[8:09AM SAT: 8/3/24] HEAT ADVISORIES CONTINUE FOR HAMPDEN COUNTY, SOUTHERN CMASS, AND PARTS OF NORTHERN CT TODAY... A BIT LESS HOT TODAY, BUT THE HEAT AND HUMIDITY WON'T RELENT UNTIL AFTER MONDAY WITH A SUNDAY LULL BRINGING LOWER TEMPS WITH MORE CLOUDS... AFTERNOON SHOWERS, DOWNPOURS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH A MICROBURST POSSIBLE, AS WE SAW IN SIMSBURY / GRANBY CT YESTERDAY... VERY HUMID TODAY, TOMORROW AND MONDAY... MORE SCATTERED SHOWERS/STORMS EXPECTED SUNDAY AND MONDAY... HUMIDITY AND TEMPS DECREASE BY TUESDAY BUT SCATTERED SHOWER CHANCES CONTINUE THROUGH THE WEEK... LATE WEEK OR NEXT WEEKEND WE WATCH THE REMNANTS OF TROPICAL SYSTEM DEBBY TO SEE IF ANY WMASS IMPACTS...

[7:25AM THURS 8/1/24] HEAT ADVISORIES HAVE BEEN HOISTED TODAY AND TOMORROW FOR HAMPDEN COUNTY, SOUTHERN WORCESTER COUNTY AND NORTH-CENTRAL / NORTHEAST CT FOR HIGHS IN THE LOW 90S AND HEAT INDICES IN THE MID TO PERHAPS UPPER 90S... MOSTLY SUNNY NEXT TWO DAYS WITH A SLIGHT DECREASE IN HUMIDITY... A FRONTAL BOUNDARY BRINGS MORE SHOWERS/STORMS AND INCREASED HUMIDITY FRIDAY NIGHT... WET, SOUPY, WARM WEEKEND AHEAD... EARLY TO MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK PATTERN BEGINS TO SHIFT WITH LOWER TEMPS, SOME SHOWERS, AND ANTICIPATION OF A PATTERN CHANGE TO COOLER, CALMER WEATHER...

[7:06AM WED 7/31/24] PACK THE UMBRELLAS TODAY... SCATTERED SHOWERS, DOWNPOURS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS THIS MORNING MAY LEAD TO A HEAVIER RAIN SETUP WEST OF THE I-91 CORRIDOR WITH LOW CHANCE FOR A FEW INSTANCES OF FLASH FLOODING LATER THIS AFTERNOON IN THE HIGH TERRAIN... WITH WATER TABLE UP, STREET FLOODING IS POSSIBLE TODAY AS WELL... VERY WARM TO HOT AND HUMID THURSDAY AND FRIDAY WITH ISOLATED SHOWER CHANCES... A WARM FRONT LIFTS TOWARD US LATER FRIDAY, BRINGING SCATTERED SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM CHANCES AT NIGHT, AND THROUGH THE WEEKEND, WITH BEST CHANCE FOR HEAVY RAIN ON SUNDAY... DRIER EARLY NEXT WEEK.. WATCHING THE TROPICS FOR MID WEEK, BUT AN EASTERN GREAT LAKES REGION SYSTEM SHOULD KICK ANY TROPICAL LOWS EAST AND AWAY...

[7:35AM TUE 7/30/24] HIGH HUMIDITY HANGS ON THROUGH THE WEEKEND AND INTO NEXT WEEK WITH NO REAL REPRIEVE UNTIL LATE NEXT WEEK... DRIER TODAY WITH SUNSHINE DEVELOPING AFTER PATCHY FOG AND LOW CLOUDS LIFT... SCATTERED SHOWERS, DOWNPOURS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS FOR WEDNESDAY... HEAT BUILDS THURSDAY AND FRIDAY, WITH HEAT ADVISORIES POSSIBLY NEEDED FOR FRIDAY AS HEAT INDICES RISE INTO THE MID 90S TO LOW 100S... MORE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE FRIDAY NIGHT INTO THE WEEKEND, AND ESPECIALLY ON SUNDAY AS A SYSTEM SWINGS THROUGH... EARLY NEXT WEEK MAY SEE A LULL BEFORE A COLD FRONT BRINGS SHOWERS/STORMS BY MID NEXT WEEK...

