[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...

[7:41AM SAT: 6/29/24] ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS (MOSTLY LIGHT) TODAY WITH DRY PERIODS AS A WARM FRONT APPROACHES THE REGION LATER TODAY... SHOWERS BECOME MORE NUMEROUS AND HEAVIER BY EARLY EVENING INTO THE FIRST PART OF THE NIGHT WITH THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE... VERY WARM AND HUMID SUNDAY WITH STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED BETWEEN NOON AND 5PM FROM THE NY LINE THRU CMASS... DAMAGING WIND GUSTS POSSIBLE, ALONG WITH HAIL... ISOLATED SHOWER OR STORM MONDAY, BUT WE SHOULD BE DRYING AS HIGH PRESSURE MOVES TOWARD THE REGION THROUGH MID-WEEK... MORE HEAT AND HUMIDITY BY THE 4TH OF JULY WITH SOME SHOWERS POSSIBLE IN THAT LATE WEEK PERIOD...

[7:11AM FRI 6/28/24] THE PICK OF THE MONTH ARRIVES TODAY WITH VERY LOW HUMIDITY AND COMFORTABLE TEMPS IN THE 70s... HUMIDITY CREEPS UP TOMORROW AS CLOUD INCREASE DURING THE DAY, BREEZY OUT OF THE SOUTH... SHOWERS ARRIVE LATE IN THE DAY, AND PICK UP OVERNIGHT WITH THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE... A BREAK ON SUNDAY MORNING COULD SET THE STAGE FOR MORE STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH WIND DAMAGE POSSIBLE BY EARLY TO MID SUNDAY AFTERNOON AHEAD OF A COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE... SUNSHINE RETURNS EARLY TO MID WEEK WITH HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING IN... MORE SHOWERS POSSIBLE TOWARD THURSDAY...

[6:58AM THURS 6/27/24] PLEASE POST ANY STORM DAMAGE REPORTS BELOW IF YOU LIVE ALONG/SOUTH OF THE PIKE FROM SPRINGFIELD EAST TO WORCESTER... BRADLEY AIRPORT SAW A 77MPH GUST LAST NIGHT... MULTIPLE DAMAGE REPORTS IN NORTHERN CT... A CALMER PAIR OF DAYS ARRIVES WITH INCREASING SUN AND LOWER HUMIDITY... MORE SHOWERS, DOWNPOURS AND THUNDERSTORMS LATER SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY SOAKS THE REGION, BEFORE A LOVELY TRIO OF DAYS TO BRING US THROUGH THE FIRST HALF OF NEXT WEEK...

[7:11AM WED 6/26/24] NIGHT TIME THUNDERSTORMS OVERNIGHT WITH SHOWERS AND DOWNPOURS, AND SOME ISOLATED STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS POSSIBLE AT ANY POINT THIS AFTERNOON, THOUGH LIKELY LATER IN THE AFTERNOON... HOT AND HUMID DAY ON THE WAY... LOWER HUMIDITY THURSDAY AND ESPECIALLY INTO FRIDAY WITH A FEW ISOLATED SHOWERS THURSDAY AND SUNSHINE ON FRIDAY... SATURDAY STARTS DRY BUT ENDS WET WITH SHOWERS EXPECTED BY EVENING AND INTO A GOOD PART OF SUNDAY AS HUMIDITY SPIKES... COLD FRONT COMES THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT AND MAKES EARLY NEXT WEEK ALL BETTER WITH LOW HUMIDITY AND PLEASANT TEMPS...

[7:15AM MON 6/24/24] ONE OF THE EARLY ADULT LESSONS I LEARNED WAS THAT HEAVY WEATHER PASSES... THANKFULLY, THE MOST RECENT WEEK OF HIGH HEAT, HUMIDITY, AND SEVERE WEATHER OF ALL TYPES HAS PASSED... MUCH NICER TODAY AND TOMORROW... MORE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WEDNESDAY LATE AFTERNOON WITH OVERNIGHT STORMS POSSIBLE... MUCH DRIER AND COMFORTABLE AIR MASS FOR THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY, THEN MORE SHOWERS/STORMS SATURDYA NIGHT INTO SUNDAY AS A PAIR OF COLD FRONTAL PASSAGES SWEEPS WED. NIGHT AND SAT NIGHT WITH SOME ACTIVITY... I'M TAKING TOMORROW OFF (CALM WEATHER DAY)...

