[5:15PM SUN: 8/11/24] DRIER CONDITIONS OVERALL WILL PREVAIL THROUGH TONIGHT AND MUCH OF THIS WEEK... A FEW SHOWERS POSSIBLE THIS EVE IN SOUTHERN VT OR FAR NORTHWEST MA... LARGELY DRY AGAIN TOMORROW WITH MORE SCATTERED AFTERNOON SHOWERS OR A THUNDERSTORM POSSIBLE FOR MONDAY AS AN UPPER WAVE MOVES THROUGH... TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY WARM, SUNNY AND DRY... A FEW MORE SHOWERS POSSIBLE THURSDAY, THEN UNCERTAINTY FOR NEXT WEEKEND... NO HEAT WAVES IN SIGHT... TROPICS ARE BEING MONITORED...

[7:47AM SAT: 8/10/24] WEATHER PATTERN SHIFTS TO LATE SUMMER / EARLY FALL MIX... VERY HUMID AIR THIS MORNING LEADS TO LESS HUMID AIR THIS AFTERNOON, AND LOW HUMIDITY AIR BY TOMORROW... A SPOT SHOWER POSSIBLE SUNDAY, AND SOME SCATTERED SHOWERS POSSIBLE MONDAY AS AN UPPER LOW STILL HAS TO WORK EAST FROM THE GREAT LAKES THROUGH NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND... LOW HUMIDITY THROUGH MID-WEEK, MIXES OF SUN AND CLOUDS, AND OVERALL FAIR WEATHER EXPECTED DESPITE A FEW SHOWERS MONDAY, AND POSSIBLY THURSDAY... NEXT REPORT TOMORROW AFTERNOON/EVENING, PAPA NEEDS SLEEP...

[7:17AM FRI 8/9/24] WEAK TORNADO THREAT 6PM-11PM THIS EVENING MAINLY WEST OF THE I-91... DEBBY'S REMNANT LOW CENTER PASSES WEST OF US IN NY STATE, PRODUCING SCATTERED PERIODS OF SHOWERS AND DOWNPOURS TODAY, WITH MOST INTENSE ACTIVITY 4PM-MIDNIGHT... GUSTY SOUTHERLIES 20-40MPH TONIGHT... EXTREMELY HUMID LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT... RAPID CLEARING BY TOMORROW AFTERNOON... TRANQUIL, DRIER, COOLER, LESS HUMID CONDITIONS SUNDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY, SAVE FOR A SHOWER MONDAY AFTERNOON/NIGHT... BE ALERT TONIGHT TO CHANGES IN LOCAL WIND... RADAR MAY NOT PICK UP TRANSIENT, WEAK TORNADOES...

[7:19AM THURS 8/8/24] DEBBY'S REMNANTS RUN THROUGH WESTERN NEW ENGLAND TOMORROW NIGHT WITH HEAVY RAIN AT TIMES, STREET FLOODING POSSIBLE, A WEAK TORNADO OR TWO POSSIBLE, AND GUSTY WINDS IN THE HIGH TERRAIN AND BREEZY IN THE VALLEY... FIRST SHOWERS ARRIVE THIS LATER AFTERNOON AND EVENING... VERY HUMID AIR ARRIVES TOMORROW WITH DEWPOINTS IN THE 70S WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS... HEAVIEST RAIN WITH A FEW THUNDERSTORMS MOVES THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT AND QUITS BY EARY SATURDAY MORNING... THE WHOOSHENING COMMENCES WITH DRIER, COOLER, SUNNIER CONDITIONS LATE SATURDAY THROUGH MID NEXT WEEK... THERE IS LIGHT AT THE END OF THE HUMID TUNNEL!

[7:21AM TUE 8/6/24] PATTERN CHANGE UNDERWAY AS FIRST INTERSEASONAL COOL DOWN ARRIVES... STILL QUITE HUMID TODAY WITH MORNING SHOWERS OR A THUNDER RUMBLE... MORE WIDESPREAD SHOWERS TONIGHT AND INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING, ESPECIALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE PIKE WHERE HEAVIEST RAIN FALLS... DRYING AND MORE SUN WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY... THEN MOISTURE SURGES THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY WTIH INCREASING RAINFALL FRIDAY, FRIDAY NIGHT, SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT WITH HEAVY TROPICAL RAIN AT TIMES AS DEBBY'S REMNANTS TRACKS THROUGH OUR REGION... FLASH AND STREET FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE, WITH WIND SATURDAY NIGHT ON CAPE/ISLANDS... HIGHS IN THE 70S AS FAR AS I CAN SEE BEGINS TODAY...

[7:12AM MON 8/5/24] HURRICANE DEBBY COMES ASHORE IN FL AND THE RAINY/FLOODY REMNANTS WILL IMPACT SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND SOMETIME BY FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT... SUNDAY, AT THIS RANGE, SHOULD BE THIS COMING WEEKEND'S PICK... TODAY IS LAST HOT AND VERY HUMID DAY WITH ISOLATED TO WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING, ESPECIALLY NORTH OF THE PIKE... CONCERNED FOR FLOODING POTENTIAL TUESDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING... DRIER WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY...

[7:55AM SUN: 8/4/24] ISOLATED TO SCATTERED STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE TODAY AND TOMORROW, AND CAN'T RULE OUT A MICROBURST... VERY WARM AND HUMID THROUGH MONDAY FOLLOWED BY A COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE TO OUR SOUTH... FRONT HANGS CLOSE BY, BUT COOLS US DOWN TUESDAY THROUGH THE WEEKEND WITH 70S HIGHS... SCATTERED SHOWERS POSSIBLE AT TIMES NEXT WEEK... HURRICANE DEBBY RAINY REMNANTS MAY ARRIVE FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY NIGHT... DEEPER DRIER AIR IS PULLED EASTWARD INTO NEW ENGLAND AS DEBBIE TRACKS SEAWARD ON SUNDAY INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK...

[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...