[7:15AM MON 7/29/24] AN UNSETTLED PERIOD LIES AHEAD WITH SHOWERS AND HUMIDITY TO START THE WORK WEEK... DRIER TUESDAY, BUT HUMIDITY SURGES INTO MID TO LATE WEEK WITH HEAVY RAIN POSSIBLE BY WEDNESDAY ALONG WITH A FEW THUNDERSTORMS... HEAT BUILDS BY LATE WEEK INTO THE WEEKEND WITH CHANCES FOR SCATTERED SHOWERS AT ANY TIME DUE TO HIGH HUMIDITY AND A SERIES OF WAVES ACTING ON HIGH MOISTURE CONTENT...

[5:55AM THURS 7/25/24] MOSTLY CLOUDY TODAY WITH ISOLATED SHOWERS OR A THUNDERSTORM POSSIBLE, ESPECIALLY THIS AFTERNOON AND EAST OF I-91... DRIER MOVES INTO THE REGION TONIGHT AND ESPECIALLY TOMORROW WITH DEWPOINTS IN THE 50S AND SUNSHINE... ABUNDANT SUN SHOULD PERSIST THROUGH THE WEEKEND INTO MONDAY WITH WARMING TEMPS BEFORE MORE UNSETTLED WEATHER AND HIGHER HUMIDITY RETURNS FOR THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK... I WILL BE ATTENDING TO A PERSONAL MATTER THRU SATURDAY, AND WILL NEXT REPORT SUNDAY MORNING AS FAIR WEATHER IS INCOMING FRIDAY THRU SUNDAY...

[6:55AM WED 7/24/24] ISOLATED SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS MIXED WITH MOSTLY DRY PERIODS TODAY, TONIGHT AND TOMORROW... A DOWNPOUR IS POSSIBLE... PATCHY DRIZZLE/FOG THIS MORNING ABATES... CLEARING THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY WITH LOWER HUMIDITY INTO THE WEEKEND WITH INCREASING SUNSHINE AND TEMPS... HEAT WAVE POSSIBLE NEXT WEEK...

[7:05AM TUE 7/23/24] PERIODS OF SHOWERS, SOME HEAVY, MIXED WITH DRY PERIODS, AND HUMID TODAY, LASTING THROUGH THURSDAY WHEN HUMIDITY WILL PEAK WITH DEWPOINTS IN THE 70S... ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM POSSIBLE TODAY AND TOMORROW, WITH A CHANCE FOR STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS THURSDAY WITH A COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE... DRIER, LOWER HUMIDITY WITH MORE SUNSHINE FRIDAY THROUGH THE WEEKEND, WITH SOME REACHING 90º BY EARLY NEXT WEEK...

[7:25AM MON 7/22/24] UNSETTLED WEATHER DEVELOPS BY TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY WITH INCREASED HUMIDITY WITH SHOWERS INCREASING TONIGHT INTO EARLIER TUESDAY MORNING... MORE SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ROUNDS DEVELOP FOR WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY WITH STRONG TO SEVERE T-STORMS POSSIBLE BEFORE WE DRY OUT FRIDAY INTO THE WEEKEND... AND HEAT UP...

[7:21AM THURS 7/18/24] REAL RELIEF ARRIVES THIS AFTERNOON, TONIGHT AND INTO THE WEEKEND WITH DRIER AIR, INCREASED SUNSHINE AND LOWER TEMPS... I AM TAKING A MUCH NEEDED BREAK FOR A FEW DAYS AFTER THIS VERY BUSY 4 WEEKS AND WILL BE BACK AT IT BY SUNDAY OR LATEST MONDAY MORNING FIRST THING... ANOTHER UNSETTLED AND MORE HUMID PERIOD POSSIBLE BY NEXT TUESDAY/WEDNESDAY...