[8:05AM SUN: 6/23/24] LEVEL 3 OF 5 SEVERE WEATHER RISK TODAY FOR SCATTERED SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORMS AND CLUSTERS ARRIVING BY MID TO LATE AFTERNOON... HEAT ADVISORIES ARE UP FOR HAMPSHIRE, HAMPDEN AND NORTHERN CT COUNTIES... A BREEZY SUMMER EARLY AFTERNOON SHOULD DEVELOP IN A WARM SECTOR... STRAIGHT LINE WIND DAMAGE POSSIBLE IN ANY SEVERE STORMS, ALONG WITH HAIL, STREET FLOODING, ALONG WITH A TORNADO OR TWO IN THE REGION POSSIBLE, ESPECIALLY NORTH OF THE PIKE... ACTIVITY WINDS DOWN BY 10PM, WITH MONDAY SHOWERS FOLLOWED BY CALMER AND DRIER CONDITIONS INTO TUESDAY... ANOTHER COLD FRONT BRINGS MORE SHOWERS AND STORMS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT, WITH DRY AND SUNNY CONDITIONS LATE WEEK... THIS REPORT IS FOCUSED EXCLUSIVELY ON THE NEXT 24 HOURS DUE TO SEVERE WEATHER POTENTIAL TODAY...

[8:33AM SAT: 6/22/24] VERY WARM TO HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS PERSIST IN THE GREATER WMASS REGION TODAY AND ESPECIALLY TOMORROW WITH HEAT ADVISORIES CONTINUING IN THE SOUTHERN VALLEY OF WMASS DOWN INTO NORTHERN CT... AN ISOLATED SHOWER OR THUNDERSTORM COULD POP AT ANY TIME THIS WEEKEND, BUT THERE ARE 3 TIME PERIODS FOR POTENTIAL STRONG TO SEVERE WEATHER TO WATCH: TODAY 2-6PM, LATER TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING, AND SUNDAY ANYTIME AFTER 3 OR 4PM... DAMAGING WIND GUSTS, HAIL, FLASH/STREET FLOODING POSSIBLE... A WEAK TORNADO IS POSSIBLE EITHER AFTERNOON, THOUGH IT'S A VERY LOW CHANCE TODAY, AND A TOUCH HIGHER SUNDAY WITH MORE ATMOSPHERIC SPIN TO SUPPORT A SPIN-UP... MONDAY MORNING SHOWERS GIVE WAY TO DRYING INTO MID-WEEK... MORE SHOWERS/STORMS BY THURSDAY, BUT I'M FOCUSED ON THIS WEEKEND... WARM TEMPS THROUGHOUT THE WEEKEND AND NEXT WEEK... PATCHY DENSE FOG EARLY THIS MORNING...

[7:20AM THU 6/20/24] STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL TODAY LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING... MORE LOCALIZED DAMAGING WIND AND FLOODING POSSIBLE... HEAT ADVISORIES UP REGION-WIDE WITH PEAK HEAT ARRIVING TODAY ALONG WITH THE SUMMER SOLSTICE... AIR QUALITY ALERTS UP FOR CENTRAL/EASTERN HAMPSHIRE & HAMPDEN COUNTIES INTO SOUTHERN CMASS AND HARTFORD COUNTY CT... VERY HUMID... MORE SCATTERED SHOWERS AND STORMS FRIDAY WITH POTENTIAL FOR STRONGER STORMS ALONG/SOUTH OF THE PIKE WITH COOLER TEMPS NORTH BY LATER DAY... UNSETTLED ON SATURDAY AS WELL, COOLER... SUNDAY MAY END UP BEING THE "WEEKEND PICK", BUT BY SUNDAY NIGHT MORE SHOWERS/STORMS ARE LIKELY INTO MONDAY... DRIER TUESDAY, MUGGIER WEDNESDAY WITH ANOTHER FRONT, THEN DRIER LATE WEEK... SEESAW WEATHER WITH STRONG TO SEVERE STORM POTENTIAL...

[7:13AM WED 6/19/24] HEAT ADVISORIES CONTINUE TODAY AND TOMORROW REGION-WIDE... HAZY, HOT AND HUMID WEATHER PERSISTS THROUGH THURSDAY WHICH WILL CLOCK THE 1ST OFFICIAL HEAT WAVE OF 2024 AS ASTRONOMICAL SUMMAH ARRIVES... INCREASED CHANCE FOR STRONG TO SEVERE T-STORMS LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING, ESPECIALLY NORTH OF THE PIKE IN MA, VT AND NH... FRIDAY IS LOOKING WETTER AND COOLER WITH A COLD FRONT SINKING SOUTHWEST INTO OUR REGION THOUGH 90s MAY HOLD SOUTH OF THE PIKE... WEEKEND BREAKS THE HEAT WAVE, SHOWERS OR T-STORMS POSSIBLE EACH DAY, BUT BETTER CHANCE LATE(R) SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY... DRIER/NICER TUESDAY...

