[6:58AM MON 4/8/24] TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSE TODAY REACHES MAXIMUM OF 92-93% IN WMASS BETWEEN 3:25PM-3:30PM... VERY MILD AND MOSTLY SUNNY WITH SOME HIGH CLOUDS TODAY AND TOMORROW... SHOWERS ARRIVE NO LATER THAN WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON/EVE, RAINY AND WINDY LOOK FOR THURSDAY AND FRIDAY... I'M TAKING A PERSONAL DAY OFF TOMORROW AS IT'LL BE SUNNY, VERY MILD, AND CALM...

[7:30AM SUN: 4/7/24] SUNSHINE RETURNS TODAY THROUGH TUESDAY WITH OPTIMAL SOLAR ECLIPSE VIEWING (ABOUT 2:15PM-4:30PM WITH TOTALITY AROUND 3:25PM)... MORE RAIN BY WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND ESPECIALLY THE LATE WEEK PERIOD... HEAVY RAIN AT TIMES AND BREEZY... DECENT LOOKING WEEKEND... MILDER TEMPS OVERALL...

[8:05AM SAT: 4/6/24] UPPER LOW'S LAST GASP AS IT RETROGRADES SOME LIGHT/MODERATE RAIN SHOWERS THROUGH SWNH, CMASS AND WINDHAM COUNTY CT, MOSTLY THIS AFTERNOON... SOME SNOW MAY MIX IN OVER THE WORCESTER HIGHLANDS... BREEZY OUT OF THE NORTH, COOL... SUNDAY IS A TRANSITION DAY TO BRIGHTER SKIES AND MILDER CLIMES... MON-TUES VERY MILD, SUNNIER, GREENLIGHT FOR ECLIPSE AT THIS POINT... MORE RAIN BY LATER WEDNESDAY INTO LATE WEEK PERIOD...

[7:12AM FRI 4/5/24] MORNING FLURRIES OR SNOW SHOWERS DISSIPATE INTO A PARTLY SUNNY DAY WITH ISOLATED SHOWERS... STILL COOL AND BREEZY TODAY... UPSLOPE SNOW SHOWERS DEVELOP IN THE BERKSHIRES AND ESPECIALLY TACONICS AND SVT LATER AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT WITH AN ADDITIONAL COATING TO 3" OF NEW SNOW, CONTINUED BREEZY... SATURDAY SEES OUR STALLED UPPER LOW DROPPING ENERGY DOWN ACROSS EMASS, WITH SCATTERED RAIN, GRAUPEL OR SNOW SHOWERS EAST OF I-91 INTO SWNH AND CMASS... SUNDAY DRIER, MONDAY MILDER AND SUNNIER FOR THE ECLIPSE... MORE RAIN SHOWERS BY MID TO LATE WEEK...

[7:13AM THURS 4/4/24] HOW MUCH SNOW/SLEET WHERE YOU ARE? HOW ARE ROADS? WINTER STORM WARNINGS AND WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES HAVE BEEN EXTENDED INTO LATE AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING IN MA AND CT, AND CONTINUE UNTIL EARLY FRIDAY MORNING IN SVT/SWNH... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WAS ADDED TO SOUTHERN CMASS FOR SNOW/SLEET TODAY... OUR STORM IS TRACKING A BIT SOUTHERLY, PRODUCING MORE WINTRY WEATHER TODAY... DRY SLOT MAY STAY SOUTH OF US INTO AFTERNOON WITH PERIODS OF SNOW OR MIXED SHOWERS... ADDITIONAL HIGH TERRAIN OUTAGES EXPECTED THIS MORNING, WIND TAMPS DOWN THIS AFTERNOON, FIRST IN WESTERN AREAS, LATER IN CMASS REGION...

[7:13AM WED 4/3/24] WINTER STORM WARNINGS NOW IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN HAMPSHIRE, WESTERN FRANKLIN, NORTHERN WORCESTER COUNTY IN MA, AND ALL OF SVT & SWNH... WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES HAVE BEEN HOISTED FOR SOUTHERN BERKSHIRES, NORTHERN LITCHFIELD COUNTY, WESTERN HAMPDEN COUNTY AND CENTRAL/EASTERN FRANKLIN COUNTY... WIND ADVISORIES ARE UP EVERYWHERE... WINTER'S LAST SLOPPY GASP SLOBBERS ALL OVER US TODAY, TONIGHT AND TOMORROW WITH ALL PRECIP TYPES... SLOW IMPROVEMENT FRIDAY AND SATURDAY... SOLAR ECLIPSE SKIES LOOK MOSTLY CLEAR FOR MONDAY'S COSMIC EVENT...

[7:20AM TUE 4/2/24] HIGH WIND WATCHES HAVE BEEN HOISTED FOR THE NORTHERN BERKSHIRES AND BENNINGTON COUNTY VT... A NEW WINTER STORM WATCH IS UP FOR SOUTHWEST NH / CHESHIRE COUNTY... WINTER STORM WATCHES CONTINUE FOR SVT AND NORTHWEST MA... OUR 3-PART DOUBLE-BARREL COMPLEX STORM SYSTEM IS SET TO IMPACT THE GREATER WMASS REGION WITH MULTIPLE PRECIP TYPES AND HAZARDS FROM THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING AS A STORMY WEEK UNFOLDS AND CONDITIONS DETERIORATE AS THE DAYS PASS BY... SATURDAY TRANSITIONS INTO SPRING WEATHER BY SUNDAY INTO NEXT WEEK... HANG IN THERE...

[7:18AM MON 4/1/24] GOT SUNRISE PICS? IT'S NOT AN APRIL FOOL'S JOKE TO SAY THAT THE HIGH TERRAIN OF NORTHEAST BERKSHIRE COUNTY, WESTERN HAMPSHIRE & FRANKLIN COUNTIES, EASTERN FRANKLIN COUNTY AND NORTHERN CMASS UP INTO SVT AND SWNH ARE STILL LOOKING AT ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL STARTING AS EARLY AS TUESDAY NIGHT, BUT MOSTLY DURING WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY... OVER A FOOT MAY PILE UP IN THE SOUTHERN GREENS OF VT... WINTER STORM WATCHES LIKELY GET HOISTED BY TOMORROW... A MIX OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN, SLEET AND SOME SNOW IS POSSIBLE FOR LOWER ELEVATIONS... MULTI-DAY NOR'EASTER LIKELY BRINGS UNSETTLED CONDITIONS TUESDAY INTO EARLY FRIDAY MORNING, LEADING TO A NICER-LOOKING WEEKEND AND POTENTIAL FOR GOOD ECLIPSE VIEWING NEXT MONDAY...

[8:15AM SUN: 3/31/24] MID-WEEK RAIN AND SNOW STORM SIGNAL CONTINUES... IF ELEMENTS ALIGN, A LATE-SEASON NOR'EASTER WOULD BRING RAIN, SNOW, WIND AND OUTAGES TO PARTS OF OUR GREATER WMASS REGION...

5:20AM SATURDAY UPDATE: BLUSTERY CONDITIONS THIS MORNING GIVE WAY TO SLOWLY SLACKENING WIND BY AFTERNOON AND EVENING, BUT A BIT BREEZIER IN THE HILLS... PLENTY OF SUN THIS WEEKEND, MILD... MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY LOOKS LIKE A WINTRY MIX MESS WITH PRECIP APLENTY...

[7:35AM FRI 3/29/24] WINTER STORM MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK? IT'S POSSIBLE FOR PARTS OF OUR REGION SO STAY TUNED DURING THE DAYS LEADING UP TO THAT PERIOD... RAIN AND SOME BRIEF SNOW MIX IS ENDING THIS MORNING AS OUR STORM PULLS AWAY... GUSTY WINDS PICK UP LATER THIS AFTERNOON, TONIGHT AND SATURDAY AS WE DRY OUT... SATURDAY IS SUNNIER THAN SUNNY'S NAMESAKE, SUNDAY, AND A FEW SHOWERS MAY SWING THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT... SUNDAY AND MONDAY FEATURE FAIR WEATHER, BUT THEN TUES-THURS IS LOOKING WET AT LEAST, AND POSSIBLY WHITE WITH A CHANCE FOR LATE-SEASON ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL...

