[7:19AM WED 2/14/24] HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY... GUSTY AND COLD TODAY INTO TONIGHT WITH WIND CHILLS IN THE SINGLE DIGITS AND TEENS AT TIMES... A SUNNY START THURSDAY THEN CLOUDS UP, WITH LIGHT/FLUFFY ACCUMULATING SNOW AFTER SUNSET AND BEFORE FRIDAY'S DAWN... A COATING TO 2" LOOKS MOST LIKELY, WITH SOME SEEING A BIT MORE IN THE SOUTHERN GREENS, NORTHEAST BERKSHIRES, AND FAR NORTHWESTERN HILLTOWNS OF WMASS... QUITE WINDY AND COLD FRIDAY, THEN A FEW MORE SNOW SHOWERS SATURDAY, WITH SUNDAY AS YOUR WEEKEND PICK...

[6:23AM TUE 2/13/24] LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOWFALL TODAY, AND MOSTLY A NON-EVENT FOR AREAS NORTH OF THE ROUTE 2 CORRIDOR IN VT, NH AND MA... A FEW SNOW SHOWERS OVERNIGHT IN SVT AND THE BERKSHIRES PROVIDE SOME NEW COATINGS TO AN INCH POSSIBLE... COLDER AND BLUSTERY FOR WEDNESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT... A CLIPPER SYSTEM LOOKS TO BRING SOME LIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THURSDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY FRIDAY, WITH A FEW MORE SNOW SHOWERS ON SATURDAY...

[8:15AM SUN: 2/11/24] *WINTER STORM WATCHES HAVE EXPANDED* AND ARE NOW UP FOR THE ENTIRE GREATER WMASS REGION (W.MASS, C.MASS, N.CT, S.VT, SW.NH AND THE TACONICS OF E.NY... WIDESPREAD 6-12" OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL BECOMING MORE LIKELY FOR TUESDAY WITH PERHAPS 4-8" IN NORTHERN PARTS OF SVT/SWNH... SOME AREAS MAY EXCEED A FOOT.. 1-2" PER HOUR SNOW RATES POSSIBLE AS WINTER BITES BACK... SEASONABLY COLD AND BLUSTERY MID TO LATE WEEK WITH MORE SNOW POSSIBLE FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY...

[8:30AM SAT: 2/10/24] DENSE FOG ADVISORIES WILL LIFT BY 9AM AS SOUTHWEST FLOW BRINGS TEMPS WELL INTO THE 50S TODAY... SOME RECORDS MAY BE TIED/BROKEN AS SOME MAY HIT 60º... SHOWERS AND A POSSIBLE ISOLATED T-STORM WITH SMALL HAIL ENTERS THE BERKSHIRES/SVT AROUND 4PM OR SO, THEN WEAKENS THROUGH THE VALLEY AND INTO CMASS THROUGH DINNER TIME... COOLER AND PLEASANT SUNDAY/MONDAY... SNOW ARRIVES IN THE PRE-DAWN HOURS OF TUESDAY MORNING WITH A MODERATE SNOWSTORM LOOKING PROBABLE AT THIS TIME... SNOW TAPERS OFF TUESDAY NIGHT... BLUSTERY, FAIR AND COLD MID TO LATE NEXT WEEK...

[7:20AM FRI 2/9/24] TEMPS PUNCH UP INTO THE 50S SATURDAY WITH SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON, ONE OR TWO OF WHICH MAY BE ON THE HEAVY SIDE... PATCHY FOG THIS MORNING AND AGAIN LATE TONIGHT... MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY PLOWABLE SNOWSTORM STILL ON THE TABLE, BUT CAN'T RULE OUT AN OUT TO SEA RESULT, THOUGH I DON'T BUY THAT YET... COLDER TEMEPS AND WINDIER CONDITIONS MID TO LATE NEXT WEEK...

[7:20AM THU 2/8/24] GET YOUR SUNSHINE TODAY, FOLKS, AS BACK TO THE REGION THE CLOUDS SHALL COMETH... GOT SUNRISE PICS? A WARM FRONT PUSHES THROUGH TOMORROW MORNING WITH A RAIN OR SNOW SHOWER POSSIBLE AND A BIT OF A BREEZY AFTERNOON BEHIND THE FRONT... A MILD TEMP SPIKE OCCURS SATURDAY WITH SHOWERS AT NIGHT INTO EARLY SUNDAY MORNING AS A COLD FRONT ARRIVES... MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY STORM SIGNAL PERSISTS WITH UNCERTAIN DETAILS REMAINING... COLDER AIR WORKS IN BEHIND THE TUESDAY SYSTEM...

[7:20AM WED 2/7/24] A FAIR PAIR OF MOSTLY SUNNY DAYS REMAIN BEFORE THE CLOUDS RETURN WITH BEST CHANCE OF SCATTERED SHOWERS MOVING THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY SUNDAY WITH A COLD FRONT... VERY MILD TEMPERATURE SPIKE FOR SATURDAY, LINGERING INTO SUNDAY, THEN COLD AIR RETURNS THROUGH NEXT WEEK WITH CONTINUED CHANCE FOR AN IMPACTFUL WINTER STORM MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY...