[7:12AM TUE 7/16/24] HEAT WAVE CONTINUES TODAY WITH HEAT INDICES PUSHING TO OR OVER 100º... STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH DAMAGING WIND GUSTS POSSIBLE THIS EVENING, ESPECIALLY WEST OF THE I-91 CORRIDOR... TANGLEWOOD SHOULD BE ON NOTICE FOR THE PRETENDERS SHOW... IMPACT TIME RANGE IS 6-10PM FROM BERKSHIRES TO WORCESTER METRO... RINSE AND REPEAT TOMORROW WITH HIGH HEAT/HUMIDITY AND POTENTIAL EARLIER THUNDERSTORM ONSET WITH BETTER PARAMETERS FOR STRONG TO SEVERE CELLS... COLD FRONT SWEEPS AT NIGHT, WE DRY BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THE WEEKEND AS COOLER AND DRIER AIR SENDS THIS PAST MUGGY MONTH SEAWARD AND INTO THE MOLD-BIN OF HISTORY...

[6:48AM MON 7/15/24] HEAT WAVE DEVELOPS WITH HEAT ADVISORIES UP THRU WEDNESDAY FOR THE PIONEER VALLEY EASTWARD THROUGH CMASS, AND ALL OF NORTHERN CT... HEAT INDICES WILL CREST 100º AT TIMES... SCATTERED SHOWERS, DOWNPOURS AND THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE EACH AFTERNOON AND EVENING, WITH ISOLATED STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS POSSIBLE... COLD FRONT ARRIVES WEDNESDAY NIGHT, AND BRINGS NOTICEABLE RELIEF BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON OR NIGHT... MUCH LOWER HUMIDITY ON THE WAY, AND THE WEEKEND MOSTLY LOOKS GOOD...

[7:30AM SUN: 7/14/24] HEAT ADVISORIES ARE UP FOR MONDAY... EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCHES ARE UP FOR TUESDAY... AND A COLD FRONT BRINGS POTENTIALLY STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WEDNESDAY EVENING AS HEAT WAVE STARTS TODAY AND BREAKS WEDNESDAY... THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY LOOK LOVELY WITH LOWER HUMIDITY...

[7:49AM SAT: 7/13/24] FLOOD WATCHES CONTINUE, BUT BEST CHANCE FOR ANY FLOOD POTENTAL IS NORTH-CENTRAL TO NORTHEAST CT, EASTERNMOST HAMPDEN COUNTY INTO SOUTHERN CMASS, WITH LESS NORTH AND WEST THIS MORNING... SOME SHOWERS, DOWNPOURS OR A T-STORM POSSIBLE THIS EVENING AS BETTER LIFT MOVES THROUGH... HEAT WAVE SUNDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY, WITH ONE FINAL SERIOUS HEAT/HUMIDITY PUSH BEFORE PATTERN CHANGES THURSDAY THROUGH THE FOLLOWING WEEKEND... SHOWERS/STORMS POSSIBLE MON-WED...

[7:21AM WED 7/10/24] MORNING SHOWERS LEAD TO CLEARING LATE WITH GUSTY CONDITIONS AS THE REMNANTS OF BERYL LIFT NORTHEAST AND AWAY... MAYBE AN ISOLATED SHOWER TODAY OR TOMORROW, BUT LIKELY DRY, THOUGH STILL HUMID... LATER FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING LOOKS SHOWERY, AND IT COULD BE HEAVY AT TIMES... SUNDAY LOOKS APTLY TITLED, DEFINITELY THE WEEKEND PICK... SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY REPRESENTS ANOTHER HEAT WAVE FOR SOME AS HIGHER HUMIDITY RETURNS... A COLD FRONT COMES THROUGH WEDNESDAY OR THURSDAY WITH SHOWERS, STORMS, AND EVENTUALLY MUCH LESS HUMIDITY AND SOME GOOD SLEEPING WEATHER...

