FLOOD ADVISORIES ARE POSTED FOR THE BERKSHIRES, N.CT, CMASS, AND EASTERNMOST HAMPDEN COUNTY FOR RECENT HEAVY RAINS WITH SOME MINOR FLOODING POSSIBLE… WIND ADVISORIES POSTED FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT FOR WEST AND NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING TO 40-50MPH AT TIMES… SCATTERED SHOWERS AND A RUMBLE OF THUNDER POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON BEFORE/AS WIND MOVES IN… A FEW SNOW SHOWERS IN THE BERKSHIRES AND SVT TONIGHT POSSIBLE… NICE PAIR OF DAYS TUES/WED… (6:50AM Monday)

Good morning everybody, fortunately the severe weather died down in eastern NY. Tornado Watches are expiring.

However, folks in northeast CT, eastern Hampden/Hampshire Counties and Worcester County were rocking and rolling earlier this morning, which is where the bulk of the lightning and thunder set up shop, as you can see in the attached graphic.

SUMMARY
–For the rest of today, showers will moving east of here by 8-9am with a lull until about noon or so
–Then, more showers are expected with a thunderstorm possible, but not as strong as some of this morning’s storms
–Highs today reach the 50s and then drop in the afternoon
–Westerly winds pick up by mid afternoon and turn northwest tonight, and will gust 30-50mph at times
–Lows will drop into the 30s and some scattered snow showers are possible in the Berkshires and SVT, possibly into the western hilltowns
–Tuesday continues blustery with wind gusts 30-40mph, but it will be mostly sunny as high pressure starts to work into the region with highs in the 50s
–Lows Tuesday night will drop into the upper 20s to low 30s
–Wednesday is mostly sunny as well, but with high pressure working into the region, winds will slacken
–Expect highs in the upper 50s to low 60s and lows in the upper 30s
–A warm front approaches Thursday with a few showers in the afternoon and highs in the low to mid 50s under mostly cloudy skies
–More substantial showers move back in for Friday into Saturday with highs in the 60s

Have a great day!
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AT 5AM… SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING POSTED FOR WESTERN/CENTRAL HAMPDEN AND HAMPSHIRE COUNTIES AND SOUTHERN FRANKLIN COUNTY IN WMASS… ROTATION ALOFT OBSERVED ON RADAR IN SEVERE-WARNED THUNDERSTORM NOW IN LITCHFIELD COUNTY CT AND TRACKING NORTHEAST INTO CANANN, CT, SOUTH-CENTRAL BERKSHIRE COUNTY AND SOUTHEASTERN BERKSHIRE COUNTY… STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL, GUSTY/DAMAGING WINDS, DOWNPOURS, LIGHTNING ALL POSSIBLE… HEADS UP… (5am Mon)

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Good morning everybody, dynamic weather is now incoming for WMass and surrounding regions through about 8am or 9am, so be alert to the southwest as that is the direction storms are coming from.

The one in NW.CT which will track through southern Berkshire County and through the Northampton area looks very strong right now with a bow-echo look that could mean a line of damaging wind as it moves through.

A rotation couplet is observed as per the attached graphic (red and green colors in close proximity to each other indicating winds in different directions over a short distance).

Please be careful this morning, I will continue to monitor, and Please share this post and comment to get in people’s feeds, early morning strong/severe weather catches people off guard the most.

Thank you…

P.S. In looking at lightning strike data just after posting this, it’s possible that the potency is translating south and east of our area over southern CT and southern Worcester County (though that’s still my coverage area). Will monitor…
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ALERT: TORNADO WATCH POSTED FOR LITCHFIELD COUNTY IN NW. CT AND COLUMBIA COUNTY OF E.NY JUST WEST OF THE SOUTHERN BERKSHIRES UNTIL 7AM… A STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORM LINE WILL SWEEP THE REGION EARLY THIS MORNING… SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NOW POSTED AT 2:45AM FOR THE CENTRAL AND ULTIMATELY NORTHERN TACONICS OF EASTERN NY IN COLUMBIA COUNTY, EVENTUALLY TO IMPACT SW.VT, AND MAY CLIP NORTHERNMOST BERKSHIRES… (3am Monday)

Good morning everybody, I realize most folks are asleep but if you see this, please comment on it or share it to help it get into people’s feeds, as night time severe weather can catch people off guard.

While hopefully these storms will weaken with time as they translate east, the potential is there for some quick-hitting heavy rain, thunder, lightning, hail and gusty winds.

There is a severe-warned thunderstorm that is racing northeast at 60mph toward Bennington, VT as of this writing.

Also please remember, a Tornado Watch is just that – a Watch. It means the NWS is watching for severe weather conditions to develop, that the conditions are present, but that the severe weather has not manifested yet. That is relegated to Warnings, which mean severe weather is imminent and likely.

Check back for posts in the next couple hours as this line approaches and moves through between 4-7am as mentioned yesterday…