[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...

[8:40AM SUN: 1/21/24] ENJOY TODAY'S SUNSHINE, CLOUDS BUILD THIS COMING WEEK... WIND CHILL ADVISORIES END AT 10AM IN THE BERKSHIRES/HILLTOWNS... BLUSTERY AT TIMES TODAY... MILD AIR ADVECTION BEGINS TOMORROW INTO TUESDAY, BUT ACCUMULATING LIGHT SNOW OF ABOUT 1-3" ARRIVES TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING COMMUTE... EVEN MILDER AIR SURGES WITH A COUPLE OF RAINY/SHOWERY PERIODS WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY... ANOTHER STORM POSSIBLE BY LATE SUNDAY...

[6:45AM SAT: 1/20/24] WIND CHILL ADVISORIES HAVE BEEN HOISTED FOR THE WESTERN HILLTOWNS OF WMASS AND THE BERKSHIRES TONIGHT INTO EARLY TOMORROW MORNING FOR WIND CHILLS DOWN TO 18º BELOW ZERO... THE COLDEST 24 HOURS OF THIS WINTER STARTS THIS MORNING... BLUSTERY AT TIMES TODAY AND TONIGHT WITH A SNOW SHOWER POSSIBLE... FAIR AND COLD SUNDAY AND MONDAY, THEN INCLEMENT WEATHER ARRIVES BY TUESDAY NIGHT WITH ACCUMULATING SNOW POSSIBLE WITH MIXED/RAINY PRECIPITATION WEDNESDAY INTO FRIDAY WITH MILDER TEMPS...

[7:20AM FRI 1/19/24] SNOW SHOWERS AND FLURRIES TODAY WITH POSSIBLY A STEADY PERIOD OF LIGHT SNOW ALONG AND SOUHT OF THE PIKE... LITTLE TO NO ACCUMULATION NORTH OF THE PIKE, AND PERHAPS A COATING TO UP TO AN INCH OR SO SOUTH OF THERE, ESPECIALLY IN NORTHERN CT... BELOW ZERO WIND CHILLS TONIGHT AND TOMORROW NIGHT WITH SINGLE DIGIT ABOVE CHILLS SATURDAY WHICH LOOKS CLOUDY... SUNNY AND NEAR 30º ON SUNDAY (PICK OF THE WEEKEND) WITH MILDER TEMPS NEXT WEEK AND SNOW POSSIBLE TUESDAY NIGHT...

[7:15AM THU 1/18/24] WATCH FOR BLACK ICE... A FEW BERKSHIRE SNOW SHOWERS LATER THIS AFTERNOON WITH A WEAK WAVE IS FOLLOWED BY VERY LIGHT SNOW TOMORROW STARTING BY LATE MORNING INTO THE AFTERNOON... WHILE THIS IS JUST A COATING TO AN INCH TYPE EVENT, VERY COLD PRECEDING AIR AND SURFACE TEMPS CAN PRODUCE SLICK TRAVEL QUICKLY... WIND CHILLS GO BELOW ZERO FRIDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT WITH SATURDAY AS COLDEST DAY OF THE WINTER SO FAR... MILDER TEMPS NEXT WEEK, BUT ACCUMULATING SNOW POSSIBLE TUESDAY NIGHT, SO STAY TUNED...