[7:15AM, MON. 3/31/25] HAPPY ANNOUNCEMENTS: MY 2025 SUPPORT DRIVE GOAL WAS REACHED (THANK YOU!!) AND I WON THE VALLEY ADVOCATE’S READERS’ POLL FOR BEST LOCAL METEOROLOGIST FOR THE 11TH YEAR IN A ROW *AND* BEST LOCAL BIZ FACEBOOK PAGE -- THANK YOU FOR VOTING FOR ME!! DENSE FOG ADVISORIES UP UNTIL 9AM… PERIODS OF SHOWERS FOR OUR VERY MILD MONDAY, ESPECIALLY IN THE AFTERNOON WITH POSSIBLE THUNDER… HEAVY RAIN AT TIMES TONIGHT, HEAVIEST RAIN EAST OF I-91… FAIR WEATHER TUES/WED, WITH ICE TO RAIN THURSDAY MORNING… MILD LATE WEEK… MORE RAIN SUNDAY….

[7:58AM SUN. 3/30/25] ICING LASTS A FEW MORE HOURS IN THE HIGH TERRAIN OF WMASS, CMASS AND ESPECIALLY SVT AND SWNH BEFORE WE WARM ENOUGH AND PRECIP ABATES… RAW, DAMP, COOL DAY TODAY… MILDER TOMORROW WITH THUNDER POSSIBLE BY LATE AFTERNOON… HEAVY RAIN MONDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY TUESDAY… FAIR WEATHER TUES/WED WITH MORE ICE TO RAIN LATE WED. NIGHT INTO THURSDAY…

[9:25AM SUN. 3/29/25] WINTER WEATHER ADIVSORIES HAVE BEEN HOISTED FOR TODAY THRUOGH SUNDAY MORNING IN NORTHERN BERKSHIRES, FRANKLIN COUNTY, WESTERN HAMPSHIRE COUNTY, AND NORTHERN CMASS… WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES CONTINUE FOR SVT… WINTER STORM WARNING CONTINUES FOR SWNH, ALL FOR ICE ACCRETION UP TO A THIRD TO HALF INCH OF ICE BY SUNDAY NOON… COLD NORTH, MILD SOUTH… MORE RAIN SUNDAY NIGHT, AND EVEN MORE RAIN MONDAY NIGHT… THUNDER POSSIBLE… FAIR WEATHER BY MID WEEK BEFORE MORE RAIN THURSDAY…

[7:25AM, FRI. 3/28/25] WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES UP FOR SOUTHERN VT FOR FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET… SOME AREAS OF NORTHERN MA MAY SEE ICINIG LATE TONIGHT, AND AGAIN LATER SATURDAY NIGHT, AS WELL AS SVT/SWNH… SHOWERS/DRIZZLE/FOG AT TIMES SOUTH OF RT. 2 CORRIDOR, GENERALLY… HUGH TEMP GRADIENT FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHWEST SATURDAY… 70º HARTFORD CT, 35º KEENE NH… MORE RAIN MONDAY… MORE RAIN POSSIBLE BY LATE WEEK…

[7:23AM, WED. 3/26/25] SCATTERED MIXED SHOWERS THIS AFTERNOON (GRAUPEL, RAIN, SNOW POSSIBLE)… SUNNY AND FAIR THURSDAY AND FRIDAY WITH SNOW SHOWER POSSIBLE THURSDAY NIGHT… SATURDAY THROUGH MONDAY FEATURES CLOUDS AND UNSETTLED CONDITIONS DUE STALLING FRONTAL BOUNDARY… WIDE TEMPERATURE GRADIENT FROM NORTH TO SOUTH SATURDAY… COULD SEE 30S/40S NORTH OF ROUTE 9 IN MA, AND UP TO 60S/70S SOUTH AS A FRONT BISECTS THE REGION… PARTS OF SVT/SWNH MAY SEE ICING AND SNOW SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING… I’M TAKING THURSDAY OFF DUE TO EXPECTED FAIR WEATHER, PRIOR TO BUSY WEEKEND…

[7:17AM, TUE. 3/25/25] PATCHY DENSE FOG LASTS UNTIL LATER MORNING… A FEW HILLTOWN MIXED SHOWERS TODAY… SCATTERED RAIN OR SNOW SHOWERS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON… GENERALLY FAIR WEATHER LATE WEEK… INCLEMENT WEEKEND AHEAD WITH RAIN SOUTH AND MIXED PRECIP NORTH, ICIEST IN NORTHERN AREAS FOR SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT… MORE RAIN MONDAY… LOTS OF UNCERTAINTY REMAINS ON TIMING/INTENSITY…

[7:10AM, MON. 3/24/25] WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES CONTINUE FOR SVT, THE BERKSHIRES, N. LITCHFIELDS… POCKETS OF SNOW AND SLEET IN THE GREATER WMASS REGION CHANGE TO ICING AND RAIN LATER THIS MORNING IN THE AFTERNOON WITH SLICK SPOTS NORTH AND WEST… HEAVIEST RAIN FALLS THIS AFTERNOON IN NORTHEAST CT, EASTERN HAMPDEN COUNTY AND CMASS… COOL AND SEASONABLE THIS WEEK WITH SOME HIGH TERRAIN MIXED SHOWERS AT TIMES… NEXT REAL PRECIP CHANCE IS SATURDAY, WITH A BIT OF WINTRY POTENTIAL…

