[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...

[6:56AM FRI 7/5/24] HIGH HUMIDITY PERSISTS THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK, SAVE FOR MONDAY WHICH LOOKS HOT INTO TUESDAY WITH LOW 90s HIGHS... PERIODS OF SCATTERED SHOWERS, DOWNPOURS AND A COUPLE THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED TODAY, ESPECIALLY BY MID DAY TO EARLY EVENING... TORRENTIAL RAIN POSSIBLE... A SIMILAR SET UP ARRIVES ON SATURDAY, AND THERE IS LITTLE CERTAINTY AROUND TIMING... A NOT-COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT WITH T-STORMS POSSIBLE IIN NORTHERN MA, SVT AND SWNH, THEN DRIER SUNDAY AND MONDAY BUT VERY WARM... MORE SHOWERS ARRIVE TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND ESPECIALLY ON WEDNESDAY, WINDING DOWN BY THURSDAY...

[8:51AM THU 7/4/24] HAPPY 4TH OF JULY TO ALL... ISOLATED SHOWERS OR A THUNDERSTORM FOR A FEW LOCATIONS LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING... PATCHY FOG WITH INCREASING HUMIDITY TONIGHT... ANOTHER ROUND OF ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FOR FRIDAY AFTERNOON WITH BUILDING HUMIDITY... A SHORTWAVE IN COMBINATION WITH A NEARBY FRONT BRINGS INCFREASED HEAVY RAIN CHANCES FOR SATURDAY MORNING, AND A LESSER CHANCE FOR SATURDAY AFTERNOON AFTER A LATE-MORNING / EARLY AFTERNOON LULL, VERY HUMID... DRYING INTO LATER SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY AND MONDAY WITH WARMTH AND SUNSHINE... UNSETTLED BY MID WEEK...

[6:59AM WED 7/3/24] 4TH 4CAST LOOKS WARM, INCREASINGLY HUMID, AND SHOULD FEATURE SOME SCATTERED SHOWERS BY LATER AFTERNOON AND EVENING, POSSIBLY BRIEFLY IN THE MORNING, TOO... TODAY IS GORGEOUS, LOVELY, BEAUTIFUL... FRIDAY FEATURES A FEW SHOWERS WITH WARMER AND MORE HUMID CONDITIONS... SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT IS BEST CHANCE FOR MORE NUMEROUS SHOWERS, OR A COUPLE THUNDERSTORMS AND OPPRESSIVELY HUMID... NICER AND STILL VERY WARM TO HUMID BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON... SOAKING SIGNAL CONTINUES FOR MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK...

[7:03AM MON 7/1/24] ISOLATED SHOWERS OR A THUNDESTORM POSSIBLE TODAY, OTHERWISE PARTLY SUNNY ON AVERAGE, COOLER AND DRIER OVERALL... TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY PROVIDE A PAIR OF SUNNY AND WARM DAYS... 4TH OF JULY LOOKS MORE HUMID WITH SOME SCATTERED SHOWER ACTIVITY AT TIMES MORE LIKELY THAN NOT... FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY ARE MORE HUMID WITH HIGHS MID TO UPPER 80S AND PERIODS OF SHOWERS AND/OR THUNDERSTORMS AS A FRONTAL BOUNDARY LAYS ABOUT...

[8:20AM SUN: 6/30/24] MORNING SHOWERS AND THUNDER FOR THE BERKSHIRES AROUND 9AM, THEN SUNNY BREAKS, THEN HEATING, THEN POTENTIAL FOR STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS BETWEEN 1-5PM... DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS AND LARGER HAIL POSSIBLE... MORE SHOWERS/STORMS POSSIBLE AFTER 5PM, MAINLY WELL SOUTH OF THE RT. 2 CORRIDOR... COOLER WITH SCATTERED INSTABILITY SHOWERS TOMORROW AS UPPER LOW MOVES THROUGH... GORGEOUS CONDITIONS TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY WITH MORE UNSETTLED WEATHER ON THE HORIZON FOR THE 4TH AND BEYOND...