Good morning everybody, I’d say today is a very different air mass than the past several, that’s for sure! Our cold front has moved through, and while we have some light shower or drizzle activity mostly along/south of the Pike early this morning, that will push south and east out of our region with light breezes and cooler temps that will last through at least Memorial Day before next week’s warm-up.

For today, said early morning showers/drizzle will vamoose, and we’ll continue to dry from north to south with highs in the 60s. It’ll be mostly cloudy this morning but we should see some sunny breaks later by this afternoon.

For tonight, we’re expected to clear out and the new cooler air mass settled in with much drier air, temps are expected to drop into the mid 30s to low 40s for much of the valley south of Greenfield down into CT and points east into CMass.

However, Frost Advisories are now up for SVT and SWNH, and it is there and down into Franklin County, the northern Berkshires, and possibly northern CMass where we could see temps more in the low to mid 30s with upper 20s possible in SVT.

Thereafter, our Friday should develop and into a lovely end of the week with highs in the mid 60s to low 70s under partly to mostly sunny skies, with lows in the 40s with increasing clouds.

Memorial Day Weekend looks split between mostly dry conditions Saturday and Monday, and what looks like a rainy Sunday, starting Sunday morning.

For Saturday, I do expect more clouds than sun, with clouds thickening late in the day along with cooler temps and highs only in the upper 50s to mid 60s which is below seasonable for sure. A few showers are possible late, but I think we’re dry until late at night, when lows will dip into the upper 30s to mid 40s.

By Sunday, however, I think the high pressure feature that will be shunting Saturday showers southwestward will give way, and a warm front and low pressure area will push into our region, bringing periods of showers and rainfall Sunday morning into the afternoon.

In addition, temps are likely only going to hang in the 50s, which is quite chilly for this time of year! After our record-breaking heat wave this week, it’s a legit meteorological whiplash effect that we’ll be experiencing, with a full-on Sunday Soup Day likely.

Showers should wind down Sunday night with lows in the 40s and then after a few early morning showers on Memorial Day Monday, we should get some brightening skies to develop later in the day with highs back up into the mid 60s to low 70s as high pressure positions to our south behind the warm frontal passage.

This will set up Tuesday and Wednesday to be warmer, with highs well into the 70s both days under sunnier skies, and the potential to reach the low 80s in the valley.

Have a great day!

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

YOUR NUTSHELL:
–Early morning showers and drizzle along and south of the Pike exits to the east and south this morning
–Drying and cooler air is already working into areas north of the Pike
–Highs will hang in the 60s today with partial sunshine developing
–We fully clear out tonight with lows dropping into the mid 30s to low 40s for many of us
–However, Frost Advisories are up for SVT and SWNH given that temps there will be colder, likely into the upper 20s to mid 30s
–In addition, some patchy frost will be possible in Franklin County and the northern Berkshires
–For Friday, a seasonable, sunny day arrives with highs in the mid 60s to low 70s, with lows in the 40s as clouds increase
–Saturday should feature mostly dry weather, but it will be mostly cloudy with highs in the upper 50s to mid 60s
–A few showers are possible Saturday night with lows in the 40s
–The bulk of rainfall, having been suppressed to our southwest on Saturday, will likely push northeast into the region on Sunday morning early and last much of the day
–Highs will only hang in the 50s on Sunday, with lows in the 40s as showers wind down
–Memorial Day Monday will be cloudier earlier in the day with a shower possible, but it should be brighter overall with highs in the mid 60s to low 70s
–The Tuesday to Wednesday timeframe next week features a warming trend with highs well into the 70s, and potentially low 80s in the valley under sunnier skies

YOUR DAILY CELESTIALS
STAR:
–OUR STAR ROSE AT: 5:24am this morning
–OUR STAR SETS AT: 8:10pm this evening
–TOTAL DAYLIGHT TIME: 14 hours and 46 minutes

MOON:
–OUR MOON RISES AT: 10:12am this morning
–MOON RISE DIRECTION: East-Northeast
–OUR MOON SETS AT: 1:11am tomorrow morning
–MOON SET DIRECTION: West-Northwest
–MOON PHASE: Waxing Crescent (28.6%)