[7:09AM WED 7/10/24] HEAT ADVISORIES CONTINUE TODAY... BEST CHANCE FOR AN ISOLATED STRONG TO SEVERE STORM IS MAINLY WEST OF THE I-91 CORRIDOR AND NORTH OF THE PIKE IN THE BERKSHIRES, WESTERN HILLTOWNS, SVT AND SWNH... ALL HAZARDS POSSIBLE, INCLUDING AN SVT TORNADO RISK... LESS ACTIVITY FURTHER EAST AND SOUTH... HIGH HUMIDITY RULES THE ROOST... CALMER THURSDAY, HEAVY RAIN AT TIMES POSSIBLE FRIDAY WITH BEST CHANCE ALONG/SOUTH OF THE PIKE AND EAST OF I-91... DRIEIR WEEKEND AHEAD... MORE STORMS EARLY WEEK, AND REAL RELIEF MORE LIKELY AFTER MID-NEXT-WEEK COLD FRONT PASSES THRU... LIGHT AT END OF THIS HUMID TUNNEL...

[7:07AM TUES 7/9/24] HEAT ADVISORIES ARE UP AGAIN FOR HAMPDEN COUNTY, SOUTHERN CMASS AND NORTHERN CT TODAY WITH HEAT INDICES REACHING THE MID TO UPPER 90S... 2ND HEAT WAVE OF 2024 IS HIT FOR SOME AREAS THIS WEEK... A COUPLE OF SCATTERED STRONG TO POTENTIALLY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS COULD FORM NORTH OF THE ROUTE 9 CORRIDOR IN MA IN NORTHERN MA, SVT AND SWNH THIS AFTERNOON, WITH MORE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY... VERY MUGGY CONDITIONS CONTINUE THROUGH THE WEEK... HEAVY RAIN POSSIBLE FRIDAY EVENING INTO EARLY SATURDAY BEFORE HUMIDITY DECREASES A BIT LATE WEEKEND...

[7:01AM MON 7/8/24] HEAT ADVISORIES HAVE BEEN HOISTED FOR HAMPDEN COUNTY, SOUTHERN CMASS AND NORTHERN CT TODAY WITH HEAT INDICES REACHING THE MID TO PERHAPS UPPER 90S... A SUNNY DAY IS IN STORE AFTER PATCHY FOG LIFTS... HUMIDITY INCREASES TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY NIGHT, WITH SOME SCATTERED SHOWERS/STORMS LATE AFTERNOON... WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY COULD FEATURE FLASH FLOOD POTENTIAL WITH BERYL'S RAINY REMNANTS PASSING JUST NORTHWEST OF US... HEAVY RAIN POTENTIAL MAY LINGER INTO FRIDAY AND SATURDAY BEFORE A COLD FRONT FINALLY SWEEPS THRU BY SUN/MON...

[8:20AM SUN: 7/7/24] VERY WARM TO HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS PERSIST THROUGH THE WEEK... POTENTIAL BORDERLINE HEAT WAVE FOR TODAY THROUGH TUESDAY... SLIGHT TAMP IN HUMIDITY TODAY AND TOMORROW, BUT HIGH LEVELS RETURN TUESDAY THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK... SUNNIER TODAY AND TOMORROW, SHOWER/STORM CHANCES RESUME TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND WEDNESDAY, FOLLOWED BY BERYL'S RAINY REMNANTS LATE WEEK... BEHIND TROPICAL SYSTEMS WE CAN GET PATTERN CHANGES, WE SHALL SEE...

[6:25AM SAT: 7/6/24] MORNING LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING POSSIBLE WITH INCOMING MESOSCALE CONVECTIVE COMPLEX TRACKING NORTHEAST INTO WESTERN CT AND SOUTHWEST MA WITH SHOWERS, DOWNPOURS AND THUNDERSTORMS... SCATTERED SHOWERS/STORMS LATER TODAY WITH COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE, VERY HUMID... VERY WARM TO HOT WITH SUNSHINE AND ELEVATED BUT BETTER HUMIDITY SUNDAY INTO MONDAY... DRY START TO TUESDAY, BUT TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY FEATURES MUGGY CONDITIONS AND PERIODS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AS THE RAINY (NOT WINDY) REMNANTS OF BERYL MAY REACH US BY LATE THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY...