[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...

[7:30AM SUN: 4/7/24] SUNSHINE RETURNS TODAY THROUGH TUESDAY WITH OPTIMAL SOLAR ECLIPSE VIEWING (ABOUT 2:15PM-4:30PM WITH TOTALITY AROUND 3:25PM)... MORE RAIN BY WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND ESPECIALLY THE LATE WEEK PERIOD... HEAVY RAIN AT TIMES AND BREEZY... DECENT LOOKING WEEKEND... MILDER TEMPS OVERALL...

[8:05AM SAT: 4/6/24] UPPER LOW'S LAST GASP AS IT RETROGRADES SOME LIGHT/MODERATE RAIN SHOWERS THROUGH SWNH, CMASS AND WINDHAM COUNTY CT, MOSTLY THIS AFTERNOON... SOME SNOW MAY MIX IN OVER THE WORCESTER HIGHLANDS... BREEZY OUT OF THE NORTH, COOL... SUNDAY IS A TRANSITION DAY TO BRIGHTER SKIES AND MILDER CLIMES... MON-TUES VERY MILD, SUNNIER, GREENLIGHT FOR ECLIPSE AT THIS POINT... MORE RAIN BY LATER WEDNESDAY INTO LATE WEEK PERIOD...

[7:12AM FRI 4/5/24] MORNING FLURRIES OR SNOW SHOWERS DISSIPATE INTO A PARTLY SUNNY DAY WITH ISOLATED SHOWERS... STILL COOL AND BREEZY TODAY... UPSLOPE SNOW SHOWERS DEVELOP IN THE BERKSHIRES AND ESPECIALLY TACONICS AND SVT LATER AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT WITH AN ADDITIONAL COATING TO 3" OF NEW SNOW, CONTINUED BREEZY... SATURDAY SEES OUR STALLED UPPER LOW DROPPING ENERGY DOWN ACROSS EMASS, WITH SCATTERED RAIN, GRAUPEL OR SNOW SHOWERS EAST OF I-91 INTO SWNH AND CMASS... SUNDAY DRIER, MONDAY MILDER AND SUNNIER FOR THE ECLIPSE... MORE RAIN SHOWERS BY MID TO LATE WEEK...

[7:13AM THURS 4/4/24] HOW MUCH SNOW/SLEET WHERE YOU ARE? HOW ARE ROADS? WINTER STORM WARNINGS AND WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES HAVE BEEN EXTENDED INTO LATE AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING IN MA AND CT, AND CONTINUE UNTIL EARLY FRIDAY MORNING IN SVT/SWNH... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WAS ADDED TO SOUTHERN CMASS FOR SNOW/SLEET TODAY... OUR STORM IS TRACKING A BIT SOUTHERLY, PRODUCING MORE WINTRY WEATHER TODAY... DRY SLOT MAY STAY SOUTH OF US INTO AFTERNOON WITH PERIODS OF SNOW OR MIXED SHOWERS... ADDITIONAL HIGH TERRAIN OUTAGES EXPECTED THIS MORNING, WIND TAMPS DOWN THIS AFTERNOON, FIRST IN WESTERN AREAS, LATER IN CMASS REGION...

[7:13AM WED 4/3/24] WINTER STORM WARNINGS NOW IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN HAMPSHIRE, WESTERN FRANKLIN, NORTHERN WORCESTER COUNTY IN MA, AND ALL OF SVT & SWNH... WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES HAVE BEEN HOISTED FOR SOUTHERN BERKSHIRES, NORTHERN LITCHFIELD COUNTY, WESTERN HAMPDEN COUNTY AND CENTRAL/EASTERN FRANKLIN COUNTY... WIND ADVISORIES ARE UP EVERYWHERE... WINTER'S LAST SLOPPY GASP SLOBBERS ALL OVER US TODAY, TONIGHT AND TOMORROW WITH ALL PRECIP TYPES... SLOW IMPROVEMENT FRIDAY AND SATURDAY... SOLAR ECLIPSE SKIES LOOK MOSTLY CLEAR FOR MONDAY'S COSMIC EVENT...