[7:11AM TUE 6/18/24] HEAT ADVISORIES ARE UP REGION-WIDE FOR TODAY/TUESDAY... EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCHES CONTINUE FOR THE PIONEER VALLEY OF WMASS DOWN INTO HARTFORD COUNTY FOR TOMORROW AND THURSDAY... AIR QUALITY ALERTS ARE UP FOR CENTRAL/EASTERN HAMPSHIRE AND HAMPDEN COUNTIES OVER TO SOUTHERN WORCESTER COUNTY... ISOLATED AFTERNOON SHOWER OR T-STORM POSSIBLE TODAY AND TOMORROW, OTHERWISE MOSTLY SUNNY, HOT AND HUMID, PEAKING THURSDAY... FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY MORE LIKELY THAN NOT SEES DECREASE IN TEMPS, BUT STEADILY HUMID WITH INCREASING CHANCE FOR SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS... SEVERE WEATHER UNLIKELY AT THE MOMENT... HEAT WAVE LIKELY BREAKS THIS WEEKEND...

[7:03AM MON 6/17/24] EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCHES HAVE BEEN HOISTED FOR THE ENTIRE CT RIVER VALLEY IN WMASS AND NORTH-CENTRAL CT... HEAT ADVISORIES HAVE BEEN HOISTED FOR THE REST OF THE GREATER WMASS REGION, AND MUCH OF NEW ENGLAND FOR THAT MATTER... TONS OF SUNSHINE THIS WEEK... VERY WARM TODAY, THEN HOT AND HUMID THE REST OF THE WEEK WITH HEAT INDICES (TEMP+DEWPOINT COMBO) PUSHING 105º AT TIMES... ISOLATED SHOWER OR STORM POSSIBLE, BUT LIKELY DRY UNTIL FRIDAY... FRIIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY BETTER CHANCE SCATTERED SHOWERS AND T-STORMS, STILL HOT AND HUMID BUT NOT AS MUCH AS PEAK HEAT DURING WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY...

[8:32AM SAT: 6/15/24] A GORGEOUS FATHER'S DAY WEEKEND ARRIVES WITH MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES, HIGHS IN THE 70S, WITH FAIR WEATHER EXTENDING INTO MONDAY WITH HIGHS IN THE 80S... 4-TO-5 DAY HEAT WAVE ARRIVES TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY WITH CORE OF HEAT/HUMIDITY HITTING WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY WITH HEAT INDICES ("FEELS-LIKE" TEMPS) CRESTING 105º... SUNSHINE AND HIGH PRESSURE DOMINATES THE NEXT 7 DAYS... SOME SHOWERS OR STORMS POSSIBLE LATE WEEK INTO NEXT WEEKEND... NO MORNING REPORT TOMORROW...

[7:00AM FRI 6/14/24] SCATTERED STRONG TO SEVERE T-STORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING... STRONG WIND, HAIL, AND FLOODING POSSIBLE... LOVELY WEEKEND AHEAD WITH DRY, SUNNY, TEMPERATE CONDITIONS... HEAT WAVE LOOMS FOR NEXT TUESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY WITH HIGH HUMIDITY AND SOME HITTING A HUNDRED BY LATE WEEK...

[7:05AM THU 6/13/24] FIRST 2024 HEAT WAVE LOOKING INCREASINGLY LIKELY FOR NEXT TUESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY... STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN FOR SOME FRIDAY AFTERNOON... MAIN THREATS ARE STRONG DAMAGING WIND GUSTS, WITH STREET FLOODING AND ISOLATED INSTANCES OF FLASH FLOODING... FABULOUS TODAY, AND A PERFECT JUNE WEEKEND COMING UP...

[7:11AM WED 6/12/24] STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORM THREAT INCREASING FOR FRIDAY AFTERNOON... A PAIR OF INCREASINGLY WARM MOSLTY DRY DAYS PRECEDE OUR STORMY FRIDAY, WITH A NEAR-PERFECT EARLY SUMMER WEEKEND TO FOLLOW... OUR SWEET WEEKEND PRECEDES THE POTENTIAL FOR HAZY, HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS WHICH COULD CAUSE AIR QUALITY ISSUES AND THE NECESSITY FOR HEAT ADVISORIES, AND OF COURSE, AIR CONDITIONER INSTALLATIONS...

[7:12AM TUE 6/11/24] PERFECT SUMMER WEEKEND ON THE WAY? SURE LOOKS LIKE IT RIGHT NOW.. BEFORE THEN, A PAIR OF LOVELIES TODAY AND TOMORROW WITH A FEW ISOLATED SHOWERS POSSIBLE EACH AFTERNOON... MUCH WARMER AND INCREASING HUMIDITY ON SUNNY THURSDAY... FRIDAY IS TRANSITION DAY WITH A COLD FRONT BRINGING A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS... BY NEXT TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY HAZY, HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY WITH HIGHS IN THE 90s POSSIBLE... PULL OUT THE AC'S, THEY'RE GOING IN...