[7:27AM THU 3/28/24] FLOOD WATCHES ARE UP FOR CMASS AND NORTHEAST CT THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY MORNING... PERIODS OF RAIN CONTINUE TO OVERSPREAD THE REGION, LIGHT TO MODERATE IN INTENSITY WITH HEAVIER BURSTS... RAIN SHOWERS AND PERIODS OF RAIN LAST ALL DAY AND TONIGHT, TAPERING OFF DURING FRIDAY'S PRE-DAWN HOURS, AND ENDING AS A BIT OF SNOW IN SOME AREAS... FRIDAY BECOMES GUSTY BY AFTERNOON AND WINDS KICK UP 25-45MPH FRIDAY EVENING AND NIGHT, AND TAPERING DOWN BY MID-DAY SATURDAY... A SPOT SHOWER LATE SAT NIGHT INTO EARLY SUNDAY THEN DRYING... NEXT TUES-THURS COULD FEATURE A STORM WITH SOME WINTRY PRECIP POSSIBLE...

[7:19AM WED 3/27/24] PATCHY DRIZZLE AND FOG THIS MORNING, THEN SHOWERS ARRIVE VERY LATE AFTERNOON AND BECOMING STEADIER OVERNIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING... THURSDAY IS A RAINY, MILD DAY, LASTING INTO THURSDAY NIGHT... MORNING FRIDAY SHOWERS ABATE AND GIVE WAY TO A SUNNIER AFTERNOON WITH NORTHWEST WINDS KICKING UP AND GUSTING 25-40MPH FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY, SLACKENING LATE IN THE DAY... SUNNY SKIES EXPECTED SATURDAY THROUGH MONDAY BEFORE MORE RAIN ARRIVES SOMETIME TUES/WED...

[7:20AM TUE 3/26/24] COOLER EAST-NORTHEAST FLOW OFF THE OCEAN TODAY KEEPS US MOSTLY CLOUDY... SOME DRIZZLE OR FOG OR LIGHT SHOWERS BY THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT, BRIEF ICING POSSIBLE IN THE HIGH TERRAIN TONIGHT... A FEW WED. MORNING SHOWERS FOLLOWED BY A LULL AND THEN STEADIER RAINFALL WEDNESDAY NIGHT LATE THROUGH THURSDAY AND THURSDAY EVENING, HEAVIEST EAST OF THE I-91 CORRIDOR... RAIN TAPERS FRIDAY, AND WE'RE BREEZY, FAIR AND SEASONABLE THIS WEEKEND...

[5:45AM MON 3/25/24] BEAUTIFUL DAY FOLLOWED BY MORE CLOUDS TUESDAY WITH POTENTIAL FOR SCATTERED LIGHT RAIN OR FREEZING RAIN SHOWERS TUESDAY NIGHT... UNSETTLED REST OF WEEK, MILDER...

[8:55AM SAT: 3/23/24] WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES, WINTER STORM WARNINGS AND FLOOD WATCHES CONTINUE... THE MASS PIKE FROM WESTFIELD TO THE NY LINE IS RESTRICTED TO 40MPH DUE TO ICING... SNOW AND ICE NORTH OF THE PIKE CONTINUES THIS MORNING WITH FREEZING RAIN CHANGING TO RAIN SOUTH OF THE ROUTE 2 CORRIDOR INTO EARLY/MID AFTERNOON WITH HEAVY RAIN AT TIMES... CHANGE BACK TO SNOW FOR NORTHWEST MA AND SVT THIS EVENING... FAIR WEATHER SUNDAY INTO WEDNESDAY WITH A FEW SHOWERS AT THAT TIME... MY 2024 SUPPORT DRIVE ENDS TOMORROW AND WE'RE CLOSE TO THE 4% GOAL... YOUR SUPPORT OF MY WORK HELPS ME CONTINUE THIS EFFORT AS A PUBLIC RESOURCE THRU 2024...