[7:20AM TUE 4/2/24] HIGH WIND WATCHES HAVE BEEN HOISTED FOR THE NORTHERN BERKSHIRES AND BENNINGTON COUNTY VT... A NEW WINTER STORM WATCH IS UP FOR SOUTHWEST NH / CHESHIRE COUNTY... WINTER STORM WATCHES CONTINUE FOR SVT AND NORTHWEST MA... OUR 3-PART DOUBLE-BARREL COMPLEX STORM SYSTEM IS SET TO IMPACT THE GREATER WMASS REGION WITH MULTIPLE PRECIP TYPES AND HAZARDS FROM THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING AS A STORMY WEEK UNFOLDS AND CONDITIONS DETERIORATE AS THE DAYS PASS BY... SATURDAY TRANSITIONS INTO SPRING WEATHER BY SUNDAY INTO NEXT WEEK... HANG IN THERE...

[7:18AM MON 4/1/24] GOT SUNRISE PICS? IT'S NOT AN APRIL FOOL'S JOKE TO SAY THAT THE HIGH TERRAIN OF NORTHEAST BERKSHIRE COUNTY, WESTERN HAMPSHIRE & FRANKLIN COUNTIES, EASTERN FRANKLIN COUNTY AND NORTHERN CMASS UP INTO SVT AND SWNH ARE STILL LOOKING AT ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL STARTING AS EARLY AS TUESDAY NIGHT, BUT MOSTLY DURING WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY... OVER A FOOT MAY PILE UP IN THE SOUTHERN GREENS OF VT... WINTER STORM WATCHES LIKELY GET HOISTED BY TOMORROW... A MIX OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN, SLEET AND SOME SNOW IS POSSIBLE FOR LOWER ELEVATIONS... MULTI-DAY NOR'EASTER LIKELY BRINGS UNSETTLED CONDITIONS TUESDAY INTO EARLY FRIDAY MORNING, LEADING TO A NICER-LOOKING WEEKEND AND POTENTIAL FOR GOOD ECLIPSE VIEWING NEXT MONDAY...

[8:15AM SUN: 3/31/24] MID-WEEK RAIN AND SNOW STORM SIGNAL CONTINUES... IF ELEMENTS ALIGN, A LATE-SEASON NOR'EASTER WOULD BRING RAIN, SNOW, WIND AND OUTAGES TO PARTS OF OUR GREATER WMASS REGION...

5:20AM SATURDAY UPDATE: BLUSTERY CONDITIONS THIS MORNING GIVE WAY TO SLOWLY SLACKENING WIND BY AFTERNOON AND EVENING, BUT A BIT BREEZIER IN THE HILLS... PLENTY OF SUN THIS WEEKEND, MILD... MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY LOOKS LIKE A WINTRY MIX MESS WITH PRECIP APLENTY...

[7:35AM FRI 3/29/24] WINTER STORM MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK? IT'S POSSIBLE FOR PARTS OF OUR REGION SO STAY TUNED DURING THE DAYS LEADING UP TO THAT PERIOD... RAIN AND SOME BRIEF SNOW MIX IS ENDING THIS MORNING AS OUR STORM PULLS AWAY... GUSTY WINDS PICK UP LATER THIS AFTERNOON, TONIGHT AND SATURDAY AS WE DRY OUT... SATURDAY IS SUNNIER THAN SUNNY'S NAMESAKE, SUNDAY, AND A FEW SHOWERS MAY SWING THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT... SUNDAY AND MONDAY FEATURE FAIR WEATHER, BUT THEN TUES-THURS IS LOOKING WET AT LEAST, AND POSSIBLY WHITE WITH A CHANCE FOR LATE-SEASON ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL...

[7:27AM THU 3/28/24] FLOOD WATCHES ARE UP FOR CMASS AND NORTHEAST CT THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY MORNING... PERIODS OF RAIN CONTINUE TO OVERSPREAD THE REGION, LIGHT TO MODERATE IN INTENSITY WITH HEAVIER BURSTS... RAIN SHOWERS AND PERIODS OF RAIN LAST ALL DAY AND TONIGHT, TAPERING OFF DURING FRIDAY'S PRE-DAWN HOURS, AND ENDING AS A BIT OF SNOW IN SOME AREAS... FRIDAY BECOMES GUSTY BY AFTERNOON AND WINDS KICK UP 25-45MPH FRIDAY EVENING AND NIGHT, AND TAPERING DOWN BY MID-DAY SATURDAY... A SPOT SHOWER LATE SAT NIGHT INTO EARLY SUNDAY THEN DRYING... NEXT TUES-THURS COULD FEATURE A STORM WITH SOME WINTRY PRECIP POSSIBLE...

