[8:08AM SAT: 4/20/24] HEAVIER SHOWERS EAST OF I-91 AND TRACKING EAST... A FEW MORE SCATTERED SHOWERS POSSIBLE THIS MORNING WITH DRYING AND SOME SUN BY AFTERNOON... A FEW MORE INSTABILITY SHOWERS LATE AFTERNOON INTO EARLY EVENING WITH A HIGH-TERRAIN GRAUPEL BELCH POSSIBLE (GRAUPEL BELCH WILL NOT BE MY NEW BAND NAME)... A 3-DAY STRING OF BREEZY, SUNNY, SEASONABLE DAYS SUN THRU TUES... MORE SHOWERS WEDNESDAY, THEN MORE SUN LATE WEEK... DRIER...

[7:10AM FRI 4/19/24] DRY MUCH OF FRIDAY BUT SHOWERS ARRIVE TONIGHT AND LAST INTO SATURDAY MORNING... SATURDAY NOW LOOKS MORE CLOUDY THAN SUNNY, WITH SUNNIER / BREEZIER / MILDER CONDITIONS SUNDAY INTO TUESDAY WITH ENHANCED FIRE SPREAD POTENTIAL AS WE DRY OUT... NEXT CHANCE OF SHOWERS IS WEDNESDAY... CANNOT RULE OUT FROST FOR EARLY THURSDAY MORNING...

[7:09AM THU 4/18/24] A RAW DAY AHEAD WITH HIGHS ONLY IN THE 40s WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS, SOME ON THE HEAVIER SIDE ESPECIALLY THIS MORNING, MAINLY NORTHWEST / CENTRAL CT, WMASS AND SVT WITH LIGHTER ACTIVITY EAST... EAST WINDS GUST 20-30MPH... DRIER FRIDAY, WITH A FEW SHOWERS AT NIGHT... THEN MILDER, SUNNIER AND DRY SATURDAY THROUGH TUESDAY... SHOWERS RETURN BY MID WEEK...

[7:06AM WED 4/17/24] WARM & DRY WEDNESDAY FOLLOWED BY SHOWERS TONIGHT AND THROUGH THURSDAY, GENERALLY ON THE LIGHTER SIDE AND WITH LESS ACTIVITY IN CMASS, EASTERN PARTS OF SWNH AND NORTHEAST CT COMPARED TO SVT / WMASS / NW.CT... MOSTLY CLOUDY FRIDAY DRY UNTIL LATE AFTERNOON WITH MORE LIGHT SHOWERS FRIDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY SATURDAY... BREEZY AND DRYING THIS WEEKEND, FAIR WEATHER LASTS INTO AT LEAST EARLY NEXT WEEK...

[7:00AM TUE 4/16/24] DRIER AND MILD CONTINUES TO TREND THROUGH THE NEXT 10 DAYS WITH 2 SHOWERY PERIODS THAT LOOK LIKE NO-BIG-WHOOPERS, THE FIRST ON WEDNESDAY EVENING INTO THURSDAY MORNING, AND THE SECOND FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING... OTHERWISE IT'S 50s AND 60s AND MOSTLY CALM WEATHER INTO THE FIRST HALF OF NEXT WEEK... FLOOD WARNING EXPIRES FOR HARTFORD ALONG THE CT RIVER THIS AFTERNOON... PATCHY DENSE FOG IN SOUTHEAST VT AND SOUTHWEST NH BURNS OFF BY MID MORNING TODAY...

[7:06AM MON 4/15/24] DRIER PERIOD UPCOMING... DENSE FOG ADVISORIES ARE UP FOR THE BERKSHIRES AND SVT, WITH PATCHY DENSE FOG ELSEWHERE... A TRIO OF MOSTLY DRY AND WARMER DAYS AHEAD... WARM FRONTAL SHOWERS THURS, COLD FRONTAL SHOWERS FRI/SAT WITH SUNDAY (FOR NOW) LOOKING LIKE THE PICK OF THE WEEKEND... DRIER IS BETTER... FLOOD WARNING EXPIRED FOR NORTHAMPTON, BUT CONTINUES INTO TUESDAY FOR HARTFORD ALONG THE CT RIVER...

