[7:07AM FRI 11/1/24] GUSTY WARM WESTERLIES TODAY, RED FLAG WARNINGS CONTINUE… PAUSE BURNS AND PUT OUT CIGS PROPERLY… HIGHS IN THE 70S FALL BACK TO THE 30S TONIGHT… FAIR AND SEASONABLY COOL WEEKEND WITH SATURDAY NIGHT FREEZE… MODERATE DROUGHT NOW IN EFFECT… WARMER EARLY TO MID NEXT WEEK… NO STORMS IN SIGHT…
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
* Daily Celestials (Sun/Moon Data)
* Sponsor Note
* Morning Discussion
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YOUR DAILY CELESTIALS
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STAR:
–OUR STAR ROSE AT: 7:23am this morning
–OUR STAR WILL SET AT: 5:43pm this evening
–TOTAL DAYLIGHT TIME: 10 hours and 20 minutes
MOON:
–OUR MOON WILL RISE AT: 7:33am this morning
–MOON RISE DIRECTION: East-Southeast
–OUR MOON WILL SET AT: 5:32pm this afternoon
–MOON SET DIRECTION: West-Southwest
–MOON PHASE: Waxing Crescent (0.1%)
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A NOTE FROM OUR SPONSOR
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DHTWN ANNOUNCEMENTS
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YOUR MORNING DISCUSSION
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Good morning folks, it is *very* mild out there this morning, with many in the low to mid 60s, and that will set the stage for one last warm day prior to a cold front swinging east and through the greater WMass region today.
Before the colder air arrives by mid to late afternoon and into tonight, highs will reach the mid to upper 60s in SVT and far northwest MA, and well into the 70s elsewhere in WMass, CMass, SWNH and northern CT.
By mid to late morning, westerly winds will pick up and gust 20-35mph today, with some gusts hitting or exceeding 40mph in some of our regional airport fields, or at elevation in the mountains and high hills.
Winds will continue tonight, but ramp down overnight into Saturday with lows dropping into the 30s to low 40s under mostly clear skies in the valley with partly to mostly cloudy skies in the western high terrain of the Berkshires, western hills and SVT.
For the weekend, high pressure will press east into our region, calm our winds, and bring cooling flow from Canada which will keep highs mainly in the 40s for the Berkshires, western hilltowns, SVT/SWNH, and upper 40s to mid 50s in the rest of WMass, CMass and northern CT.
Expect partly sunny skies in the western high terrain west of I-91 and mostly sunny skies in the valley south and east.
With very dry air, calm wind and clear skies Saturday night, radiational cooling maximizes and brings lows into the 25-30º range, with similar highs and mostly sunny skies on Sunday.
Clouds increase Sunday night with lows either side of 30º, as a warm front tries to extend northeast into our region and Monday’s highs will be similar to the weekend, in the 40s to low 50s under partly sunny to mostly cloudy skies.
The Tuesday-Wednesday period will feature some sort of frontal interaction which will bifurcate the region with warmer temps south and cooler temps north, in general.
Highs should climb into the 60s for many of us, but some emay hang in the upper 50s north while others are in the low 70s south, so I will refine this as we get closer.
A few showers are possible as well.
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