Good morning folks, as James Taylor sang “this ol’ world keep spinnin’ ‘round”, as does the solar orbit of our planet while our solar system corkscrews through the Cosmos, as our heliosphere orbits the center of our Milky Way Galaxy, as the galaxy itself careens through Spaaaaace at 515,000mph — that’s a lotta stuff moving around! I better get my 10,000 steps in, or at least practice my reps of lifting my coffee cup to my mouth and back down!

As for our weather, it’s super pleasant over the next few days. Pollen release will increase as a result, given that high pressure and an upper ridge will produce full sunshine today and tomorrow, and partial sunshine on Wednesday with highs in the mid 60s to low 70s through Tuesday, and the low to mid 60s by Wednesday.

Light southeast winds are expected, and radiational cooling each night will drop our lows in to the mid 30s to low 40s tonight and tomorrow night, with lows in the low to mid 40s Wednesday night as clouds increase.

High pressure scoots east by mid-week and makes way for an upper-level trough to swing eastward out of the Great Lakes and into the northeast U.S. by late week.

Ahead of that upper-level feature, we’ll see a cold front push towards New England by Wednesday night with first showers developing late at night, and probably after midnight.

By the Thursday morning commute, we should be fully in the rain as a secondary low pressure system develop south of Long Island and tracks northeast along the front’s eastward path with that low beelining it for the eastern Gulf of Maine by later Thursday.

Thursday looks quite rainy all day and into the evening when it tapers to showers, with highs in the upper 40s to mid 50s, and lows in the mid to upper 30s.

By Friday into our upcoming weekend, the upper level trough pushes into the northeast U.S., which as you know tends to produce much colder air aloft, resulting in instability and production of isolated to scattered showers at times, especially as little shortwaves ripple through the southern/under side of the trough.

It also produces cooler temps at the surface, and as of now, it looks like highs during that Friday to Sunday period will only rise into the mid 40s to mid 50s with lows in the 30s with more clouds than sun through the period.

I will fine tune that as we get closer but for now, that’s how our weather looks over the next 7 days.

Have a great day!

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

YOUR NUTSHELL:
–High pressure at the surface covers the northeast U.S. with upper ridging building in from our west
–Highs reach the mid 60s to low 70s for the next two days (Mon. & Tues.)
–Full sunshine expected, lows mid 30s to low 40s with good radiational cooling
–Light southeast winds expected
–By Wednesday, highs low to mid 60s with clouds starting to build, but a partly sunny day is expected
–Clouds thicken at night with lows in the low to mid 40s and showers late
–Rainfall develops in the later pre-dawn hours of Thursday morning, lasting all day
–Highs in the upper 40s to mid 50s Thursday, cooler, with showers ending in the evening followed by lows in the mid to upper 30s
–Friday through Sunday is a bit uncertain, but an upper trough will be swinging east into our region
–Highs will be much cooler, only in the mid 40s to mid 50s through this period
–Isolated to widely scattered showers will be possible at any point, with more clouds than sunshine expected at the moment

YOUR DAILY CELESTIALS
STAR:
–OUR STAR ROSE AT: 5:51am this morning
–OUR STAR SETS AT: 7:45pm this evening
–TOTAL DAYLIGHT TIME: 13 hours and 54 minutes

MOON:
–OUR MOON RISES AT: 3:54pm this afternoon
–MOON RISE DIRECTION: East
–OUR MOON SETS AT: 4:14am tomorrow morning
–MOON SET DIRECTION: West
–MOON PHASE: Waxing Gibbous (82.9%)