[7:19AM THUR 8/29/24] FAIR, DRY AND COOLER WEATHER DOMINATES THE NEXT 7 DAYS, SAVE FOR A WARMER AND MORE HUMID STRETCH FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY AND INTO THE FIRST PART OF SUNDAY WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE SATURDAY AFTERNOON, BUT MOST NUMEROUS ON SATURDAY NIGHT INTO VERY EARLY SUNDAY WITH A COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE... NEXT WEEK LOOKS GORGEOUS, SUNNY, DRY, AND COOLER...

[7:03AM WED 8/28/24] SEVERE WEATHER THREAT TODAY HAS ENDED... ISOLATED SHOWER OR T-STORM POSSIBLE, BUT A MOSTLY DRY, BREEZY DAY... A SUMMER TASTE WITH HIGHS PUSHING 90º AND HIGH HUMIDITY IS REPLACED WITH AUTUMNAL DELIGHT THURS & FRI... SATURDAY STARTS DRY, ENDS WITH SOME SHOWERS LATE INTO EARLY SUNDAY MORNING AS WARMTH AND HUMIDITY INCREASES... MORE SHOWERS SUNDAY NIGHT INTO LABOR DAY BEFORE A DEEPER FALL FEEL OVERSPREADS THE WMASS REGION WITH FAIR WEATHER AND HIGH TEMPS UNDER 70º...

[7:08AM TUE 8/27/24] PATCHY DENSE FOG THIS MORNING BURNS OFF BY MID MORNING... NICE, SUNNY, WARM TUESDAY... SOME EARLY MORNING SHOWERS OR A T-STORM POSSIBLE WEST OF I-91 BETWEEN 4-7AM TOMORROW... HEAT AND HUMIDITY BUIDS WEDNESDAY, WITH ISOLATED CHANCE FOR A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN THE AFTERNOON... MUCH COOLER/DRIER THURSDAY AND FRIDAY... MORE SHOWERS POSSIBLE SATURDAY WITH ANOTHER SHORTWAVE... SUNDAY DRIER, BUT WARMER... MONDAY COLD FRONT PRECEDES INFLUX OF THE COOLEST AIR SINCE SPRING NEXT WEEK...

[7:05AM MON 8/26/24] TWO SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CHANCES THIS WEEK, TODAY AND WEDNESDAY... TUESDAY, THURSDAY AND FRIDAY PROVIDE FAIR WEATHER... MORE SHOWERS POSSIBLE OVER THE WEEKEND... TODAY'S THREAT IS MOSTLY ALONG AND EAST OF THE PIONEER VALLEY OF WMASS, ESPECIALLY INTO CMASS AND NORTHEAST CT... LARGE HAIL AND LOCALIZED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS POSSIBLE... WARMTH AND HUMIDITY PEAKS WEDNESDAY, THEN ANOTHER COOL DOWN AS SEPTEMBER APPROACHES...

[8:00AM SUN: 8/25/24] OUR FAIR WEATHER BREAKS DOWN INTO TOMORROW, AS WE START TO WORK IN UPPER LOW AND FRONTAL PASSAGES FOR MONDAY, WEDNESDAY AND SATURDAY THAT WILL BRING CHANCES FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS, A FEW OF WHICH MAY BECOME SEVERE WITH HAIL AND WIND... WEDNESDAY REPRESENTS PEAK SUMMAH CONDITIONS THROUGH NEXT WEEKEND, SO IF YOU LOVE HEAT, HUMIDITY AND STORMS, WEDNESDAY'S YOUR DAY...

[7:55AM SAT: 8/24/24] OUR GORGEOUS WEEKEND HAS ARRIVED, WITH TODAY AS THE WEEKEND PICK... DRY, WARM AND SUNNY TODAY, A FEW MORE CLOUDS TOMORROW BY AFTERNOON, A BIT MORE HUMID, AND SOME ISOLATED SHOWERS OR STORM... MONDAY IS LOOKING SHOWERY AND THUNDERY, WITH A SEVERE STORM POSSIBLE WITH STRONG WIND GUSTS... TUESDAY NICER... WEDNESDAY SEES A COLD FRONT COMING THROUGH WITH MORE SHOWERS/STORMS AS HUMIDITY PEAKS MID-WEEK... THE HEAT OUTLOOK HAS WANED, NO 90S COMING NEXT WEEK...