[7:47AM SUN. 3/23/25] WIND SLACKENS TODAY AFTER A VERY COLD START WITH BERKSHIRE WIND CHILLS IN THE SINGLE DIGITS… OTHERWISE FAIR WEATHER TODAY, CLOUDS INCREASE TONIGHT, AND LIGHT SNOW MOVES IN EARLY MONDAY MORNING WITH SOME LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS… WE CHANGE TO RAIN INTO THE AFTERNOON, THEN MOSTLY FAIR AND COOL WEATHER THROUGH WED/THURS, WITH A FEW SHOWERS POSSIBLE LATE IN THE WEEK…

[7:55AM SAT. 3/22/25] MILD SUNSHINE AND SOUTHWEST GUSTS TO 30MPH TODAY BEGETS CLOUDS AND SHOWERS EARLY THIS EVENING, FOLLOWED BY NORTHWEST GUSTS OF 30-45MPH OVERNIGHT… COLD SUNDAY MORNING, IS FOLLOWED BY A BREEZY COOL SUNDAY… CLOUDS INCREASE AT NIGHT WITH LIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS EARLY MONDAY MORNING, CHANGING TO RAIN LATER MONDAY A.M. INTO THE P.M… MORE SHOWERS SOUTH OF THE PIKE BY MID-WEEK…

[7:07AM, FRI. 3/21/25] SNOW AND RAIN END THIS MORNING, WITH CLEARING AND GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS 25-40MPH TODAY… MILDER SATURDAY WITH SOME MIXED SHOWERS IN THE EVENING/OVERNIGHT… COOLER AND WINDY EARLY ON SUNDAY… CLOUDS INCREASE WITH SNOW EARY MONDAY MORNING, QUICKLY CHANGING TO RAIN, SOME LIGHTS ACCUMULATIONS POSSIBLE… FAIR WEATHER INTO MID-WEEK, THEN MORE LIGHT SNOW TO RAIN BY THURSDAY POSSIBLE… DROUGHT SLOWLY BEING MITIGATED…

[7:17AM, THURS. 3/20/25] HAPPY 1ST DAY OF SPRING AND VERNAL EQUINOX! OUR LAST DAY OF WINTER FEATURED SPRING-Y CONDITIONS… LAST WEEK OF MARCH MAY HOLD MORE WINTRY MISCHIEF… PATCHY FOG/DRIZZLE TODAY… RAIN MOVES IN MIDNIGHT TO NOON TOMORROW, ENDING AS BERKSHIRE/SVT SNOW WITH SOME COATINGS TO AN INCH… BLUSTERY FRIDAY… MILDER SATURDAY, A FEW SHOWERS AT NIGHT, THEN COOLER SUNDAY… SNOW TO RAIN MONDAY MORNING… MORE SNOW TO RAIN POSSIBLE THURSDAY… COLDER AND BUSIER PATTERN MAY BE SETTING UP FOR A MODICUM OF MARCH MADNESS…

[7:15AM, WED. 3/19/25] FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FROM NORTHAMPTON TO HARTFORD FOR MINOR FLOOD WORKING ITS WAY DOWN TO THE SEA… OUR WEDNESDAY WILL BE THE WARMEST WE SEE FOR A WHILE GOING FORWARD SO ENJOY THE 60s… THURSDAY CLOUDS UP W/ TIME, SOME DRIZZLE POSSIBLE LATE… SHOWERS MOVE IN AT NIGHT, WITH A FLIP TO WET SNOW POSSIBLE IN THE BERKSHIRES, WESTERN HILLTOWNS AND SVT EARLY FRIDAY MORNING… NICE WEEKEND WITH A FEW SHOWERS SAT. NIGHT… MORE RAIN AND SNOW MONDAY…

[7:18AM, TUES. 3/18/25] FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR CT RIVER AT NORTHAMPTON FOR MINOR FLOOD THIS MORNING… FAIR WEATHER TODAY THROUGH MID-DAY THURSDAY WITH MILDER TEMPS… ANOTHER COLD FRONT, ALBEIT WEAKER THAN YESTERDAY’S, BRINGS MORE RAIN THURSDAY NIGHT CHANGING TO SNOW FOR MANY IN THE PRE-DAWN FRIDAY WITH LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS POSSIBLE… BLUSTERY AND COOLER FRIDAY, SATURDAY LOOKS NICE, SUNDAY MAY FEATURE A FEW SHOWERS, MORE SNOW TO RAIN ON MONDAY AS BUSIER PATTERN CONTINUES…

