Good morning folks, May the Fourth be with you! Ugh, I know it’s a painful and pretty-tired Star Wars nerd joke, but I *am* wishing you whatever positive forces that exist in our Cosmos, world and hearts to release themselves within and without you and your people today and always, and we can start with a pair of lovely Spring-ier days with sun, warmth and wind.

For today and tomorrow, the pressure gradient between an incoming showery cold front for mid-week and surface high pressure to our south will produce warmth-pumping southwest wind gusts of 20-35mph today and 25-40mph tomorrow under mostly sunny skies.

These conditions will definitely enhance the risk for ground fires to spread so please be mindful of your neighbors and extinguish butts responsibly, and do the same for managing any spring brush burns.

Highs will reach the mid 60s to low 70s today, and after lows either side of 50º tonight highs will soar well into the 70s for Tuesday, which will represent peak warmth for this short stretch.

Clouds will build in our northwestern zones on Tuesday afternoon and I can’t rule out a shower or thunderstorms in SVT, SWNH or far northwest MA, though SVT would be closer to the dynamics at play to pop a cell.

Lows Tuesday night will dip into the 50s, and we can expect more in the way of scattered showers as the cold front starts to push towards New England.

By Wednesday, the front will be headed in, and periods of rainfall will develop with embedded thunder possible. I’d say that by mid-day or so, rain should be come steadier with periods of showers rotating through the region.

Highs Wednesday will be firmly in the 60s, and lows will dip into the 40s with showers continuing overnight and winding down by Thursday morning at some point.

Highs Thursday should only reach the upper 50s to low 60s under partly sunny skies with lows in the mid 30s to low 40s as that front and storm pull fully away and out to sea.

Friday gives us a sunny end to the week with highs in the mid 50s to low 60s and lows in the 30s .

The Saturday through Monday period looks like a showery sandwich with a sunny Sunday filling, so for now expect periods of scattered showers on Saturday, a sunnier Sunday, and the potential for more rain on Monday with high temps in the upper 50s to mid 60s Saturday and the 60s on Sunday into Monday.

Have a great day and think of a great, enjoyable moment that happened sometime in your past and sit with it for a minute, soak it up!

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

YOUR NUTSHELL:
–High pressure to our south pumps the warmth today and tomorrow
–Highs in the low 60s to low 70s, mostly sunny
–Southwest winds gust 20-35mph at times
–Enhanced fire spread risks exists both day #MindYerButtsNBurns
–Lows tonight mid 40s to low 50s, light south wind
–Tuesday warm, well into the 70s to near 80º for some valley folks
–Southwest winds gust 25-40mph at times, risk of fire spread continues
–Isolated shower or t-storm in SVT possible late in the day
–Lows in the low to mid 50s with some scattered showers or a storm possible
–Wednesday looks rainy with a cold front pressing into the region
–Mostly cloudy and highs in the mid to upper 60s
–Showers continue into Wednesday night with lows in the 40s
–Showers should wind down by mid-day Thursday as front and secondary storm pull away
–Highs reach the mid 50s to low 60s behind the front with partial sunshine developing and lows mid 30s to low 40s
–Friday looks mostly sunny with highs in the mid 50s to low 60s and lows in the 30s
–More showers possible on Saturday and again on Monday with highs either side of 60º Saturday, pushing up into the 60s for Sunday and Monday
–Sunday looks like the weekend pick at this range with mostly sunny skies

YOUR DAILY CELESTIALS
STAR:
–OUR STAR ROSE AT: 5:42am this morning
–OUR STAR SETS AT: 7:52pm this evening
–TOTAL DAYLIGHT TIME: 14 hours and 10 minutes

MOON:
–OUR MOON RISES AT: 11:18pm tonight
–MOON RISE DIRECTION: Southeast
–OUR MOON SETS AT: 7:44am tomorrow morning
–MOON SET DIRECTION: Southwest
–MOON PHASE: Waning Gibbous (93.1%)