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TABLE OF CONTENTS:
–DHTWN Reminder (Be Nice)
–Weekly Nutshell (Quick impact list)
–Sponsor Note (Tandem Bagel Co.)
–NWS Alerts (Advisories, Warnings, Watches)
–Celestial Data (Sun/Moon info)
–Regional Summaries (Quick in/out details)
–Morning Discussion (More Details)
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DHTWN REMINDER: It doesn’t take much to do a nice thing for somebody that you don’t know.
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DAVE’S WEEKLY WEATHER NUTSHELL
–Partly sunny on average with increasing high/mid clouds today
–Northwest gusts up to 20mph or so first half of the day, breezy
–Mild in the 40s to low 50s today, cold tonight in the 20s
–Clouds increase tonight, overcast tomorrow morning
–Mixed precip moves in with snow, sleet and rain by later morning, fairly elevation dependent for precip type
–Any snow should transition to sleet in the afternoon and sleet to rain, but mix could last in spots
–Possible change back to snow for some Sat. night, with coating to 2″ in the high terrain, and in northern MA up into SVT/SWNH
–Valley south of Greenfield could see slushy/sleety coatings or nothing with snow/sleet in the air not accumulating
–Sunday through Tuesday look lovely with mostly sunny skies (breezy on Sunday, though) and highs mid 40s to low 50s
–Tuesday night into Wednesday still has low chance of accumulating wet snow, but before we jump into the weather discussion / details below, let’s check a note from our local and delicious sponsor, #TandemBagelCo, with their newest location in West Springfield, MA.
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A NOTE FROM OUR SPONSOR:
Dave Hayes The Weather Nut is Sponsored by Individual Community Members, Patrons & Tandem Bagel Company… No matter the weather, Tandem Bagel is always there for you at several valley locations to make your mornings brighter! With bagels baked fresh daily (including Gluten-Free options), house-whipped cream cheese, coffee, and tons of lunch options, Tandem is the perfect quick stop for lunch, breakfast, or a coffee and bagel to go. Find them in Easthampton, Northampton, Hadley, Florence, and West Springfield, or use their super-streamlined online ordering tool by visiting their website.
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***DHTWN DAILY WEATHER REPORT***
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NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALERTS
–None.

DAILY CELESTIAL (STAR):
–OUR STAR ROSE AT: 6:47am this morning
–OUR STAR WILL SET AT: 7:06pm this evening
–TOTAL DAYLIGHT TIME: 12 hours and 19 minutes

NIGHTLY CELESTIAL (MOON):
–OUR MOON WILL SET AT: 10:51pm tonight
–OUR MOON WILL RISE AT: 8:44am tomorrow morning
–MOON SET DIRECTION: West-Northwest
–MOON RISE DIRECTION: East-Northeast
–MOON PHASE: Waxing Crescent (9.4%)
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DAILY TERRESTRIAL
ZONE 1 – Northern Region
(Southern VT, Southwest NH)
–High Temps: Low to Mid 40s
–Low Temps: Mid to Upper 20s
–Winds: Northwest winds gust up to 20mph or so early
–Sky Cover: Partly sunny to mostly cloudy
–Precipitation: Dry

ZONE 2 – Central Region
(Western MA, North-Central MA, Northern Litchfield CT)
–High Temps: Mid 40s to Low 50s
–Low Temps: Mid to Upper 20s
–Winds: Northwest winds gust up to 20mph or so early
–Sky Cover: Partly sunny to mostly cloudy
–Precipitation: Dry

ZONE 3 – Southern Region
(South-Central MA, Northern CT)
–High Temps: Low to Mid 50s
–Low Temps: Upper 20s to Low 30s
–Winds: Northwest winds gust up to 20mph or so early
–Sky Cover: Partly sunny to mostly cloudy
–Precipitation: Dry
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MORNING DISCUSSION
Good morning everybody, if you’re reading this you’re still breathing, you’re still here in a body, we’re still swinging around our star, corkscrewing through the Cosmos, and undulating the Universe, so that’s got to count for something!

I hope your day is a great one, and aside from a rather raw and lousy weather day tomorrow (and maybe again by middle of next week) I think we’re slowly turning the corner into Spring at this point.

I’m going to bust out my unpatented double–dash delivery system to disburse with great haste the various salient weather points below and I do hope you following along, let’s go!

SUMMARY
–High pressure northwest of us and high pressure well south will set up a stormy boundary that slides through tomorrow
–For today, we get some northwest gusts up to 20mph behind the cold front that passed through last night with showers
–Highs mid 40s to low 50s, and gusts go to breezes later
–Mid and high clouds reveal some sunny breaks or filtered sun, then clouds increase tonight with lows in the 20s
–A potent storm system tracks through Lake Huron and southeastern Ontario tomorrow pushing mixed precipitation into our region
–The precip is mixed because of a colder high to our north, along with brief radiational cooling tonight
–Precip arrives in form of snow, sleet and rain by mid to late morning tomorrow
–Air warms aloft, and turns any snow likely over to sleet and/or rain, with the valley seeing wintry mix to rain, most likely
–As the storm tracks NE tomorrow evening, a secondary low develops near the Cape into the Gulf of Maine, pulling cold air back in for a last-second flip to snow and sleet at night
–Most areas south of Rt. 2 (unless above 1000 or 1500 feet in elevation) should only see a coating of snow/sleet to likely nothing
–High elevation areas and the region along and north of Rt. 2 should see a coating up to 2″ by Sunday morning
–Highs Saturday will only be in the 30s with lows near freezing
–Sunday looks gusty with west winds up to 35mph at times, mostly sunny skies, and milder conditions, with temps in mid 40s to mid 50s, and lows in the 30s
–Monday and Tuesday also look like a pair of high-pressure winners with highs in the mid 40s to low 50s
–Tuesday night into Wednesday will likely see at least some shower activity of rain or snow with a northern stream system moving through that likely fails to phase with southern stream energy until it’s well out to sea
–Still, depending on timing of precip onset, and where the surface low tracks in relation to high pressure to the north, we could see some accumulating snow late Tuesday night into Wednesday morning
–It’s probably an out to sea or minimal hit, but it bears watching, and I will keep you updated
–Thereafter, I think we continue to seep into Spring, and I must say that despite this overall tame winter, the recent winter pattern was satisfying enough for this snow lover, and I’m ready for the warm season, are you?

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BE KIND
“Hello babies. Welcome to Earth. It’s hot in the summer and cold in the winter. It’s round and wet and crowded. On the outside, babies, you’ve got a hundred years here. There’s only one rule that I know of, babies: Goddamn it, you’ve got to be kind.”
–Kurt Vonnegut