Good morning everybody, while some folks saw some strong thunderstorms yesterday, including a solid lightning strike that blew apart a tree in Chesterfield, MA (photo by Tim McElroy attached), the parameters did not align to produce a wider severe weather impact which was expected.

We didn’t get a strong enough cold front in earlier enough to get air rising up to the mid-levels where some cells could have developed rapidly, so instead we saw some isolated storms, some areas of showers (especially west of the I-91), and some stayed dry.

For today, patchy fog is burning off, and we’ll open up to a lovely weekend with lowering humidity which will be followed by two more unsettled periods on Tuesday and next Friday, but before we get into this afternoon’s severe weather details let’s check a note from our local weekend sponsor, #GerardGhazeyBatesPC, an estate planning law firm in Northampton, MA.
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>>> MORNING DISCUSSION <<< Thankfully, we have high pressure building in behind last night's cold frontal passage and this will help develop mostly sunny skies today and tomorrow with highs in the upper 70s to low 80s. We'll see some fair weather clouds, and today could see a bit of haze as some wildfire smoke rotates through the region (AQIs are above 50 in some cases this morning, so sensitive groups will notice it). Dewpoints are still in the low to mid 60s, but will come down into the afternoon, and especially tomorrow when they will land in the 50s! Fair weather clouds will dot the skies at times as well, and lows will be in the low/miid 50s tonight and mid/upper 50s tomorrow night. In other words, enjoy the weekend! For Monday, we transition as a warm front approaches from another storm that will pass to our north. Clouds will increase with time and become overcast, and we'll see some warm frontal showers by later afternoon into the evening with highs in the 70s, and lows in the 60s with additional showers. Tuesday could feature some heavy rain at times, as it becomes VERY humid, oppressively so with dewpoints in the low to mid 709s. While showers and thunderstorms are expected, from this range it appears that the main threat would be potential for flash flooding vs. other severe storm threats, but I will update as we get closer to Tuesday. High pressure and a cold front sweep in behind this system, and humidity takes a plunge again for Wednesday into Thursday with fair weather and partly to mostly sunny skies with highs either side of 80º, though clouds may be building again by Thursday afternoon. Yet another frontal passage will bring a chance for more showers, downpours and thunderstorms on Friday, so stay tuned and I will keep you updated. Have a great day, and I will see you all here Monday morning given that tomorrow looks calm weather-wise, papa bear needs more sleep after this stormy summah! >>> 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