Good morning everybody, we’ve got strong high pressure continues to press east along the U.S./Canadian border, and the clockwise flow around it is driving colder surface air down into our region for today.

That means a cold and raw day lies ahead with rain (and some freezing rain in northern/elevated areas) this morning tapering to a few spot showers and patchy drizzle by afternoon. Highs will hang in the 30s to low 40s as a result – dress appropriately!

As the cold front that passed to our south overnight returns as a warm front later tonight, another round of scattered showers will work into the region. With temps still near or just below freezing in the northern Berkshires, elevated parts of northern Franklin County, northern CMass and up into the southern Greens of VRT and eastern SWNH, more light freezing rain is possible.

Lows in the 30s will rip into the low to mid 60s behind the warm front for Friday with a mixed cloud/sun sky as precipitation lifts well north of our region. Lows will dip into the low 40s to near 500 at night and Friday will breezy out of the west as well.

The weekend looks split, with increasing sunshine and warm temps on Saturday with highs in the 60s to near 70º, followed by a few scattered showers Saturday night in the pre-frontal zone ahead of our cold frontal passage Sunday.

Clouds will thicken Sunday morning, and rain will move into the region with gusty southerlies early ahead of the cold front.

Our cold front will bring rain during the middle part of the day, and that will cool us down into the first half of next week with highs generally in the upper 30 sto upper 40s zone. Other than few showers Tuesday, we should be dry through Wednesday.

Have a great day!

“Follow your bliss and the universe will open doors for you where there were only walls.”
― Joseph Campbell

YOUR NUTSHELL:
–Steadier rain is moving through early this morning
–Some light icing is occurring in elevated parts of SVT, the northern Berkshires, western Franklin County, and eastern parts of SWNH
–Highs will hang in the 30s to low 40s for most of us today
–It will be drizzly at times, with a lull in shower activity (though a few spots showers are possible)
–More showers push back in tonight as our cold front south of us returns as a warm front
–More light icing is possible, so watch for slick spots in northern MA, SVT and SWNH
–Lows will dop to the low to mid 30s, so watch for slick spots in the high terrain well north of the Pike
–Any morning showers start to wane Friday morning, with partly sunny skies by afternoon and highs in the low to mid 60s (some patchy fog possible)
–Lows will dip into the low 40s to low 50s under partly cloudy skies
–For Saturday, the weekend pick will be upon us with partly to mostly sunny skies followed by temps rising well into the 60s to possibly 70º in a few spots
–Clouds increase elate with some scattered showers by late Saturday afternoon into the overnight
–Sunday looks wet as a cold front swings into the region, so expect rain showsers by late morning into the afternoon
–Highs will reach the mid 50s to mid 60s on Sunday, and then crash at night into the 30s
–Early next week looks breezy and colder with highs in the upper 30s to upper 40s with a few showers possible by Tuesday

YOUR DAILY CELESTIALS
STAR:
–OUR STAR ROSE AT: 6:31am this morning
–OUR STAR SETS AT: 7:17pm this evening
–TOTAL DAYLIGHT TIME: 12 hours and 46 minutes

MOON:
–OUR MOON SET AT: 6:28am this morning
–MOON SET DIRECTION: West-Southwest
–OUR MOON RISES AT: 8:15pm this afternoon
–MOON RISE DIRECTION: East-Southeast
–MOON PHASE: Waning Gibbous (99.8%)