[7:15AM FRI 8/23/24] PLENTY OF SUN TODAY, SATURDAY AND SUNDAY, WITH A PATTERN SHIFT BY SUNDAY EVENING/NIGHT INTO THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK WITH SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM CHANCES... WE MAY GET A BRIEF HEAT SPIKE LATE WEEK BEFORE A COLD FRONT BRINGS MORE SHOWERS AND STORMS AND COOLS US BACK DOWN...

[7:55AM THU 8/22/24] ANOTHER GORGEOUS DAY TODAY... A COUPLE OF SHOWERS POSSIBLE ALONG AND NORTH OF THE RT. 2 CORRIDOR IN MA, VT AND NH, OTHERWISE DRY... ONE MORE COOLER DAY/NIGHT, THEN WE START WARMING TOMORROW THROUGH THE WEEKEND, WIITH HUMIDITY STARTING TO BUILD BY SUNDAY... LOOKING UNSETTLED FOR MONDAY WITH SHOWERS/STORMS AT TIMES... MORE SUMMERY NEXT WEEK, ESPECIALLY MID TO LATE WEEK...

[9:19AM WED 8/21/24] A FEW SCATTERED SHOWERS NORTH OF THE PIKE TODAY LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING... EARLY SUN GIVES WAY TO MORE PARTLY SUNNY SKIES TO EVEN MOSTLY CLOUDY FOR SOME AS CUMULUS BUBBLES UP WITH AN UPPER LOW MAKING ITS FINAL SOUTH AND EASTWARD SWING THROUGH NEW ENGLAND, HEADING OUT TO SEA... SUNSHINE BUILDS THURSDAY THROUGH SUNDAY, ALONG WITH WARMTH THROUGH THE WEEKEND... SOME SHOWERS POSSIBLE TO START THE NEXT WORK WEEK... HEAT AND HUMIDITY BUILD NEXT WEEK WITH A CHANCE FOR 90º BY MID TO LATE NEXT WEEK, SO SUMMER IS NOT OVER... IT'S STILL AUGUST, FOR CRIPES SAKES (AS MY NANA USED TO SAY)...

[7:07AM TUE 8/20/24] THE WHOOSHENING IS HERE! A COUPLE OF LIGHT EARLY MORNING SHOWERS, THEN DRYING CONTINUES ON NORTHWEST FLOW... A MIX OF SUN AND CLOUDS TODAY, COOLER, GUSTS TO 20MPH AT TIMES... DRY AND COOL TONIGHT (PLEASE COME OUT TO LOOK PARK FOR MUSIC UNDER THE STARS!)... UPPER LOW SWINGS THRU WEDNESDAY WITH A FEW SCATTERED SHOWERS NORTH OF THE PIKE, BUT MOSTLY DRY AND COOL WITH SUN AND CLOUDS... THURSDAY TURNS SUNNIER, AND SUN BLASTS AWAY FRIDAY THROUGH THE WEEKEND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK AS WE WARM BACK UP BY MONDAY, WITH INCREASED HUMIDITY BY THEN... A BIG FAIR WEATHER STRETCH IS MOVING IN FOR A WHILE, ENJOY!

[7:12AM MON 8/19/24] POTENTIAL FOR STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH STRONG GUSTY WINDS, SMALL HAIL, AND SOME FLOODING ISSUES, MOSTLY BETWEEN 3-9PM WEST (BERKSHIRES) TO EAST (WISTAH)... ONE MORE SOUPY SALES WEATHER DAY AND THEN THE WHOOSHENING ARRIVES INTO TUESDAY WITH WESTERLY WIND GUSTS OVER 20MPH AT TIMES... A FEW TUESDAY MORNING SHOWERS BEGETS DRYING AND LOWERING HUMIDITY ACROSS OUR HILLS AND DALES INTO TUESDAY AFTERNOON/EVENING... COOLER TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY, WARMER FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY, INCREASING SUNSHINE THROUGHOUT THIS PERIOD... FAIR WEATHER RETURNS...