[7:19AM WED 3/27/24] PATCHY DRIZZLE AND FOG THIS MORNING, THEN SHOWERS ARRIVE VERY LATE AFTERNOON AND BECOMING STEADIER OVERNIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING... THURSDAY IS A RAINY, MILD DAY, LASTING INTO THURSDAY NIGHT... MORNING FRIDAY SHOWERS ABATE AND GIVE WAY TO A SUNNIER AFTERNOON WITH NORTHWEST WINDS KICKING UP AND GUSTING 25-40MPH FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY, SLACKENING LATE IN THE DAY... SUNNY SKIES EXPECTED SATURDAY THROUGH MONDAY BEFORE MORE RAIN ARRIVES SOMETIME TUES/WED...

[7:20AM TUE 3/26/24] COOLER EAST-NORTHEAST FLOW OFF THE OCEAN TODAY KEEPS US MOSTLY CLOUDY... SOME DRIZZLE OR FOG OR LIGHT SHOWERS BY THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT, BRIEF ICING POSSIBLE IN THE HIGH TERRAIN TONIGHT... A FEW WED. MORNING SHOWERS FOLLOWED BY A LULL AND THEN STEADIER RAINFALL WEDNESDAY NIGHT LATE THROUGH THURSDAY AND THURSDAY EVENING, HEAVIEST EAST OF THE I-91 CORRIDOR... RAIN TAPERS FRIDAY, AND WE'RE BREEZY, FAIR AND SEASONABLE THIS WEEKEND...

[5:45AM MON 3/25/24] BEAUTIFUL DAY FOLLOWED BY MORE CLOUDS TUESDAY WITH POTENTIAL FOR SCATTERED LIGHT RAIN OR FREEZING RAIN SHOWERS TUESDAY NIGHT... UNSETTLED REST OF WEEK, MILDER...

[8:55AM SAT: 3/23/24] WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES, WINTER STORM WARNINGS AND FLOOD WATCHES CONTINUE... THE MASS PIKE FROM WESTFIELD TO THE NY LINE IS RESTRICTED TO 40MPH DUE TO ICING... SNOW AND ICE NORTH OF THE PIKE CONTINUES THIS MORNING WITH FREEZING RAIN CHANGING TO RAIN SOUTH OF THE ROUTE 2 CORRIDOR INTO EARLY/MID AFTERNOON WITH HEAVY RAIN AT TIMES... CHANGE BACK TO SNOW FOR NORTHWEST MA AND SVT THIS EVENING... FAIR WEATHER SUNDAY INTO WEDNESDAY WITH A FEW SHOWERS AT THAT TIME... MY 2024 SUPPORT DRIVE ENDS TOMORROW AND WE'RE CLOSE TO THE 4% GOAL... YOUR SUPPORT OF MY WORK HELPS ME CONTINUE THIS EFFORT AS A PUBLIC RESOURCE THRU 2024...

[7:11AM FRI 3/22/24] WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES AND FLOOD WATCHES HAVE BEEN HOISTED FOR PARTS OF THE REGION... THE WINTER WEATHER ALERTS ARE UP FOR ALL OF WMASS, NORTHWEST CT, NORTHERN CMASS AND SVT FOR SNOW AND ICE AFTER MIDNIGHT AND ON BACK END OF STORM... FLOOD WATCHES UP FOR HAMPDEN COUNTY, SOUTHERN CMASS AND NORTHERN CT... NICE TODAY, CLOUDING UP TONIGHT, SNOW AND ICE MOVES IN AFTER MIDNIGHT CHANGING TO HEAVY RAIN BY MID-DAY... BIG RANGE IN IMPACTS FROM NORTH TO SOUTH... STORMY SATURDAY, SUNNY SUNDAY, FAIR WEATHER EARLY NEXT WEEK... IT'S BEEN A LONG RUN... PLEASE HELP CONTRIBUTE TO THE CONTINUANCE OF THIS LOCAL COMMUNITY WEATHER SERVICE IF IT MATTERS TO YOU...THE DHTWN SUPPORT DRIVE IS 77% TO THE GOAL WITH JUST 3 DAYS LEFT...