[7:10AM, MON. 3/17/25] FLOOD WARNINGS ARE UP FOR THE HOOSIC AT WILLIAMSTOWN MA AND THE WALLOOMSAC AT BENNINGTON VT… RAINY MONDAY AHEAD… TEMPS MOSTLY HANG WHERE THEY’RE AT THIS A.M… TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY LOOK LOVELY AND MILD… THURSDAY IS MILD, BUT CLOUDS UP… RAIN AT NIGHT, POSSIBLY CHANGING TO SNOW IN THE HIGH TERRAIN BY FRIDAY MORNING… BLUSTERY FRIDAY AFTERNOON, FOLLOWED BY DECENT WEEKEND WEATHER FOR NOW…

[8:55AM SUN 3/16/25] FLOOD WATCHES CONTINUE IN SVT FOR TONIGHT… PATCHY DENSE FOG THIS MORNING… AREAS OF DRIZZLE OF A FEW SHOWERS TODAY, OTHERWISE FAIRLY HUMID AND OVERCAST… STEADIER/HEAVIER RAIN MOVES IN AFTER 8PM OR SO… RAIN NOW LOOKS TO LAST THRU MONDAY MORNING, TAPERING SOMETIME MONDAY AFTERNOON… MILD TEMPS THROUGH THURSDAY WITH MORE RAIN THURS. NIGHT, POSSIBLY ENDING AS SNOW BY FRIDAY MORNING?

[8:55AM SAT 3/15/25] FLOOD WATCHES ARE UP FOR SOUTHERN VT FOR SUNDAY/MONDAY… MILD THRU THURSDAY… SHOWERS, WIND AND RAIN SUNDAY INTO MONDAY… FAIR WEATHER TUESDAY INTO THURSDAY WITH MORE RAIN BY LATE THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT, COOLER TO END THE WEEK… IF YOU RELY ON THIS OUTLET, WE’RE ABOUT 350 PATRONS OUT OF AROUND 59,000 FOLLOWERS FROM REACHING THE 4% READER SUPPORT GOAL… THE 2025 SUPPORT DRIVE ENDS *TOMORROW NIGHT*…

[6:58AM, FRI. 3/14/25] FAIR AND MILD CONDITIONS TODAY AND TOMORROW TO KICK OFF THE WEEKEND… CLOUDS INCREASE SATURDAY NIGHT WITH SOME ISOATED TO WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS INTO SUNDAY MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON… WIND KICKS UP BEFORE NOON SUNDAY, AND REALLY PICKS UP LATER AFTERNOON AND EVENING WITH SOUTHERLIES GUSTING 30-50MPH AT TIMES… RAIN, HEAVY AT TIMES, WORK STHROUGH THE REGION LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING… FAIR WEATHER MONDAY PM THROUGH WEDNESDAY WITH MORE SHOWERS THURSDAY … WE’RE ABOUT 395 PATRONS OUT OF 59,000 FOLLOWERS AWAY FROM REACHING THE 4% READER SUPPORT GOAL, DRIVE ENDS SUNDAY…

[7:21AM, THURS. 3/13/25] WATCH FOR BLACK ICE EARLY… ANY OVERNIGHT LIGHT SNOW ACCUMS MELT TODAY WITH MORE CLOUDS THAN SUN… LOWER CHANCE FOR LUNAR ECLIPSE VISIBILITY OVERNIGHT FOR THE FULL WORM MOON… MILDER FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY, WITH FAIR WEATHER FRIDAY AND SATURDAY FOLLOWED BY A FEW SHOWERS SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING… RAIN AND WIND SUNDAY AFTERNOON, NIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING… FAIR, MILD CONDITIONS FOR MONDAY AFTERNOON INTO MID-WEEK WITH MORE RAIN BY THURSDAY … WE’RE ABOUT 440 PATRONS OUT OF 59,000 FOLLOWERS AWAY FROM REACHING THE 4% READER SUPPORT GOAL, DRIVE ENDS SUNDAY…

[7:17AM, WED. 3/12/25] COOLER TODAY, LIGHT MIXED PRECIP CHANGING TO SNOW TONIGHT LIKELY ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE RT. 2 CORRIDOR, COATINGS TO AN INCH POSSIBLE… LIKELY CLOUDY FOR LATE THURSDAY NIGHT LUNAR ECLIPSE… MILDER FRIDAY AND SATURDAY, DRY… STRONG SOUTHERLY WIND SUNDAY WITH HEAVY RAIN BY EVENING AND NIGHT… CALMER AND MILD EARLY NEXT WEEK… THE WEATHER NUT SUPPORT DRIVE ENDS SUNDAY, AND WE’RE ABOUT 480 PATRONS OUT OF 59,000 FOLLOWERS AWAY FROM HITTING THE 4% READER SUPPORT GOAL…

[7:20AM, TUES. 3/11/25] BALMY, BREEZY AND WARM TODAY… ELEVATED FIRE-SPREAD RISK WHERE SNOWPACK HAS EVAPORATED... WINTER’S LAST PARTING PECK ON THE CHEEK COMES WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY THURSDAY MORNING… LIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS POSSIBLE NORTH OF THE PIKE… WARMING BACK UP FRIDAY INTO THE WEEKEND WITH FAIR WEATHER… SUNDAY FEATURES STRONG WIND AND HEAVY RAIN POTENTIAL… CALMER EARLY NEXT WEEK… WINTER IS LEAVING THE BUILDING…