SHACK: “OUR STAPLE ITEMS ARE THE TACO IN A BAG AKA MAC’S CUMMINGS/OWNER, MAC’S SUGAR SHACK: “OUR STAPLE ITEMS ARE THE TACO IN A BA AKA WALKING TACO…”> GIVING PEOPLE A LITTLE TASTE OF NORMALCY. <27:15 JENNIFER MORRIS/SOUTH BURLINGTON: “WE ARE SO EXCITED THAT TH CITY HAS DECIDED TO DO SOMETHING AGAIN…”> “TAKE OUT THURSDAYS” ARE BACK. AT VETERANS MEMORIAL PARK IT’S THE FIRST TIME SINCE THE PANDEMIC BEGAN… WITH FOUR VENDORS SETTING UP SHOP IN THE PARKING LOT. <15:18 MARSHALL CUMMINGS/OWNER, MAC’S SUGAR SHACK: “IT’S GREAT TO SEE PEOPLE JUST COMING OUT BEING ABLE TO GET TOGETHER AS A COMMUNITY… I THINK THAT’S REALLY WHAT IT’S ABOUT.”> MARSHALL CUMMINGS OWNS MAC’S SUGAR SHACK. DURING THE PANDEMIC, THEY DID SOME DELIVERIES… BUT MISSED BEING SURROUNDED BY OTHERS. ALL IN ONE PLACE. <30:23 TOMMY/SOUTH BURLINGTON: “I DON’T GET TO SEE VERY MANY PEOPLE SO IT’S COOL TO BE SEEING PEOPLE.”> PEOPLE EXCITED TO NOT ONLY GET THE EVENT BACK… BUT TO HAVE ANOTHER REASON TO GET BACK OUT. READY FOR MORE EVENTS ACROSS THE CITY TO RETURN IN THE MONTHS AHEAD. <27:43 JENNIFER MORRIS/SOUTH BURLINGTON: “THURSDAY NIGHT FAMILY NIGHT OUT HERE IS SO MUCH FUN… AND THEY COULDN’T DO IT LAST YEAR AND WE WERE SO BUMMED AND WE’RE EXCITED AN THREE MORE TAKE OUT THURSDAYS ARE SCHEDULED FOR THE MONTH OF MAY. IN SOUTH BURLINGTON, CAROLYN SISTRAND NBC5 TOM OPENááá) <NOW FIRST ALERT WEATHER WITH CHIEFT METEOROLOGIST TOM MESSNER> D —————————– FOR FRIDAY, WE CONTINU FOR FRIDAY, WE CONTINUE TO MONITOR A NORTH-SOUTH BAND OF PRECIPITATION ASSOCIATED WITH A STRETCHED OUT AREA OF LOW PRESSURE, OR INVERTED TROUGH SHOUL IT FAIL TO MAKE A CLOSED CIRCULATION, CAUGHT BETWEEN THE INFLUENCE OF A FUTUR COASTAL LOW AND ANOTHE MATURE CYCLONE IN THE JAME BAY IN CANADA. PROBABILISTIC DATA CONTINUES TO SUGGEST THE BEST RAINFALL TOTALS REMAIN WEST OF OUR FORECAST AREA WITH A SHARP GRADIENT EASTWARDS. THIS WILL BE DUE TO DRY AIR ADVECTING IN FRO THE EAST WHILE DEFAULT HIGH PRESSURE TRIES TO ANCHOR ITSELF IN PLACE BETWEEN THESE AREAS OF LOWER PRESSURE. THIS WILL LEAVE VERMONT, ALONG WITH ESSEX AND CLINTON COUNTIES O NEW YORK, DRY FOR FRIDAY MEANWHILE, WE WILL SEE SCATTERED SHOWER PERIODICALLY LIFT INTO THE REST OF UPSTATE NEW YORK ALONG WITH GREATER CLOUD COVER. THUS, WARMER ACROSS VERMONT ON FRIDAY WIT TEMPERATURES IN THE LOWER 60S, BUT GENERALLY REMAINING IN THE MID TO UPPER 50S ACROSS NORTHER NEW YORK. THE BAND OF PRECIPITATION WILL MAKE SOME HEADWAY EAST DURING THE NIGHT. OVERNIGHT LOW TEMPERATURES FOR FRIDAY NIGHT WILL BE IN THE MID 30S TO OF MAY. STUDENTS ACROSS NEW YORK STATE… GETTING THE Chance… TO REACH FOR THE STARS NBC 5’S BRANDON MENARD CHATTED WITH SOME OF THEM. ABOUT THE “OUT OF THIS WORLD” OPPORTUNITY. TAKE SOT: (0:05) Max Danville – 5th Grader, Cumberland Head Elementary – I got to talk to an astronaut! It’s AFTER MONTHS OF PREPARATION, THE SUNY PLATTSBURGH PROGRAM SHINEON!, WHICH AIMS TO EMPOWER YOUNG GIRLS AN GIVE THEM THE TOOLS TO SUCCEED, KICKED OFF THEIR LOOK TO THE STARS CONFERENCE. TAKE SOT: (0:15) Chairwoman, ShineOn! – We’re bringing over 6,000 the NASA downlink and to attend our day-long virtual conference of STEM material. Our conference is called look to the stars. This is our 2021 conference highlighting STEM. STUDENTS