>>>POST SECTIONS<<< --DHTWN's Reminder (Food) --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 food in your fridge, or your pantry, or can get access to it, if you know how to cook or prepare basic foods, and if you can chew it and swallow your food and digest it, you're doing amazingly well in life. Well done. I'm serious. Think about it. Life starts there. Oxygen, Water, Food, Shelter. Family. Friends. Good. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >>> DAVE’S WEEKLY WEATHER NUTSHELL <<< --Patchy drizzle/mist this morning, mostly cloudy today --An isolated shower is possible this morning --Instability increases with the heating of the afternoon --This tropical air mass will support scattered showers, downpours and a few thunderstorms this afternoon and early evening --Activity wanes overnight, with patchy fog possible --Drying conditions develop Thursday with an isolated shower or storm, warmer than today, partly sunny skies expected --A lovely Thursday evening is expected --Friday is the pick of the week with mostly sunny skies, lowered humidity, and only a passing light shower possible, most are dry --Saturday may start off partly sunny, but clouds will develop and a few scattered showers are possible in the afternoon --Humidity starts to increase Saturday night into Sunday with more showers developing into Monday when thunderstorms should work back into the region prior to a warm-up next week, but for now, 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 heavy rain with localized flash flooding possible this afternoon/early evening from the valley eastward. >>> YOUR DAILY CELESTIALS <<< STAR: --OUR STAR ROSE AT: 5:16am this morning --OUR STAR WILL SET AT: 8:30pm this evening --TOTAL DAYLIGHT TIME: 15 hours and 14 minutes MOON: --OUR MOON WILL RISE AT: 3:28pm this afternoon --MOON RISE DIRECTION: East-Southeast --OUR MOON WILL SET AT: 1:55am tomorrow morning --MOON SET DIRECTION: West-Southwest --MOON PHASE: Waxing Gibbous (70.7%) >>> YOUR DAILY TERRESTRIALS <<< ZONE 1 - Northern Region  (Southern VT, Southwest NH)  --High Temps (Today): Mid to Upper 70s --Low Temps (Tonight): Low 60s --High Temps (Tomorrow): Mid 70s to Low 80s --Winds: Light southerly wind through tomorrow --Sky Cover: Mostly cloudy thru tonight, partly sunny tomorrow --Precipitation: Isolated shower possible this morning, heavier showers with a possible thunderstorm this afternoon/evening, then a few showers possible tomorrow afternoon --NWS Alerts / Nut Notes: Drizzle this morning in spots, patchy fog tonight ZONE 2 - Central Region  (Western MA, North-Central MA, Northern Litchfield CT) --High Temps (Today): Mid 70s to Low 80s --Low Temps (Tonight): Upper 50s to Low 60s --High Temps (Tomorrow): Upper 70s to Low 80s --Winds: Light southerly wind through tomorrow --Sky Cover: Mostly cloudy thru tonight, partly sunny tomorrow --Precipitation: Isolated shower possible this morning, heavier showers with a possible thunderstorm this afternoon/evening, then a few showers possible tomorrow afternoon in northern MA mainly --NWS Alerts / Nut Notes: Drizzle this morning in spots, patchy fog tonight ZONE 3 - Southern Region  (South-Central MA, Northern CT)  --High Temps (Today): Upper 70s to Low 80s --Low Temps (Tonight): Low 60s --High Temps (Tomorrow): Low 80s --Winds: Light southerly wind through tomorrow --Sky Cover: Mostly cloudy thru tonight, partly sunny tomorrow --Precipitation: Isolated shower possible this morning, heavier showers with a possible thunderstorm this afternoon/evening, with an isolated shower or two tomorrow afternoon --NWS Alerts / Nut Notes: Drizzle this morning in spots, patchy fog tonight >>> MORNING DISCUSSION <<< Good morning everybody, our Great Lakes upper low system is finally tracking over and east of our WMass region today and tonight, so we'll have enough juice left for one more afternoon of scattered showers and downpours with a few thunderstorms. It's a bit drizzly in spots this morning, and that should let up in time. A mostly cloudy day is expected, but a few breaks of sun are possible and we can't rule out a morning shower. By the time we get to the afternoon, highs reaching the mid 70s to low 80s will provide enough surface heating to combine with this humid air mass to generate a broken cluster of showers, downpours and a few embedded thunderstorms. Isolated areas could receive inches of rain, such that we can't rule out localized flash flooding in a couple of areas that receive the heaviest rainfall from any downpours. The timeframe generally is 2-8pm, but showers could form before or after that time span. Temps will cool down as we dry out overnight with lows either side of 60º, and Thursday looks much drier as higher pressure moves in behind the departing upper low. Highs on Thursday will either side of 80º under partly sunny skies though some of us will still see an isolated shower, downpour or thunderstorm by the afternoon. Lows will be near 60º as skies clear. Friday is looking GORGEOUS! Mostly sunny skies are expected, dew point temps in the 50s with lower humidity, and highs in the low to mid 80s! Could we get an afternoon shower? Yes, but it would be the outlier if it were to form. Lows will drop into the low 60s. Saturday is our transition today back to more humid and showery conditions, but at this point I believe much of it will be on the drier side, and hopefully with a partly sunny start before clouds move in by afternoon and/or evening. We should see some scattered showers later in the afternoon, and especially in the evening/night time, but thunder does not look likely at this time. Sunday and Monday will feature another upper level system sweeping through with more unsettled and humid conditions, which means periods of showers on Sunday, and with showers and thunderstorms on Monday before a front moves through. Highs will be 75-80º through this period, but once we get to Tuesday or Wednesday and further into next week, we could be talking about mid to upper 80s for high temps as Summer heat tries to surge into the region as we move into early July. Stay tuned for updates, and 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