Good morning folks, we’ve got another gorgeous weekend day to enjoy for our Sunday as most of us dodge the isolated hydrometeor clusters (i.e. showers) that may form in a northwest flow pattern around our old distant upper low positioned over Atlantic Canada. Are we gonna dodge the rain tomorrow? NAY, I SAY.

As we end our weekend, we’ll enjoy plenty of sunshine especially the first half of the day before any clouds bubble up, with some producing a shower or a thunderstorm, again mostly likely SVT, SWNH or northern MA from about Greenfield to Fitchburg.

Highs will reach the mid 70s to low 80s and lows will dip into the mid to upper 50s as clouds develop later tonight in response to our storm system tracking east out of the Ohio Valley and right into southern New England for Monday afternoon and night.

Temps on Monday will be cooler as skies become overcast with highs only reaching the mid 60s to mid 70s as rain arrives in the Berkshires, far southwest VT and far northwest CT by late morning to mid-day, and then spreads east through the early to mid-afternoon through the greater WMass region.

Rain will fall heavily at times into Monday night as needed wet weather overspreads the region. In fact, if some of the heavier showers develop in this storm system as is being signaled, some ponding on roadways is possible, so be mindful of that if you are out and about, especially Monday night into early Tuesday morning.

Lows for our wet Monday night will dip into the 50s, and highs on Tuesday after morning showers deliver us into a partly sunny afternoon will reach the 75-80º range, followed by lows in the mid to upper 50s.

A solid 1-2” of rainfall is expected at the moment, and this is truly most welcome as many of us are in varying levels of drought across the region. These amounts should be well handled by our tributaries with no concern for flash flooding potential.

Wednesday and Thursday will feature high pressure pushing east and into our region with its core tracking south of us, putting us into a warming southerly flow.

This should translate into partly to mostly sunny skies with highs in the upper 70s to mid 80s, and lows in the 55-60º range before we reach the week’s end when our next frontal boundary may bring some scattered showers and/or thunderstorms by Friday into Saturday with similarly warm high temps.

I hope you have a great day!

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

YOUR NUTSHELL:
–Mostly sunny today with some lingering upper low influence to our northeast
–This produces a few isolated showers or a weaker t-storm later this afternoon
–Lighter wind with highs reaching the mid 70s to low 80s, lows low to mid 50s as we cloud up overnight
–For Monday, overcast skies develop in the morning with rain arriving between 11am and 2pm from west to east
–Highs only hang in the mid 60s to mid 70s, with continued rain Monday, which may fall heaviy at times
–Lows will drop into the mid to upper 50s and we may see some ponding on raod ways with a bit of urban / street flooding under heavier rain cells
–Showers continue into Tuesday morning, then taper off by or before mid-day
–Some partial sunshine by afternoon Tuesday with highs in the 75-80º range with a light north wind
–Lows drop into the 50s, with about 1-2” of new rainfall expected
–Wednesday and Thursday look warmer and sunny with highs in the upper 70s to mid 80s as high pressure tracks south of us mid to later week, producing southerly flow
–Lows will be in the 55-60º range both nights
–Friday and Saturday may bring another cold front with highs in the mid 70s to mid 80s with periods of showers and/or thunderstorms

YOUR DAILY CELESTIALS
STAR:
–OUR STAR ROSE AT: 5:14am this morning
–OUR STAR SETS AT: 8:29pm this evening
–TOTAL DAYLIGHT TIME: 15 hours and 15 minutes

MOON:
–OUR MOON RISES AT: 12:43pm this afternoon
–MOON RISE DIRECTION: East
–OUR MOON SETS AT: 12:44am tomorrow morning
–MOON SET DIRECTION: West
–MOON PHASE: Waxing Crescent (45.7%)