[7:11AM FRI 3/22/24] WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES AND FLOOD WATCHES HAVE BEEN HOISTED FOR PARTS OF THE REGION... THE WINTER WEATHER ALERTS ARE UP FOR ALL OF WMASS, NORTHWEST CT, NORTHERN CMASS AND SVT FOR SNOW AND ICE AFTER MIDNIGHT AND ON BACK END OF STORM... FLOOD WATCHES UP FOR HAMPDEN COUNTY, SOUTHERN CMASS AND NORTHERN CT... NICE TODAY, CLOUDING UP TONIGHT, SNOW AND ICE MOVES IN AFTER MIDNIGHT CHANGING TO HEAVY RAIN BY MID-DAY... BIG RANGE IN IMPACTS FROM NORTH TO SOUTH... STORMY SATURDAY, SUNNY SUNDAY, FAIR WEATHER EARLY NEXT WEEK... IT'S BEEN A LONG RUN... PLEASE HELP CONTRIBUTE TO THE CONTINUANCE OF THIS LOCAL COMMUNITY WEATHER SERVICE IF IT MATTERS TO YOU...THE DHTWN SUPPORT DRIVE IS 77% TO THE GOAL WITH JUST 3 DAYS LEFT...

[7:17AM THURS 3/21/24] WIND ADVISORIES ARE UP FOR THE BERKSHIRES AND WESTERN HILLTOWNS TODAY... GUSTS FOR MOST ARE 25-40MPH, BUT UP TO 50MPH IN THE ADVISED AREAS... INCREASED FIRE SPREAD RISK IS PRESENT TODAY AS WE DRY OUT THROUGH TONIGHT AND FRIDAY... THEN AN UPPER LOW AND COASTAL SURFACE LOW MOSTLY PHASE AND BRING SNOW CHANGING TO RAIN LATE FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY WITH FLOODING POSSIBLE EAST OF THE CT RIVER VALLEY... SUNDAY IS THE WEEKEND PICK WITH MILDER TEMPS INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK BEFORE MORE SHOWERS ARE POSSIBLE BY MID WEEK... IT'S BEEN A LONG RUN... PLEASE HELP CONTRIBUTE TO THE CONTINUANCE OF THIS LOCAL COMMUNITY WEATHER SERVICE IF IT MATTERS TO YOU...THE DHTWN SUPPORT DRIVE IS 73% TO THE GOAL WITH JUST 4 DAYS LEFT...

[7:15AM WED 3/20/24] DYNAMIC WEATHER ON THE WAY TODAY... MORNING SNOW SHOWERS END AFTER SOME LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS IN THE WESTERN HILLS... A POTENT COLD FRONT SWEEPS THE REGION THIS LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING WITH SNOW SQUALLS, HEAVY RAIN SHOWERS, GRAUPEL, WIND, AND POSSIBLY THUNDER... HILLTOWN AND MOUNTAIN SNOW SHOWERS MOVE IN WITH STRONG COLD AIR ADVECTION OVERNIGHT... LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW ACCUMULATIONS IN NORTHWEST MA UP INTO SVT... BLUSTERY AND COLD THURSDAY, WITH NEAR-ZERO WIND CHILLS BY THURSDAY NIGHT... MORE RAIN AND SNOW LATE FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY... IT'S BEEN A LONG RUN... PLEASE HELP CONTRIBUTE TO THE CONTINUANCE OF THIS LOCAL COMMUNITY WEATHER SERVICE IF IT MATTERS TO YOU...THE DHTWN SUPPORT DRIVE IS 69% TO THE GOAL WITH JUST 4 DAYS LEFT...

[7:17AM TUE 3/19/24] MORNING BERKSHIRE SNOW SHOWERS WANE WITH MORE UPSLOPE AND LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS TONIGHT WITH SOME COATINGS POSSIBLE IN THE BERKSHIRES REGION WITH A MOSTLY DRY AND WINDY DAY IN THE PIONEER VALLEY AND A SPOT SHOWER POSSIBLE... BREEZY CONDITIONS CONTINUE WEDNESDAY AS A MORE ROBUST SYSTEM SWEEPS THROUGH WITH RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT WITH ADDITIONAL MOUNTAIN ACCUMULATIONS FOR SOME... BLUSTERY AND COLD THURSDAY, CALMER FRIDAY, WITH RAIN AND HILLTOWN ACCUMULATING SNOW POSSIBLE FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY... SUNDAY IS THE WEEKEND PICK AS OF NOW... PLEASE HELP CONTRIBUTE TO THE STABILITY OF THIS LOCAL COMMUNITY WEATHER RESOURCE...THE DHTWN SUPPORT DRIVE IS 67% TO THE GOAL WITH JUST 5 DAYS LEFT...