[7:58AM SUN: 4/14/24] SUNNY MORNING, CLOUDY MID-DAY, SHOWERS AT TIMES 2-10PM WITH THUNDER POSSIBLE... CAN'T RULE OUT A STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN LITCHFIELD OR HARTFORD COUNTIES UP INTO THE SOUTHERN BERKSHIRES EAST INTO THE SPRINGFIELD METRO WITH GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL... FLOOD WARNING FOR THE CT RIVER CONTINUES AT NORTHAMPTON AND HARTFORD... MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY *GENERALLY* DRY WITH PARTLY TO MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES, WARMER... UNSETTLED CONDITIONS POSSIBLE THURSDAY THROUGH SUNDAY, BUT DRY PERIODS WILL BE INTERSPERSED, UNCERTAINTY REMAINS FROM THURSDAY ONWARD... HOPEFULLY DRIER THE FOLLOWING WEEK...

[8:12AM SAT: 4/13/24] FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE CT RIVER AT NORTHAMPTON (CRESTS TODAY) AND HARTFORD (CRESTS TOMORROW)... WIND ADVISORIES HAVE BEEN HOISTED FOR THE BERKSHIRES AND TACONICS FOR GUSTS TO 50MPH TODAY... MOSTLY CLOUDY, BLUSTERY, COOLER, AND SCATTERED INSTABILITY SHOWERS WITH SOME SNOW OR SMALL HAIL MIXING IN OVER THE HIGH TERRAIN... DRY SUNDAY MORNING, WET SUNDAY BY MID/LATE AFTERNOON, THUNDER POSSIBLE SOUTH OF THE PIKE... WARMER/SUNNIER MONDAY INTO WED A.M... MORE SHOWERS WED. NIGHT INTO LATER WEEK...

[6:50AM FRI 4/12/24] FLOOD WARNING FOR MILL RIVER IN FLORENCE, WATCH TRAVEL AROUND MEADOW STREET... THE OXBOW AND SMITH RIVER WALK MAY SEE FLOODING AS WELL... THUNDERSTORMS HAVE MOVED THROUGH THE VALLEY AT 6AM WITH DOWNPOURS... MORE THUNDERSTORM EAST OF I-91 AFTER 7AM, AND MORE SHOWERS LIKELY THIS AFTERNOON ALONG/WEST OF I-91... GUSTY AT TIMES TODAY THROUGH TOMORROW... SATURDAY PM AND SUNDAY AM LOOK DRIER, BUT SHOWERS EXPECTED ONO EITHER SIDE OF THAT TIME SPAN... EARLY NEXT WEEK SUNNY AND WARM, MORE SHOWERS WED/THURS, AND POSSIBLY NEXT WEEKEND...

[6:30AM THU 4/11/24] RAIN, HEAVY AT TIMES, WITH THUNDER POSSIBLE TONIGHT INITO FRIDAY MORNING TO IMPACT MORNING COMMUTE... PATCHY FOG, SOME DENSE, THIS MORNING... AN EARLIER RAIN ROUND MOVES THROUGH WMASS, NW CT AND SVT BY NOON OR SO, THEN A SPOT SHOWER BEFORE THE MAIN RAINS ARRIVE THIS EVE... THE FRONT SWEEPS THROUGH BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON WITH GUSTY CONDITIONS, ESPECIALLY FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY... A FEW SUNDAY NIGHT SHOWERS, THEN THE WARMENING PAYS US A VISIT BY EARLY NEXT WEEK...

[7:06AM WED 4/10/24] MORE SPURTS OF MILD SHOWERY WEATHER ON THE WAY THROUGH THE WEEKEND WITH DRY LULLS MIXED IN... THURSDAY EVENING INTO FRIDAY AFTERNOON SEES THE BULK OF THE RAINFALL, WITH GUSTY WINDS MAINLY FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY AT TIMES... SUNDAY WILL BE THE WEEKEND PICK: MILDER, SUNNIER, BUT STILL WITH A CHANCE FOR SHOWERS BY EVENING... WE'RE BACK INTO THE CLEAR EARLY NEXT WEEK HIGHS APPROACHING 70 DEGREES...

[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...