[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...

[7:19AM THURS 8/8/24] DEBBY'S REMNANTS RUN THROUGH WESTERN NEW ENGLAND TOMORROW NIGHT WITH HEAVY RAIN AT TIMES, STREET FLOODING POSSIBLE, A WEAK TORNADO OR TWO POSSIBLE, AND GUSTY WINDS IN THE HIGH TERRAIN AND BREEZY IN THE VALLEY... FIRST SHOWERS ARRIVE THIS LATER AFTERNOON AND EVENING... VERY HUMID AIR ARRIVES TOMORROW WITH DEWPOINTS IN THE 70S WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS... HEAVIEST RAIN WITH A FEW THUNDERSTORMS MOVES THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT AND QUITS BY EARY SATURDAY MORNING... THE WHOOSHENING COMMENCES WITH DRIER, COOLER, SUNNIER CONDITIONS LATE SATURDAY THROUGH MID NEXT WEEK... THERE IS LIGHT AT THE END OF THE HUMID TUNNEL!

[7:21AM TUE 8/6/24] PATTERN CHANGE UNDERWAY AS FIRST INTERSEASONAL COOL DOWN ARRIVES... STILL QUITE HUMID TODAY WITH MORNING SHOWERS OR A THUNDER RUMBLE... MORE WIDESPREAD SHOWERS TONIGHT AND INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING, ESPECIALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE PIKE WHERE HEAVIEST RAIN FALLS... DRYING AND MORE SUN WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY... THEN MOISTURE SURGES THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY WTIH INCREASING RAINFALL FRIDAY, FRIDAY NIGHT, SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT WITH HEAVY TROPICAL RAIN AT TIMES AS DEBBY'S REMNANTS TRACKS THROUGH OUR REGION... FLASH AND STREET FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE, WITH WIND SATURDAY NIGHT ON CAPE/ISLANDS... HIGHS IN THE 70S AS FAR AS I CAN SEE BEGINS TODAY...

[7:12AM MON 8/5/24] HURRICANE DEBBY COMES ASHORE IN FL AND THE RAINY/FLOODY REMNANTS WILL IMPACT SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND SOMETIME BY FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT... SUNDAY, AT THIS RANGE, SHOULD BE THIS COMING WEEKEND'S PICK... TODAY IS LAST HOT AND VERY HUMID DAY WITH ISOLATED TO WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING, ESPECIALLY NORTH OF THE PIKE... CONCERNED FOR FLOODING POTENTIAL TUESDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING... DRIER WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY...

[7:55AM SUN: 8/4/24] ISOLATED TO SCATTERED STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE TODAY AND TOMORROW, AND CAN'T RULE OUT A MICROBURST... VERY WARM AND HUMID THROUGH MONDAY FOLLOWED BY A COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE TO OUR SOUTH... FRONT HANGS CLOSE BY, BUT COOLS US DOWN TUESDAY THROUGH THE WEEKEND WITH 70S HIGHS... SCATTERED SHOWERS POSSIBLE AT TIMES NEXT WEEK... HURRICANE DEBBY RAINY REMNANTS MAY ARRIVE FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY NIGHT... DEEPER DRIER AIR IS PULLED EASTWARD INTO NEW ENGLAND AS DEBBIE TRACKS SEAWARD ON SUNDAY INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK...

[8:09AM SAT: 8/3/24] HEAT ADVISORIES CONTINUE FOR HAMPDEN COUNTY, SOUTHERN CMASS, AND PARTS OF NORTHERN CT TODAY... A BIT LESS HOT TODAY, BUT THE HEAT AND HUMIDITY WON'T RELENT UNTIL AFTER MONDAY WITH A SUNDAY LULL BRINGING LOWER TEMPS WITH MORE CLOUDS... AFTERNOON SHOWERS, DOWNPOURS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH A MICROBURST POSSIBLE, AS WE SAW IN SIMSBURY / GRANBY CT YESTERDAY... VERY HUMID TODAY, TOMORROW AND MONDAY... MORE SCATTERED SHOWERS/STORMS EXPECTED SUNDAY AND MONDAY... HUMIDITY AND TEMPS DECREASE BY TUESDAY BUT SCATTERED SHOWER CHANCES CONTINUE THROUGH THE WEEK... LATE WEEK OR NEXT WEEKEND WE WATCH THE REMNANTS OF TROPICAL SYSTEM DEBBY TO SEE IF ANY WMASS IMPACTS...

[7:25AM THURS 8/1/24] HEAT ADVISORIES HAVE BEEN HOISTED TODAY AND TOMORROW FOR HAMPDEN COUNTY, SOUTHERN WORCESTER COUNTY AND NORTH-CENTRAL / NORTHEAST CT FOR HIGHS IN THE LOW 90S AND HEAT INDICES IN THE MID TO PERHAPS UPPER 90S... MOSTLY SUNNY NEXT TWO DAYS WITH A SLIGHT DECREASE IN HUMIDITY... A FRONTAL BOUNDARY BRINGS MORE SHOWERS/STORMS AND INCREASED HUMIDITY FRIDAY NIGHT... WET, SOUPY, WARM WEEKEND AHEAD... EARLY TO MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK PATTERN BEGINS TO SHIFT WITH LOWER TEMPS, SOME SHOWERS, AND ANTICIPATION OF A PATTERN CHANGE TO COOLER, CALMER WEATHER...

[7:06AM WED 7/31/24] PACK THE UMBRELLAS TODAY... SCATTERED SHOWERS, DOWNPOURS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS THIS MORNING MAY LEAD TO A HEAVIER RAIN SETUP WEST OF THE I-91 CORRIDOR WITH LOW CHANCE FOR A FEW INSTANCES OF FLASH FLOODING LATER THIS AFTERNOON IN THE HIGH TERRAIN... WITH WATER TABLE UP, STREET FLOODING IS POSSIBLE TODAY AS WELL... VERY WARM TO HOT AND HUMID THURSDAY AND FRIDAY WITH ISOLATED SHOWER CHANCES... A WARM FRONT LIFTS TOWARD US LATER FRIDAY, BRINGING SCATTERED SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM CHANCES AT NIGHT, AND THROUGH THE WEEKEND, WITH BEST CHANCE FOR HEAVY RAIN ON SUNDAY... DRIER EARLY NEXT WEEK.. WATCHING THE TROPICS FOR MID WEEK, BUT AN EASTERN GREAT LAKES REGION SYSTEM SHOULD KICK ANY TROPICAL LOWS EAST AND AWAY...

[7:35AM TUE 7/30/24] HIGH HUMIDITY HANGS ON THROUGH THE WEEKEND AND INTO NEXT WEEK WITH NO REAL REPRIEVE UNTIL LATE NEXT WEEK... DRIER TODAY WITH SUNSHINE DEVELOPING AFTER PATCHY FOG AND LOW CLOUDS LIFT... SCATTERED SHOWERS, DOWNPOURS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS FOR WEDNESDAY... HEAT BUILDS THURSDAY AND FRIDAY, WITH HEAT ADVISORIES POSSIBLY NEEDED FOR FRIDAY AS HEAT INDICES RISE INTO THE MID 90S TO LOW 100S... MORE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE FRIDAY NIGHT INTO THE WEEKEND, AND ESPECIALLY ON SUNDAY AS A SYSTEM SWINGS THROUGH... EARLY NEXT WEEK MAY SEE A LULL BEFORE A COLD FRONT BRINGS SHOWERS/STORMS BY MID NEXT WEEK...