[7:15AM SUN: 8/18/24] WET MORNING IN THE GREATER WMASS REGION... AN AFTERNOON LULL WITH ISOLATED SHOWERS, BUT ANOTHER WAVE OF SHOWERS WITH DOWNPOURS AND T-STORMS POSSIBLE THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT... A FINAL ROUND OF SHOWERS, DOWNPOURS AND THUNDERSTORMS ON MONDAY, MOST LIKELY AFTERNOON AND EVENING... ISOLATED FLASH FLOODING POSSIBLE IN NORTHWEST CT AND THE SOUTHERN BERKSHIRES WEST INTO NY STATE... COLD FRONT PASSES MONDAY NIGHT WITH LINGERING TUESDAY MORNING SHOWERS, THEN DRYING AND COOLING... MID TO LATE WEEK LOOKS BREEZY AND COOLER BEFORE WE WARM UIP TOWARD THE WEEKEND WITH INCREASING SUNSHINE FROM WEDNESDAY ONWARD...

[7:55AM SAT: 8/17/24] UNSETTLED WEATHER FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS BEFORE THE NEXT EPISODE OF "THE WHOOSHENING" AIRS ON OUR COLLECTIVE SKY TV SCREEN... A FEW SHOWERS THIS MORNING, ESPECIALLY WEST OF I-91, THEN DRIER AFTERNOON... AIR QUALITY STILL MODERATE TO UNHEALTHY FOR RESPIRATIONALLY SENSITIVE FOLKS... A COUPLE MORE WAVES BRING SHOWERS LATE TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING, AND AGAIN SUNDAY NIGHT... A COLD FRONT BRINGS SHOWERS, DOWNPOURS AND THUNDERSTORMS AT TIMES ON MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT, WHICH IS OUR WETTEST AND MOST HUMID DAY... UPPER LOW MOVES THROUGH TUESDAY WITH SOME SCATTERED INSTABILITY SHOWERS AS DRIER AIR WORKS INTO THE REGION... MASSIVE HIGH PRESSURE BRINGS COOLER, DRIER, SUNNIER, AND FAIR WEATHER CONDITIONS MID TO LATE WEEK...

[7:08AM FRI 8/16/24] PATCHY DENSE FOG BURNS OFF TO A HAZY DAY WITH WILDFIRE SMOKE PRESENT AND AIR QUALITY ALERTS UP THROUGH MIDNIGHT FOR ALL OF WMASS, CMASS, SVT AND SWNH, SO TAKE IT EASY OUT THERE... A FEW HILLTOWN SHOWERS OR A STORM POSSIBLE TODAY, OTHERWISE VERY WARM WITH HAZY SUNSHINE WITH SOME AREAS PUSHING THE UPPER 80S... A FEW SHOWERS LATE SATURDAY INTO THE NIGHT... A FEW MORE SUNDAY AFTERNOON SHOWERS, THEN WIDESPREAD SHOWERS WIITH SOME THUNDER SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT WITH A COLD FRONT... DRIER AIR ARRIVES BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING THROUGH NEXT WEEK WITH AN AUTUMNAL TASTE... ERNESTO LAMBASTES BERMUDA, THE FISH, AND NEWFOUNDLAND....

[7:00AM THU 8/15/24] HUMIDITY BUILDS INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK, AS A SMOKE PLUME SWINGS THROUGH OUR REGION THIS AFTERNOON AND OVERNIGHT AND THEN EAST OUT TO SEA... ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOP LATER THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY EVENING, AND ONE OR TWO COULD FLEX AND CONTAIN HAIL OR STRONG GUSTY WINDS... HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN TOMORROW FOR A VERY WARM, SUMMERY, SUNNY, AND PRETTY HUMID DAY... CLOUDS BUILD SATURDAY, AND AN UPPER TROUGH BRINGS PERIODS OF SHOWERS AND T-STORMS BY SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY AND MONDAY, WINDING DOWN TUESDAY AS DRIER AIR WORKS BACK INTO THE REGION...

