TABLE OF CONTENTS
* Celestials (Sun/Moon Info)
* Local ZoneCasts
* Weekly Nutshell
* Morning Discussion
* Scroll below for your sections, or read all
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YOUR DAILY CELESTIALS
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STAR:
–OUR STAR ROSE AT: 6:52am this morning
–OUR STAR WILL SET AT: 6:23pm this evening
–TOTAL DAYLIGHT TIME: 11 hours and 31 minutes

MOON:
–OUR MOON WILL SET AT: 2:52pm this afternoon
–MOON SET DIRECTION: Northwest
–OUR MOON WILL RISE AT: 11:28pm this evening
–MOON RISE DIRECTION: Northeast
–MOON PHASE: Waning Crescent (51.3%)
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YOUR LOCAL ZONECASTS
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ZONE 1 – Northern Region
(Southern VT, Southwest NH)
–High Temps (Today): Mid 60s to Low 70s
–Low Temps (Tonight): Upper 50s to Low 60s
–High Temps (Tomorrow): Low to Mid 60s
–Winds: Light southeast through tomorrow
–Sky Cover: Mostly cloudy today, overcast tonight and tomorrow
–Precipitation: A few scattered showers at times today… showers increase a bit overnight, and become heavier and more numerous Saturday morning through afternoon, ending by Sat. midnight
–NWS Alerts / Nut Notes: None

ZONE 2 – Central Region
(Western MA, North-Central MA, Northern Litchfield CT)
–High Temps (Today): Mid 60s to Low 70s
–Low Temps (Tonight): Upper 50s to Low 60s
–High Temps (Tomorrow): Low to Mid 60s
–Winds: Light southeast through tomorrow
–Sky Cover: Mostly cloudy today, overcast tonight and tomorrow
–Precipitation: A few scattered showers at times today… showers increase a bit overnight, and become heavier and more numerous Saturday morning through afternoon, ending by Sat. midnight
–NWS Alerts / Nut Notes: None

ZONE 3 – Southern Region
(South-Central MA, Northern CT)
–High Temps (Today): Upper 60s to Low 70s
–Low Temps (Tonight): Upper 50s to Low 60s
–High Temps (Tomorrow): Mid 60s
–Winds: Light southeast through tomorrow
–Sky Cover: Mostly cloudy today, overcast tonight and tomorrow
–Precipitation: A few scattered showers at times today and overnight. Periods of showers for Saturday, heaviest/steadiest over Hartford County into Tolland, wiith less to the east in NE.CT and southern CMass
–NWS Alerts / Nut Notes: None
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YOUR WEEKLY WEATHER NUTSHELL
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–Patchy fog, dense in some spots this morning
–A few light isolated to widely scattered showers are expected today and tonight
–Mostly overcast, highs in the 60s to low 70s, light SE wind
–Lows in the 50s to low 60s, with a few showers, becoming more numerous after midnight
–Rain, moderate to heavy at times, tomorrow… steadiest rain should set up along and/or west of the CT River Valley with aid of an approaching cold front and upper level system
–Periods of rain and highs in the 60s should abate by midnight, with lows in the 40s to low 50s
–Westerly winds pick up Sunday morning and gust 25-35mph as autumnal air rushes into the region behind the front
–Partly sunny Sunday, a few afternoon showers, highs 50s to low 60s, lows mid 30s to low 40s
–Afternoon showers possible each day Monday and Tuesday with highs in the 50s both days, maybe cresting 60º on Tuesday
–More pronounced period of showers Tuesday night, then fair weather mid to late week with highs in the 60s and potential for more rain the following weekend, but before we talk details 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.
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A NOTE FROM OUR SPONSOR
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YOUR MORNING DISCUSSION
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Good morning everybody, I hope folks got soak up some of those summer vibes this week, as they have left the building with some of us lucky to crack the 70º mark today, and zero chance of that happening this weekend or even the first half of next week.

For today, we have patchy fog in some spots, mainly in southern parts of WMass and northern CT. It didn’t become more widespread as light wind kept up overnight and mixed the air, which kept it milder and well into the 50s, so less of a fog issue than yesterday morning.

Any fog will burn off and reveal a mostly cloudy day trending overcast with highs in the 60s to low 70s as an upper level low slowly tracks east through the Great Lakes region.

We should only see some drizzle patches or periods of widely scattered light rain showers, with some folks staying mostly dry, and this should continue into this evening before more numerous showers arrive later tonight and into Saturday morning.

Our upper level low has an associated cold front with it, and to the east and ahead of that front (where we are located) is where increased moisture will be drawn northward tonight and through Saturday, along with Tropical Storm Phillipe which is forecast to stay east of southern New England, but take a NNW hook into coastal Maine somewhere between Penobscot Bay and the SW tip of Nova Scotia.

While Phillipe doesn’t have any direct impacts to the greater WMass region, it is part of an increased moisture surge that will indirectly help develop rainfall over our region, mostly tomorrow and with the heaviest rainfall expected along and/or west of the CT River Valley.

The exact stripe of heaviest south-to-north rain banding is uncertain for where it exactly sets up, but with southeast flow off of the ocean, increased moisture in general, an upper level low drawing closer and a cold front drawing closer at the surface will produce more numerous and heavier showers by Saturday afternoon and leaving by midnight, possibly increasing earlier Saturday morning.

Highs will only reach the 60s, and anywhere from half an inch up up to 2″ or so of rain are expected, with the lower range over northeast CT and CMass, and perhaps parts of eastern Cheshire County NH.

Lows Saturday night will dip into the 40s to low 50s as westerly winds pick up behind the front after midnight and into Sunday morning.

Sunday looks partly sunny, blustery, and cool with highs only reaching the 50s to low 60s with a few instability showers possible in the afternoon.

Westerly winds will gust 25-35mph, so Autumn will be making its arrival known to the hills dales of western MA and surrounding counties!

Winds should die down at night and lows will drop to the mid 30s to low 40s, so some frost is possible in SVT and SWNH, and perhaps far northwest MA.

Monday and Tuesday look to continue the partly sunny, partly showery theme as an upper low over the Great Lakes sits and spins and sends some impulses through, the next one of any note being on Tuesday afternoon and evening when a wave of showers might waft through.

Highs both days will be in the 50s to low 60s with lows in the upper 30s to mid 40s.

By mid week, we should bust out into some more sunshine with highs in the upper 50s to mid 60s, but it does look like we may have some more following-weekend wet weather with which to contend, but it’s a long way off and I will keep you updated.

Make no mistake, Autumn conditions will be elbowing their way into the region by next week, so you might want to start putting away some more of those summer clothes.

Have a great day!

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