[7:05AM MON 4/29/24] ENJOY TODAY'S PARTLY SUNNY WONDERMENT OF TOASTINESS (ROLLS RIGHT OFF THE TONGUE, DOESN'T IT?) WITH HIGHS WELL INTO THE 70S... COOLER, CLOUDIER, AND SCATTERED SHOWERS AS A BACKDOOR COLD FRONT MOVES INTO THE REGION TUESDAY... EARLY MORNING SHOWERS POSSIBLE, WITH A BETTER CHANCE AT NIGHT... UNCERTAINTY RE: TEMPS THIS WEEK GIVEN WHERE THIS FRONT ENDS UP, WITH LATE WEEK NOT LOOKING AS WARM AS OF TODAY... ALSO, WEEKEND HAS FLIPPED WTIH RAIN MORE LIKELY SUNDAY VS. SATURDAY...

[7:04AM SUN: 4/28/24] HIT OR MISS SHOWERS THIS MORNING, AND AGAIN THIS EVENING, WARM TODAY AND TOMORROW... NEXT SHOWER BOUT IS TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY, A BIT LESS WARM... WARMTH RETURNS LATE WEEK WITH PARTIAL SUNSHINE AND FAIR WEATHER... SATURDAY SHOWERS LOOM...

[7:07AM FRI 4/26/24] THE WARMENING SHALL BEGINNETH... RISE, PEOPLES OF EARTH AND SHAKE OFF THE FROST AND COLD, AS DEEPER SPRING AWAITS THEE!! IN OTHER WORDS, THIS MORNING IS HOPEFULLY THE LAST REMINDER OF THE RECENTLY-PASSED SEASON, THOUGH WE'LL TOUCH THE FREEZING MARK ONCE MORE TONIGHT... SUNNY TODAY, PARTLY SUNNY TOMORROW, SHOWERS SATURDAY NIGHT, WARMER/CLOUDIER SUNDAY, EVEN WARMER/SUNNIER MONDAY, THEN HEAVIER TUESDAY NIGHT SHOWERS WITH A WARMER WEEK AHEAD... LATE-WEEK SHOWERS AND/OR RAIN POSSIBLE...

[7:00AM THURS 4/25/24] DID ANYTHING FREEZE? *NEW* FREEZE WATCHES ARE UP FOR THE REGION AGAIN TONIGHT... HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN FROM THE NORTHWEST WITH 3 MOSTLY SUNNY DAYS ON THE WAY... COOLER TODAY, MILDER FRIDAY/SAT... CLOUDS INCREASE SAT. AFTERNOON WITH OVERNIGHT SHOWERS INTO EARLY SUNDAY MORNING, DRIER AFTERNOON... WARM ON MONDAY IN THE 70s FOLLOWED BY PERIODS OF UNSETTLED WEATHER POSSIBLE TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY....

[7:06AM WED 4/24/24] 3 MORE FROSTY NIGHTS AHEAD, THEN THE WARMENING COMMENCES INTO DEEPER SPRING... FREEZE WATCHES ARE UP FOR TONIGHT AND LIKELY FOR TOMORROW NIGHT AS WELL... A FEW MORNING SHOWERS BUT MANY STAY DRY INTO EARLY AFTERNOON TODAY, THEN ISOLATED SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS BETWEEN 1-5PM... GUSTY NW WINDS TONIGHT SLACKEN TOWARD DAWN... SOME SVT TOWNS MAY DIP INTO THE UPPER TEENS... SUNSHINE THURSDAY THROUOGH SATURDAY MORNING... SHOWERS SAT. NIGHT INTO EARLY SUNDAY... MONDAY COULD HIT 80º... MORE SHOWERS BY TUESDAY... GENERALLY A DRY PERIOD THRU NEXT WEEK...

[7:02AM TUE 4/23/24] GOT FROST? LET A NUT KNOW... ANOTHER SUNNY DAY ARRIVES, WITH CLOUDS BUILDING TONIGHT, BEGETTING SCATTERED SHOWERS WEDNESDAY WITH A THUNDERSTORM POSSIBLE... A COUPLE OF MORE FROSTY MORNINGS THURSDAY AND FRIDAY EXPECTED... SUNNY THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY AS THE MILDENING DEVELOPS... A FEW WARM FRONTAL SHOWERS ON SUNDAY, THEN 70s NEXT WEEK? QUITE POSSIBLE AS WE HEAD INTO THE MERRY MONTH OF MAY... FULL PINK MOON TONIGHT...

[7:08AM MON 4/22/24] FROSTY MORNINGS AHEAD TODAY, TOMORROW, THURSDAY, AND POSSIBLY FRIDAY FOR SOME OF US WITH FROST ADVISORIES HOISTED AGAIN FOR NORTHERN CT AND VERY COLD LOWS TONIGHT IN THE MID 20S FOR FRANKLIN COUNTY... FAIR WEATHER ACCOMPANIES THESE MORNINGS WITH BREEZY CONDITIONS AT TIMES... WEDNESDAY IS OUR SHOWERY DAY WITH THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE... SATURDAY LOOKS DRY FOR NOW, WITH NEXT CHANCE OF SHOWERS ON SUNDAY... ARISE, THE SUN IS SHINING AND YOU ARE ALIVE... HAPPY EARTH DAY...

[7:30AM SUN: 4/21/24] FROST ADVISORIES ARE UP FOR NORTHERN CT FOR TOMORROW MORNING... INCREASINGLY FILTERED SUNSHINE TODAY, ESPECIALLY SOUTH OF THE ROUTE 2 CORRIDOR AS A STORM PASSES WELL SOUTH OF US... BREEZY AT TIMES THROUGH TUESDAY WITH INCREASING SUNSHINE THRU THE PERIOD... WIDESPREAD FROST LIKELY FOR TUESDAY MORNING... SHOWERS ARRIVE WEDNESDAY, WITH COOLER TEMPS AND WINDIER CONDITIONS INTO THURSDAY WHEN MORE PATCHY FROST IS POSSIBLE... DRY TODAY THRU TUESDAY, AND THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY AT THIS POINT WITH MORE SHOWERS POSSIBLE BY SUNDAY...

[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...