[6:05AM TUE 11/19/24] RED FLAG WARNINGS ARE UP ONCE AGAIN FOR WMASS AND CMASS TODAY WITH NORTHWEST GUST 15-25MPH EXPECTED… MOSTLY SUNNY TODAY AND TOMORROW… SUBSTANTIAL, NEEDED RAINFALL ARRIVES THURSDAY, WITH PERIODS OF SHOWERS THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY, MIXING WITH SNOW IN THE WESTERN HILLTOWNS, PARTS OF THE BERKSHIRES AND SVT… CAN’T RULE OUT LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS… COOL TEMPS LAST THROUGH THE WEEKEEND AS WE SLOWLY DRY OUT… MORE WET WEATHER NEXT WEEK LOOKS LIKELY… PATTERN IS SHIFTING…
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* Daily Celestials (Sun/Moon Data)
* Sponsor Note
* 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: 6:46am this morning
–OUR STAR WILL SET AT: 4:25pm this evening
–TOTAL DAYLIGHT TIME: 9 hours and 39 minutes
MOON:
–OUR MOON WILL SET AT: 11:04am this morning
–MOON SET DIRECTION: Northwest
–OUR MOON WILL RISE AT: 7:49pm this evening
–MOON RISE DIRECTION: Northeast
–MOON PHASE: Waning Gibbous (83.8%)
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YOUR MORNING DISCUSSION
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Good morning everybody, we’ve got a couple of pleasant, sunny mid-to-late November days to move through the middle of our week before we finally get some soaking rainfall into the region to help begin the slow rebalancing to move in the right direction away from our current moderate to severe drought conditions.
However, we do have Red Flag Warnings up for WMass and CMass today as we finish off an excessively dry period, in combination with northwest winds picking up and gusting 15-25mph later this morning into the early afternoon before weakening into tonight.
Highs will reach the 50s today under mostly sunny skies, with lows in the low to mid 30s under partly cloudy skies. Highs again will reach the 50s Wednesday under mostly sunny skies, but clouds will build as the day wears on into the night.
By Thursday morning a low pressure center will crank up well to our west and send an occluded frontal boundary into southern New England, along which a secondary low pressure system will form and help to enhance steady rainfall into the greater WMass region, steadier/heavier to the south and west.
Highs will only reach the mid to upper 40s as an upper trough pulls slowly east and cools the atmospheric column. Lows will drop into the low to mid 30s, and some snow should mix into the higher elevations of western Hampshire/Franklin Counties into the Berkshires and up into southern VT. We could even see a slushy inch or two, but I will refine that as we get closer.
By Friday, precipitation looks a bit more showery in scattered fashion for the morning, with highs only reaching the 40s. We may see another wave work into the region for Friday afternoon and evening with more showers. Lows will dip to near freezing, with snow possibly mixing in over the high terrain.
The weekend looks drier, with more clouds on Saturday vs. Sunday. Highs should remain in the 40s with lows near freezing.
I will post more details in future reports, but I am traveling this morning, so gotta get a move on.
Have a great day!
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