[7:17AM TUE 2/6/24] FAIR WEATHER CONTINUES INTO FRIDAY MORNING WITH MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES, EXCEPT FOR A FEW CLOUDS LATER TODAY/TONIGHT IN AREAS GENERALLY EAST OF I-91... THE MILDENING COMMENCES THURSDAY, CLOUDS INCREASE ON FRIDAY, AND TEMPS SPIKE INTO THE LOW 50s ON SATURDAY WITH A FEW SHOWERS... MORE CLOUDS THAN SUN STICK AROUND THROUGH THE WEEKEND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK WITH A WINTER STORM SIGNAL ON THE TABLE FOR NEXT TUESDAY...

[8:00AM SAT: 2/3/24] THE COSMOS IS REVEALED AS THE STAR AROUND WHICH WE ORBIT AND FROM WHICH WE DERIVE ALL MANNER OF LIFE AND WEATHER BEDAZZLES US WITH ITS STELLAR RESPLENDENCE IN THE COMING DAYS... I'M TAKING A DAY OR TWO OFF STARTING TOMORROW TO GET SOME ZZZZZZZZZZZS...

[7:12AM FRI 2/2/24] THE LAST MOSTLY CLOUDY DAY WITH A FEW LIGHT MIXED SHOWERS ARRIVES TODAY... SOME BREAKS OF SUN LATE POSSIBLE LATE TODAY IN MUCH OF THE WMASS REGION BUT A BURST OF SNOW SHOWERS IN EASTERN WORCESTER COUNTY DOWN INTO WINDHAM COUNTY CT IS ALSO POSSIBLE AFTER SUNSET... OTHERWISE, THE SUNNIFICATION OF 2024 COMMENCES TOMORROW, AND REALLY BLOOMS ON SUN DAY... FAIR WEATHER WELL INTO NEXT WEEK... 10-HOUR DAYLIGHT DAYS HAVE ARRIVED... GRATITUDE WILL BE ABUNDANT... I MIGHT EVEN CELEBRATE WITH A WEEK OF FRITTATAS #FrittataWeek2024

[7:10AM THU 2/1/24] SUNRISE PICS PLEASE! FREEZING FOG IN SOUTHWEST NH THIS MORNING... SCATTERED MIXED SHOWERS TODAY AND TONIGHT, WITH FREEZING DRIZZLE POSSIBLE IN THE HIIGH TERRAIN WEST OF THE CT RIVER VALLEY (BERKSHIRES, WESTERN HILLTOWNS, SVT)...ANOTHER CLOUDY TODAY ARRIVES, AND FRIDAY IS LOOKING CLOUDY TOO... AT LEAST IT'S NOT NEGATIVE 55º LIKE IT'S BEEN IN ALASKA... COLD COMES THROUGH, AND SETS US UP FOR A MUCH BRIGHTER AND SEASONABLE/DRY WEEKEND, GOOD TIMING! NICE INTO NEXT WEEK TOO... STORM DEARTH DEVELOPS...

[6:17AM WED 1/31/24] PATCHY FREEZING DRIZZLE EARLY THIS MORNING... HERE COMES THE SUN (BUT NOT REALLY TODAY OR TOMORROW OR FRIDAY MORNING AT LEAST)... STILL, I'M GROWING MORE OPTIMISTIC FOR A SUNNY STRETCH STARTING SATURDAY WHICH COULD EXTEND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK... A FEW RAIN/SNOW SHOWERS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT, OTHERWISE WE'RE GOING INTO AN EXTENDED DRYING PHASE INTO THE MIDDLE OF FEBRUARY...

[7:17AM TUE 1/30/24] ONSHORE NORTHEAST FLOW BROUGHT SNOW SHOWERS AND FLURRIES TO CMASS AND PARTS OF WMASS LAST NIGHT AND CONTINUES THIS MORNING FOR SOME... A FEW SNOW SHOWERS TODAY WITH MORE CLOUDS THAN SUN... NO *REAL* SUNSHINE UNTIL THIS WEEKEND AT THIS POINT, THOUGH A FEW BREAKS AT TIMES... RAIN/SNOW SHOWERS THURSDAY PM INTO FRIDAY... COLDER, SUNNIER WEEKEND... OUR COMPARATIVE ATMOSPHERIC QUIETUDE PERIOD (CAQP) COMMENCES...

[7:11AM MON 1/29/24] SPRING-WINTER ELEVATION STORM DEPARTS... COATINGS IN PARTS OF THE VALLEY UP TO 8" OR SO IN THE NORTHERN BERKSHIRES, WESTERN HILLTOWNS AND NORTHERN CMASS AS EXPECTED... BREEZY TODAY, COLDER TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING, THEN MORE SEASONABLE TEMPS INTO FRIDAY WITH A COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE AND SOME MIXED SHOWERS... COLDER NEXT WEEKEND... MOSTLY FAIR WEATHER THROUGHOUT... NO BIG STORMS IN SIGHT...