[7:15AM WED 8/14/24] HUMIDITY STAYS IN CHECK UNTIL INCREASES THIS WEEKEND... A FEW SHOWERS OR A STORM POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON, WITH MORE COVERAGE THURSDAY AS AN UPPER LOW TRACKS SOUTHWEST OUT OF CANADA TOWARDS OUR REGION... WILDFIRE SMOKE IS AROUND AT TIMES OVER NEXT FEW DAYS, PEAKING THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY... FRIDAY LOOKS SUNNY AND DRY, THEN AN UPPER LOW SLOWLY TRACKS EAST INTO THE REGION THIS WEEKEND AND EARLY NEXT WEEK WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS, DOWNPOURS AND THUNDERSTORMS AS HUMIDITY COMES UP... DRY AIR RESUMES BY LATER TUESDAY INTO MID WEEK... NO HEAT WAVES IN SIGHT...

[7:11AM MON 8/12/24] WHO SAW THE PERSEIDS AND/OR THE AURORA OVERNIGHT? PLEASE POST ANY PHOTOS BELOW IN COMMENTS... COOL/DRY START TODAY, CLOUDS DEVELOP LATER WITH A FEW SCATTERED SHOWERS, POSSIBLY A THUNDERSTORM OR TWO, CAN'T RULE OUT SMALL HAIL OR A GUSTY WIND... MANY STAY DRY... COOLER, DRY TONIGHT... TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY A PAIR OF LATE-SUMMER WINNERS (AS SUCH, I'M OFF TOMORROW)... THURSDAY SEES SOME SCATTERED SHOWERS OR A STORM IN THE AFTERNOON WITH ANOTHER WAVE... DRY/SUNNY FRIDAY, BUT WEEKEND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK MAY FEATURE SOME SHOWERS... NO HEAT WAVES IN SIGHT, NOR SUPER HUMID CONDITIONS... TROPICAL SYSTEM HOPEFULLY STAYS OUT TO SEA...

[5:15PM SUN: 8/11/24] DRIER CONDITIONS OVERALL WILL PREVAIL THROUGH TONIGHT AND MUCH OF THIS WEEK... A FEW SHOWERS POSSIBLE THIS EVE IN SOUTHERN VT OR FAR NORTHWEST MA... LARGELY DRY AGAIN TOMORROW WITH MORE SCATTERED AFTERNOON SHOWERS OR A THUNDERSTORM POSSIBLE FOR MONDAY AS AN UPPER WAVE MOVES THROUGH... TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY WARM, SUNNY AND DRY... A FEW MORE SHOWERS POSSIBLE THURSDAY, THEN UNCERTAINTY FOR NEXT WEEKEND... NO HEAT WAVES IN SIGHT... TROPICS ARE BEING MONITORED...

[7:47AM SAT: 8/10/24] WEATHER PATTERN SHIFTS TO LATE SUMMER / EARLY FALL MIX... VERY HUMID AIR THIS MORNING LEADS TO LESS HUMID AIR THIS AFTERNOON, AND LOW HUMIDITY AIR BY TOMORROW... A SPOT SHOWER POSSIBLE SUNDAY, AND SOME SCATTERED SHOWERS POSSIBLE MONDAY AS AN UPPER LOW STILL HAS TO WORK EAST FROM THE GREAT LAKES THROUGH NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND... LOW HUMIDITY THROUGH MID-WEEK, MIXES OF SUN AND CLOUDS, AND OVERALL FAIR WEATHER EXPECTED DESPITE A FEW SHOWERS MONDAY, AND POSSIBLY THURSDAY... NEXT REPORT TOMORROW AFTERNOON/EVENING, PAPA NEEDS SLEEP...

[7:17AM FRI 8/9/24] WEAK TORNADO THREAT 6PM-11PM THIS EVENING MAINLY WEST OF THE I-91... DEBBY'S REMNANT LOW CENTER PASSES WEST OF US IN NY STATE, PRODUCING SCATTERED PERIODS OF SHOWERS AND DOWNPOURS TODAY, WITH MOST INTENSE ACTIVITY 4PM-MIDNIGHT... GUSTY SOUTHERLIES 20-40MPH TONIGHT... EXTREMELY HUMID LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT... RAPID CLEARING BY TOMORROW AFTERNOON... TRANQUIL, DRIER, COOLER, LESS HUMID CONDITIONS SUNDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY, SAVE FOR A SHOWER MONDAY AFTERNOON/NIGHT... BE ALERT TONIGHT TO CHANGES IN LOCAL WIND... RADAR MAY NOT PICK UP TRANSIENT, WEAK TORNADOES...