[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!