[7:48AM SUN: 1/28/24] WINTER STORM WARNINGS AND WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES HAVE BEEN HOISTED REGION-WIDE... THERE ARE MANY REASONS WHY THE PIONEER VALLEY FROM GREENFIELD SOUTH TO HARTFORD COULD SEE LITTLE SNOW FROM THIS SYSTEM AFTER POTENTIAL MORNING BURST OF SNOW AS HEAVIER PRECIP MOVES IN... SPRING TYPE SET UP FAVORS ELEVATIONS ABOVE 1000 FEET OR SO TO SEE 4-8" OF WET SNOW, ISOLATED OUTAGES POSSIBLE... SLOP TURNS TO SNOW BETWEEN 6PM-MIDNIGHT EVERYWHERE, BUT STORM WINDS DOWN INTO MONDAY MORNING... FAIR WEATHER MONDAY AFTERNOON THUR THE WEEK, COLD TO START, MILDER TO FINISH... MUCH COLDER AIR COULD ARRIVE BY NEXT WEEKEND...

[9:10AM SAT: 1/27/24] WINTER STORM WATCHES HAVE BEEN HOISTED FOR MUCH OF THE WMASS REGION, ALL OF CMASS, SVT AND SWNH... WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES *MAY* BE FILLED IN FOR CENTRAL/EASTERN HAMPSHIRE AND HAMPDEN COUNTIES AND PARTS OF NORTHERN CT LATER TODAY... CALM TODAY, STORMY TOMORROW INTO MONDAY MORNING, AND THEN COLD TO SEASONABLE AND FAIR NEXT WEEK...

[5:00AM THU 1/25/24] SHOWERS TAPER OFF TODAY WITH ONE MORE RAIN ROUND AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING... SOME HIGH TERRAIN ICING POSSIBLE, THEN WE DRY OUT UNTIL SUNDAY WHEN RAIN MOVES BACK IN, LIKELY CHANGING TO SNOW BY EVENING INTO EARLY MONDAY MORNING... AT THIS POINT A LIGHT TO MODERATE TYPE SNOWFALL IS WORTH EXPECTING, BUT DETAILS TO BE IRONED OUT... AFTER THAT STORM WE'RE COLD INTO MID-WEEK THEN WE RAISE TEMPS A BIT, WITH A MOSTLY DRY WEEK OVERALL, PUTTING AN END TO OUR RECENT ACTIVE PATTERN...

[7:19AM WED 1/24/24] WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES CONTINUE FOR FREEZING RAIN/DRIZZLE THIS MORNING INTO EARLY AFTERNOON AS TEMPS SLOWLY CLIMB ABOVE FREEZING, LEADING TO SCATTERED PLAIN RAIN SHOWERS THIS AFTERNOON... STEADIER RAIN MOVES BACK IN TONIGHT INTO EARLY THURSDAY MORNING, THEN MORE RAIN MOVES THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY FRIDAY WITH 1-2" OF RAIN POSSIBLE... ANOTHER WINTER STORM LOOMS FOR SUNDAY/MONDAY, AND SOME OF US COULD GET UP TO HALF A FOOT OF SNOW...

[7:17AM TUE 1/23/24] WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES HAVE BEEN HOISTED FOR SVT, THE BERKSHIRES, WESTERN HILLTOWNS, FRANKLIN COUNTY, NORTHERN WORCESTER COUNTY AND LITCHFIELD COUNTY CT FOR LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO WEDNESDAY FOR ACCUMULATING SNOW OF 1-3" LATER TODAY AND OVERNIGHT AND POTENTIAL FOR FREEZING RAIN IN THE HIGH TERRAIN DURING WEDNESDAY... RAIN MOVES THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT, WITH SHOWERS THURSDAY RELEGATED MAINLY SOUT HOF THE PIKE... A FINAL SLUGGA RAIN MOVES THRU THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING WITH MILDER AIR... SUNDAY/MONDAY MIXED STORM STILL ON THE TABLE...

[7:20AM MON 1/22/24] 20-30º REBOUND FROM VERY COLD LOWS THIS MORNING TO TEMPERATE HIGHS LATER AS CLOUDS START TO INCREASE... A FEW LIGHT MIXED SHOWERS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON, OTHERWISE DRY... SNOW OR MIXED PRECIP ARRIVES BY EARLY TUESDAY AFTERNOON, TURNS TO SNOW AT NIGHT... COATING TO 2" POSSIBLE WED. AM... PRECIP TAPERS TO SLEET OR RAIN BY WEDNESDAY NOON... RAINY PERIODS THURSDAY INTO EARLY FRIDAY WITH MILDER TEMPS INTO SATURDAY... SNOWSTORM POSSIBLE SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY...