Good morning folks, did anyone else see the crescent moonrise this morning just as twilight was breaking out in the eastern sky? It was most celestial, to be sure, and that makes sense because we’ve got a lllooooooooooooottttt of SPACE around us, as evidenced by the recent Artemis II photographs from the Moon looking back to Earth, which by the way, as it turns out, is round.

Thanks very much for all the reports yesterday, some of those storms packed a punch with strong wind gusts which produced some areas of damage and outages.

For today, we’ve got another very warm day ahead with highs again in the mid 70s to mid 80s, and we’ll see some hit or miss showers or a thunderstorm starting toward mid-day and possible through the evening (which means many folks stay dry).

By later tonight, though, another wave will work through our region in this warm-sector pattern we’re in such that by midnight tonight said wave should generate clusters of showers and downpours with some thunder possible overnight with lows near 60º.

This warm sector pattern is being produced by a strong upper ridge in the southeast U.S. which will continue to climb the eastern seaboard through Thursday, when highs will again reach the mid 70s to mid 80s under partly sunny skies with only isolated showers expected. Lows will again be near 60º.

Once we reach Friday, we’ll be dealing with what I believe is the last shortwave in this pattern which at some point during the day should help develop scattered showers and thunderstorms, one or two of which may become strong.

More clouds are expected for Friday with highs more firmly in the 70s followed by lows in the 50s.

On Saturday, our southeast upper ridge will have fully receded southward, so given that along with a mostly cloudy day expected, highs will hang in the 60s, which is still above average for mid-April! Lows will drop into the 40s as clouds thicken up. Given the expected dry conditions, Saturday is definitely looking like the weekend pick with milder temps despite the sky cover.

By Sunday morning, a cold front will be swinging east through New York state and Pennsylvania and pushing showers into the greater WMass region by mid to late morning.

Showers will sweep through during Sunday morning into afternoon, and we may even end as some wet snow or mix in the Berkshires and/or SVT by early afternoon with temps coming down into the upper 30s to 40s after potentially reaching the low to mid 50s Sunday morning before the front passes east.

Westerly winds will pick up and gust up to 25mph by Sunday evening and temps will drop towards freezing as colder air seeps into the region. A few snow showers are possible as well.

Monday morning into Tuesday morning will represent the peak cool period behind our front with highs only in the 40s with westerly winds gusting up to 30mph, which will produce a cool and blustery day under partly sunny skies. Lows at night will dip into the 20s!

Temps should moderate into middle of next week, but we’re not going back to our current week’s temps, that’s for sure. #BackToReality

Have a great day!

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

YOUR NUTSHELL:
–Very warm today, partly sunny, highs mid 70s to mid 80s
–Partly sunny skies with hit or miss showers or a thunderstorm during the day
–For tonight, a wave likely works through overnight bringing a cluster of showers, downpours and possible thunder toward midnight
–Lows drop to either side of 60º, so very mild overnight
–Thursday is the last peak-heat day of this unseasonable stretch
–Highs once again hit the mid 70s to mid 80s under partly sunny skies
–Some isolated showers are possible, but Thursday looks drier at the moment
–Lows again either side of 60º
–Friday may see more showers and/or t-storms with another wave moving through the region in this longstanding warm sector pattern
–Highs will be more in the upper 60s to mid 70s with more clouds around, and lows in the 50s
–Saturday looks mostly cloudy with highs more firmly in the 60s, followed by lows in the 40s with thickening clouds
–By Sunday, a cold front will be on our doorstep, and showers should develop in the morning, and end sometime in the afternoon as the cold front swings through
–Sunday temps are quite uncertain depending on time of the front, and we will likely see high temps reaching the 50s during the morning
–Then the front swings through and drops temps into the 40s by Sunday afternoon
–The Berkshires or SVT may even mix with or end as snow if temps can drop into the mid or upper 30s up that way
–Air mass change is complete by Sunday night with west wind gusting to 25mph at times and lows in the low to mid 30s with a few Berkshire lake effect snow showers possible
–Monday looks coldest with highs potentially hanging in the upper 30s to 40s before rising to either side of 50º by next Tuesday as fair weather develops

YOUR DAILY CELESTIALS
STAR:
–OUR STAR ROSE AT: 6:09am this morning
–OUR STAR SETS AT: 7:31pm this evening
–TOTAL DAYLIGHT TIME: 13 hours and 22 minutes

MOON:
–OUR MOON SETS AT: 5:40pm this afternoon
–MOON SET DIRECTION: West
–OUR MOON RISES AT: 5:24am tomorrow morning
–MOON RISE DIRECTION: East
–MOON PHASE: Waning Crescent (5.7%)