>>>POST SECTIONS<<< --DHTWN's Reminder (Your Senses) --Weekly Nutshell (Overall impact list) --Sponsor Note (Tandem Bagel Co.) --NWS Alerts (Advisories, Warnings, Watches) --Celestial Data (Sun/Moon info) --Regional Summaries (Local expectations) --Morning Discussion (Detailed Weather Story) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >>> DHTWN REMINDER <<< If you have all 5 senses, or only some of them, you can place your gratitude there, knowing that it's a blessing/gift to be able to see, hear, smell, taste, and/or touch. Life is constantly challenging, at least it is for me and maybe you too, but these little gratitudes can help with a positive mood and mindset, which can be really helpful in life. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >>> DAVE’S WEEKLY WEATHER NUTSHELL <<< --Near record high temps today with highs in the 80s to low to mid 90s --Sunny this morning, clouds build this afternoon, with showers, downpours and thunderstorms starting to develop by mid-afternoon --Showers and storms become more numerous by later afternoon into the evening --We can't rule out a microburst or strong gusty winds with any storms, along with localized street flooding due to heavy rain --Cold front moves through tonight, showers weaken Saturday morning, with partial sunshine possible late Saturday --Sunday is looking drier and sunnier, except for perhaps CMass and NE.CT, with a cooler weekend in the 60s for highs --By Monday or Tuesday, another upper level system drops south into New England with mixed conditions including a daily chance of showers with fairly seasonable temps, but before we continue below let's check a note from our local and delicious sponsor, #TandemBagelCo, with their newest location in the Stop & Shop Plaza on King Street in Northampton, MA. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >>> 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.

>>> NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALERTS <<< --None but we cannot rule out a microburst this evening in any thunderstorms, which will be capable of producing gusty winds and torrential rain... main impact time is 3-9pm >>> YOUR DAILY CELESTIAL <<< STAR: --OUR STAR ROSE AT: 5:16am this morning --OUR STAR WILL SET AT: 8:20pm this evening --TOTAL DAYLIGHT TIME: 15 hours and 4 minutes MOON: --OUR MOON WILL RISE AT: 7:04pm this evening --OUR MOON WILL SET AT: 4:30am tomorrow morning --MOON RISE DIRECTION: East-Southeast --MOON SET DIRECTION: West-Southwest --MOON PHASE: Waxing Gibbous (96.4%) >>> YOUR DAILY TERRESTRIAL <<< ZONE 1 - Northern Region (Southern VT, Southwest NH) --High Temps (Today): Mid to Upper 80s --Low Temps (Tonight): Upper 40s to Mid 50s --High Temps (Tomorrow): Upper 50s to Mid 60s --Winds: Light north wind veers to light east and northeast tonight and tomorrow --Sky Cover: Sunny this morning, then clouds building this afternoon... mostly cloudy tonight and tomorrow, with partly sunny skies possible late in the day --Precipitation: None this morning, but showers and thunderstorms develop by mid-afternoon into tonight... Saturday morning showers should lead to a drier afternoon --NWS Alerts / Nut Notes: We cannot rule out a microburst or otherwise gusty winds in any thunderstorms that form... street flooding cannot be ruled out with heavy rain possible this later afternoon/evening... ZONE 2 - Central Region (Western MA, North-Central MA, Northern Litchfield CT) --High Temps (Today): Mid 80s to Low 90s, a few mid 90s possible --Low Temps (Tonight): Low to Mid 50s --High Temps (Tomorrow): Low to Mid 60s --Winds: Light north wind veers to light east and northeast tonight and tomorrow --Sky Cover: Sunny this morning, then clouds building this afternoon... mostly cloudy tonight and tomorrow, with partly sunny skies possible late in the day --Precipitation: None this morning, but showers and thunderstorms develop by mid-afternoon into tonight... Saturday morning showers should lead to a drier afternoon --NWS Alerts / Nut Notes: We cannot rule out a microburst or otherwise gusty winds in any thunderstorms that form... street flooding cannot be ruled out with heavy rain possible this later afternoon/evening... ZONE 3 - Southern Region (South-Central MA, Northern CT) --High Temps (Today): Low to Mid 90s --Low Temps (Tonight): Low to Mid 50s --High Temps (Tomorrow): Upper 50s to Mid 60s --Winds: Light north wind veers to light east and northeast tonight and tomorrow --Sky Cover: Sunny this morning, then clouds building this afternoon... mostly cloudy tonight and tomorrow, with partly sunny skies possible late in the day --Precipitation: None this morning, but showers and thunderstorms develop by mid-afternoon into tonight... Saturday morning showers should lead to a drier afternoon --NWS Alerts / Nut Notes: We cannot rule out a microburst or otherwise gusty winds in any thunderstorms that form... street flooding cannot be ruled out with heavy rain possible this later afternoon/evening... >>> MORNING DISCUSSION <<< Good morning folks, we've got an unsettled period of weather upcoming, although the weekend is trending drier at the moment, especially for Sunday into a part of Monday. For today, we've got hot heat on the way, and humidity will build a bit with dewpoint temps climbing into the low 60s or so by this evening. Enjoy the sunshine the first part of this day, as a strong cold front will be dropping north to south into our region overnight, and ahead of it we'll see showers, downpours and thunderstorms form. It's thought that microbursts can form when enough antecedent dry air gets ingested into the mid-levels of a thunderstorm, causing a sort of collapse of air in the form of a downdraft that hits the ground and spreads out radially at high speeds. We cannot rule this out from happening today with any storms, though it's a low risk. More likely is that we just get some strong gusty winds in one or two stronger storms, and most likely these are just fairly slow moving and dump rain in some spots with localized street flooding being possible. The timeframe of impact is a start around mid-afternoon, and then showers and storms should become more numerous toward late afternoon and into the evening. Highs in the upper 80s to mid 90s today will cool into the upper 40s and 50s behind the front tonight, and temps will only rise into the upper 50s to mid 60s tomorrow with morning showers, and a potential drying trend by afternoon. Some of us may even see a few peeks of sun. By Sunday, we still have to watch a nearby coastal storm that could bring a few showers to eastern parts of our region, but the trend has been drier with some sunshine possible, so Sunday looks to be the pick of the week for now with highs in the 60s and lows in the 40s. High temps all next week look to hover in the 65-70º range is a slightly below average for this time of year. While Monday looks to start out dry with partly sunny skies, we should see another upper level low tracking into the northeast U.S. and lollygagging about for days, which will introduce the chance for afternoon instability showers each day, along with a mixed sun/cloud sky. There may be a day in there that features a larger period of rainfall, and as of now that looks to be Tuesday or Wednesday but I will update you as we get closer. For now, just know that the summer pattern is breaking later today with our cold frontal passage tonight, and when thunder roars, go indoors. I hope you have a great day and that things go your way! >>> 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