ACROSS THE STATE PARTICIPATED IN WORKSHOPS VIA ZOOM. THEN WATCHED A Q&A WITH ASTRONAUTS ON THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION. ASKING QUESTIONS….LIKE WHAT’S THEIR FAVORITE PART OF BEING IN SPACE? TAKE SOT: (0:09) Megan McArthur – NASA Astronaut – The most fun thing of course is floating. Just moving around and being able to push off the structure and go where you want to go is super fun. It never gets old. FOR THE STUDENTS, THIS WAS THE OPPORTUNITY OF A LIFETIME! TAKE SOT: (0:07) Evie Ford – 5th Grade Student, Cumberland Head Elementary – It was really cool. Now I really want to be an astronaut and float in space like that and do all the experiments. TAKE SOT: (0:09) Beatrice Maes – 2nd Grader, Beekmantown Elementary – It’s actually really cool because it’s kind of like a once in a lifetime opportunity. To talk to real-life astronauts. WHILE OTHER STUDENTS ARE EXCITED TO TAKE WHAT THEY LEARNED AND RESEARCH NEW THINGS. TAKE SOT: (0:10) Julia Beshaw – 8th Grader, Beekmantown Middle School – You definitely learn a lot of stuff. You just don’t learn a lot of that and it definitely opens up your eyes to other things to want to learn about too. IN BEEKMANTOWN, BRANDON MENARD, NBC5 NEWS. NBC5 FIRST WARNING METEOROLOGIST CAITLIN NAPOLEONI – AND METEOROLOGIST GIB BROWN… ALSO PARTICIPATED IN WORK-SHOPS… DURING TODAY’S EVENT. GIB RETIRED FROM < …THE VERMONT MEN’S AND WOMEN’S LACROSSE TEAMS WERE IN THE AMERICA EAST SEMIFINALS… THE VERMONT MEN PLAYING STONY BROOK WHO THEY JUST PLAYED 5 DAYS AGO IN BURLINGTON, NOW THEY WERE IN BALTIMORE… THE WOMEN WERE BACK IN THE PLAYOFFS FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE 2015… THE MEN WOULD FALL BEHIN 4-1 EARLY ON BUT COME BA
Thursday night will be cold enough for frost to develop for many with lows in the 30s. Sunshine Friday morning will fade behind increasing clouds The cloudiest part of the day is the evening, with highs near 60 in the Champlain Valley.Saturday is overcast with spot showers. Expect highs in the upper 50s.Then, peeks of sun return for Mother’s Day! It won’t be spectacular, but mostly dry with highs again in the upper 50s. It’s the pick of the weekend!Scattered showers become likely on Monday.Then, a drier stretch of weather next week! Temperatures remain cooler than normal however, with highs stuck in the 50s and 60s. Follow the weather team on Facebook: Tom Messner | Caitlin Napoleoni | Tyler Jankoski | Ben Frechette
Thursday night will be cold enough for frost to develop for many with lows in the 30s.
Sunshine Friday morning will fade behind increasing clouds The cloudiest part of the day is the evening, with highs near 60 in the Champlain Valley.
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Saturday is overcast with spot showers. Expect highs in the upper 50s.
Then, peeks of sun return for Mother’s Day! It won’t be spectacular, but mostly dry with highs again in the upper 50s. It’s the pick of the weekend!
Scattered showers become likely on Monday.
Then, a drier stretch of weather next week! Temperatures remain cooler than normal however, with highs stuck in the 50s and 60s.
Follow the weather team on Facebook: Tom Messner | Caitlin Napoleoni | Tyler Jankoski | Ben Frechette