Good morning folks, I hope this week goes as well as it possibly can for you. We received generally a quarter inch to an inch of rain with less in southwest NH and far northern CMass, between 0.75-1.50” in northern CT and southernmost CMass. Our rain and snow is ending in southern CMass and northeast CT this morning, and we’ll be left with dry and cloudy conditions with patchy drizzle or freezing drizzle at elevation.

For the rest of our Monday, expect a cold day with highs only in the 30s behind the front, and we’ll see some more snow showers develop by mid-day into the early to mid afternoon thanks to an upper level disturbance working on steeper lapse rates due to colder air aloft moving into the region.

This may produce some slushy coatings on road ways, or perhaps a coating to up to 2” on grassy surfaces, but with a high late-March sun angle and milder temps coming this week, impacts should be limited.

Still, we could see some moderate to heavier bursts of snow this afternoon, especially along and mainly east of the I-91 corridor the farther east you go.

All of this activity winds down before midnight with lows dropping into the mid to upper 20s, so some patchy black ice is possible by early Tuesday morning.

High pressure will be moving into the region and help develop a trio of mostly fair and pleasant days with increasing temperatures through Thursday.

Tuesday looks lovely with highs in the 40s under mostly sunny skies with lows in the upper 20s, followed by a partly sunny day on Wednesday with highs reaching to either side of 50º.

Clouds will build Wednesday night with a few showers as a weak disturbance moves through the region with lows in the 30s, no big whoop.

Thursday should be the mildest this week with highs well into the 50s, and possibly hitting 60º in the Springfield to Hartford stretch.

We’ll cloud back up and see rainfall moving in Thursday night and lasting into Friday morning with at least a quarter to half inch of rain looking plausible.

This system will pass north of us, and drag its cold front through the region which will tamp temps back down into the 40s for highs on Friday, followed by lows nose-diving into the upper teens to mid 20s at night.

As of now, this coming weekend looks beautiful but a bit chilly with highs mainly in the 40s, lows in the 20s, and mostly sunny skies throughout. Here’s hoping that picture is actually meteorologically painted across our hills and dales so we can enjoy a full weekend of fair weather!

Have a great day!

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

YOUR NUTSHELL:
–Rain and mixed precipitation is sliding east out of WMass and into southern CMass and northeast CT before quitting by mid-morning
–Some drizzle or freezing drizzle (high terrain mostly) possible later morning, otherwise we’re dry through noon or so
–Highs hang in the 30s today, light wind
–Snow showers (or mix with rain Springfield south) redevelops by early to mid afternoon as an upper level disturbance moves into our region
–Some grassy light accumulation is possible, followed by a period of convective, heavier snow showers
–Some lowered visibility or slushy road ways would be the impacts through late afternoon before this activity pulls away by midnight
–Lows tonight will drop into the mid 20s
–High pressure works into our region bringing partly to mostly sunny skies for Tuesday through Thursday with increasing temps
–Highs Tuesday will rise into the low to mid 40s with lows in the upper 20s
–Highs Wednesday will rise into the upper 40s to low 50s with lows in the 30s and a few rain showers at night
–We clear out for Thursday and see temps rise well into the 50s to near 60º before a more robust system brings rain Thursday night into Friday morning
–Highs will sit back down into the 40s on Friday with a cold front, lows teens to low 20s
–Fair weather weekend with highs in the 40s looks lovely at this range

YOUR DAILY CELESTIALS
STAR:
–OUR STAR ROSE AT: 6:48am this morning
–OUR STAR SETS AT: 7:06pm this evening
–TOTAL DAYLIGHT TIME: 12 hours and 18 minutes

MOON:
–OUR MOON RISES AT: 9:02am this morning
–MOON RISE DIRECTION:-Northeast
–OUR MOON SETS AT: 1:06am tonight
–MOON SET DIRECTION: Northwest
–MOON PHASE: Waxing Crescent (24.3%)