TABLE OF CONTENTS:
–DHTWN Reminder (Sky Blue is Cosmic, Peeps)
–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: Our blue skies are the Cosmos, our window to our Universe. A sunny day is to be bestowed with cosmic resplendence so let’s give thanks to our star for life today. Without it, you and I wouldn’t have connected or even breathed one breath on our own.
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DAVE’S WEEKLY WEATHER NUTSHELL
–#BurnsButtsAndBarbecues Alert by DHTWN (officially not an official alert)
–Sunny and very warm today, but tolerable humidity, with highs in the 80s to near 90º, lows 50s, and highs in the 80s Friday with more sunshine
–Clouds build Saturday as a backdoor cold front from Atlantic Canada pushes toward CMass
–We should stay in the 70s in much of the WMass region Saturday, but could be in the 60s in parts of CMass
–Showers arrive Saturday night into Sunday night as a coastal low develops to our south and tracks northeast
–A cold front sweeps into the region Monday with more widespread rainfall as temps continue to cool into the 50s and 60s
–An area of unsettled weather stalls to our east and pinwheels pieces of energy into southern New England through at least the middle of next week with scattered showers at times and temps in the 50s, but before we jump into the weather story 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, but an elevated fire spread risk exists today.

DAILY CELESTIAL (STAR):
–OUR STAR ROSE AT: 6:13am this morning
–OUR STAR WILL SET AT: 7:29pm this evening
–TOTAL DAYLIGHT TIME: 13 hours and 16 minutes

NIGHTLY CELESTIAL (MOON):
–OUR MOON WILL SET AT: 11:39am this morning
–OUR MOON WILL RISE AT: 3:37am tomorrow morning
–MOON SET DIRECTION: Southwest
–MOON RISE DIRECTION: East-Southeast
–MOON PHASE: Waning Crescent (49.6%)
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DAILY TERRESTRIAL
ZONE 1 – Northern Region 
(Southern VT, Southwest NH) 
–High Temps (Today):  Mid 70s to Mid 80s
–Low Temps (Tonight): Low to Mid 50s
–High Temps (Tomorrow): Mid 70s to Mid 80s
–Winds: West winds gust 10-20mph today, lighter tonight & tomorrow
–Sky Cover: Mostly sunny today, mostly clear. tonight, mostly sunny tomorrow
–Precipitation: None Expected
–NWS Alerts / Nut Notes: No NWS Alerts… an elevated fire spread risk exists 

ZONE 2 – Central Region 
(Western MA, North-Central MA, Northern Litchfield CT)
–High Temps (Today):  Mid to Upper 80s (some low 80s Berkshires, possibly 90º Springfield)
–Low Temps (Tonight): Mid to Upper 50s
–High Temps (Tomorrow): Mid 80s
–Winds: West winds gust 10-20mph today at elevation, lighter tonight & tomorrow
–Sky Cover: Mostly sunny today, mostly clear. tonight, mostly sunny tomorrow
–Precipitation: None Expected
–NWS Alerts / Nut Notes: No NWS Alerts… an elevated fire spread risk exists 

ZONE 3 – Southern Region 
(South-Central MA, Northern CT) 
–High Temps (Today):  Mid to Upper 80s
–Low Temps (Tonight): Upper 50s to Low 60s
–High Temps (Tomorrow): Mid to Upper 80s
–Winds: West winds gust up to 15mph today, lighter tonight & tomorrow
–Sky Cover: Mostly sunny today, mostly clear. tonight, mostly sunny tomorrow
–Precipitation: None Expected
–NWS Alerts / Nut Notes: No NWS Alerts… an elevated fire spread risk exists 
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MORNING DISCUSSION
Good morning everybody, our east coast ridge and surface high pressure to our south is going to pump the heat today and tomorrow before seasonal reality reasserts itself by early next week.

Expect mostly sunny skies today with highs in the 80s with some folks hitting 90º with west winds gusting 10-20mph at times.

This will keep the risk of fire spread up a bit, but not as bad as the past couple of days. Lows will be in the 50s with lighter wind and mostly clear skies.

For Friday, we have our last very warm day with highs in the 80s under sunny skies, and lows in the low to mid 50s as clouds increase.

Saturday will feature a back door cold front pressing westward into eastern MA and southeast NH. How far west this front gets is unknown, but likely it gets hung up somewhere over CMass.

To the west of the front highs will be in the 70s, and along and east of it more in the 60s to perhaps upper 50s, so I expect most of us will be unseasonably warm Saturday with increasing clouds.

Meanwhile, a coastal low center will be bobbing northeast toward Nantucket, which will push more clouds and some showers into the region by Saturday night, lasting through Sunday and Sunday night with intermittent showers at times.

Lows Saturday night will be in the 40s with highs either side of 60º on Sunday.

By Monday, a cold front will be sweeping east and bringing more showers to our region, and likely a more widespread period of rain as the front moves through. Highs will be in the upper 50s to low 60s.

This front slows down to our east, and likely lays about bringing additional showers at times into the middle of next week with highs only in the 50s with onshore flow, so seasonable weather is returning for next week.

Have a great day!

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