Good morning everybody, I’m still under the weather and will direct you to the Nutshell section above for the just-the-facts weather impacts for the week ahead (temps, and such), but suffice it to say that our seesaw pattern is slowly winding down into early next week, after which we may see an extended period of fair, seasonable weather.

For the short to medium term into early next week, our lower local atmosphere will still have seesaw-ing activities to attend to, starting with the return of the southward passage of yesterday’s cold front, back to the northeast today as a warm front.

This is due to a potent low in the Great Lakes region tracking northeast into southern Canada picking it up and flinging milder air towards New England.

It’ll take a bit to get milder temps in here today as we’re starting off in the upper 20s to mid 30s with some patchy fog and patchy drizzle (some it freezing in far northwest MA and SVT). However, any isolated icing and overall raw conditions will be overwhelmed by milder air this afternoon.

Highs will be realized later in the day as a result, with highs in the mid 50s to low 60s for many of us, followed by lows in the 40s to near 50º with breezy conditions at times.

Saturday will prove to be the pick of the weekend with the mildest temps well into the 60s with some low 70s possible under partly sunny skies.

However, the next strong Great Lakes storm system will take a similar track to today’s system, and push some pre-frontal scattered showers in here Saturday night before a cold front gathers a region of rainfall and pushes it through the greater WMass region Sunday morning into early to mid afternoon before abating.

Gusty, cooling northwest winds will develop Sunday night into Monday behind that system with cooler temps and a chance at a few isolated Berkshire or SVT snow showers.

By Monday night into Tuesday a weak Clipper system (the last one for this departing cold season?) dives southeast into New England bringing a period of scattered snow and rain showers as we cool into early next week before the next episode of The Mildening airs locally mid to late week (get it, AIRS LOCALLY… I’ll be here all week, try the eggplant parm special and tip your waiter).

Have a great day!

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

YOUR NUTSHELL:
–Morning patchy fog and patchy drizzle may freeze in elevated areas of northern MA and SVT/SWNH where some temps are upper 20s to low 30s early
–Otherwise, fog and drizzle abates later this morning
–Partly sunny skies develop by afternoon as temps slowly come up
–Highs in the mid 50s to mid 60s are reached by later afternoon
–Breezy at times, with lows tonight in the 40s to near 50º with patchy fog
–Saturday is warmer with highs in the 60s to low 70s in some spots, provided we get enough partial sunshine
–Clouds thicken later in the day with some pre-cold-frontal scattered showers developing by evening
–Breezy conditions at times, lows mid 30s to low 40s
–Sunday looks showery through mid to late afternoon as a cold front swings into the region
–Highs will reach the low 50s to low 60s early, and then fall behind the front, bottoming out in the upper 20s to mid 30s as we dry out with gusty NW winds
–Monday looks a bit blustery with highs in the upper 30s to upper 40s under partly sunny skies
–By Monday night into Tuesday a weak system dives southeast and could bring some scattered snow and/or rain showers, mostly light
–A reinforcing shot of unseasonably cold air arrives behind that system with Tuesday night lows in the upper teens to mid 20s
–Mid to late next week looks drier and after a cool day in the 40s Wednesday, we should ramp back up into the 50s to low 60s late week with fair weather conditions

YOUR DAILY CELESTIALS
STAR:
–OUR STAR ROSE AT: 6:29am this morning
–OUR STAR SETS AT: 7:18pm this evening
–TOTAL DAYLIGHT TIME: 12 hours and 49 minutes

MOON:
–OUR MOON SET AT: 6:49am this morning
–MOON SET DIRECTION: West-Southwest
–OUR MOON RISES AT: 9:20pm this afternoon
–MOON RISE DIRECTION: East-Southeast
–MOON PHASE: Waning Gibbous (98.1%)