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TABLE OF CONTENTS
* Daily Celestials (Sun/Moon Data)
* Weekly Weather Nutshell
* Morning Discussion
* TIP: Scroll below for sections, or read all
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YOUR DAILY CELESTIALS
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STAR:
–OUR STAR ROSE AT: 6:51am this morning
–OUR STAR SETS AT: 7:04pm this evening
–TOTAL DAYLIGHT TIME: 12 hours and 13 minutes

MOON:
–OUR MOON RISES AT: 3:36pm this afternoon
–MOON RISE DIRECTION: East-Northeast
–OUR MOON SETS AT: 6:00am tomorrow morning
–MOON SET DIRECTION: West-Northwest
–MOON PHASE: Waxing Gibbous (87.3%)
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YOUR WEEKLY WEATHER NUTSHELL
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–A blustery and unseasonably cold day has arrived with gusts overnight up to 49mph clocked at Worcester airport, and 44mph at Orange, MA airport
–Gusts will peak up to 50mph this morning over the Berkshires and western hilltowns where Wind Advisories are hoisted for today
–Some isolated outages, if they are to occur, would likely develop through mid day
–Highs will only reach the upper 20s to upper 30s from north to south, with wind chills in the teens to 20s under partly to mostly sunny skies
–Morning snow showers and flurries in the southern Berkshires and northwest CT will abate this morning
–For tonight, winds will start to slacken to gusts of 15-30mph, with lows in the mid teens to low 20s under partly to mostly clear skies
–Friday is lovely, with highs in the mid 30s to low 40s under mostly sunny skies and light wind as high pressure builds into the region
–Clouds increase late in the day and through the evening as low pressure approaches from the southwest
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–Lows will drop to near 30º and we should see snow break out across the region, and quickly mix with rain or sleet in the Pioneer Valley south of Greenfield and east through southern CMass and most of northern CT
–However, accumulating snow will fall for a time overnight in the Berkshires, western hills and along and north of the Rt. 2 corridor where 1-4″ could accumulate before mild air flips everyone to rain on Saturday morning
–Rain will fall heavily at times on Saturday and anywhere from 1-2.5″ of rainfall is possible before it winds down as some brief back end snow Saturday evening
–Flood Watches may need to be hoisted for CMass and northeast CT depending on trends going forward, and I will keep you updated
–Highs Saturday reach the low to mid 40s with lows near 30º
–Sunday is most definitely the pick of the weekend with mostly sunny skies and highs in the upper 30s to mid 40s
–Fair weather should extend into the early week period with highs coming up fully into the 40s, with more showers possible by mid-week
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YOUR MORNING DISCUSSION
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Good morning everybody, how about that thunder yesterday, wow! I can’t remember the last time I saw a dozen lightning strikes with a snowy incoming squall line, though I know it was a mix/rain in the valley.

We will continue with blustery conditions today and wind gusts of 30-50mph across the region, but those highest gusts should be relegated to thee western MA high terrain west of the I-91 corridor, and should tamp down a bit into the afternoon.

It will be partly to mostly sunny and wind chills this morning in the single digits to teens will come up into the teens to 20s, so bundle up!

Also know that there is an increased risk of fire spread today for bare-grounded areas with low humidity and higher winds.

Lows dip to the teens tonight, very chilly for the second full day of Spring!

Friday looks lovely with high pressure building in and helping to create calmer winds and a sunny day with highs in the upper 30s to mid 40s with clouds increasing late.

I delve into it a bit in the Nutshell above, but Friday night into Saturday evening will feature our next big weather-maker, that being a coastal storm that will bring snow, ice, rain, and potential for flooding in eastern areas, so I will produce a report on that later this afternoon on just that storm.

So while Saturday looks stormy, Sunday looks lovely! Fair weather should continue into early next week as well before a frontal boundary brings more rain showers by mid-week.

Have a great day, and if you’re able and want to see my work continue here throughout 2024, it’s your modest support that keeps me on this job for you and yours (options include Cards, PayPal, Venmo, or Check, even $10 helps!)
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SECURELY BECOME A 2024 DHTWN SUPPORTER TODAY – 4 Days Left!
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