Good morning everybody, we’re moving firmly into the reward phase of our post-winter period with that final snowy Tuesday morning well behind us, and warm temperatures and/or plenty of sunshine straight ahead.

We’ll experience more seasonable temps this week with highs well into the 50s both days with a few folks hitting 60º today as sunshine increases.

Northwest winds gusting to 30mph or so early today will tamp down by this evening as high pressure west of us will push east and into New England through the weekend, positioning itself southeast of New England by Monday when warming flow will commence.

Lows tonight under clear skies will drop to the upper 20s to low 30s, and after morning sunshine with highs reaching the 50s Sunday, clouds will begin to build into the region during the afternoon, especially in northern areas.

A warm front will be pushing into central New England by Sunday evening, and that feature should introduce some scattered showers into areas mostly north of the Pike in the greater WMass region Sunday night with lows in the low 40s.

On Monday as that warm floats northeast, warmer temps will work into the region with high well into the 60s for Monday, with some low 70s possible under partly sunny skies.

A second trailing warm frontal boundary will push some scattered showers through the region Monday afternoon or evening, introducing us into a pattern of very mild lows in the 55-60º range for much of the rest of the week! Remember that it snowed this past Tuesday morning!

By Tuesday through Friday highs should rise well into the 70s at least for most of us, with some low or even mid 80s possible.

The fly in the meteorological ointment will be a back door cold front working down from Maine which may push cooler temps into eastern areas like CMass, SWNH and northeast CT. In addition, that front may focus a few more showers in parts of our region, so I will be updating this Tuesday to Friday period as we get closer.

By the time the weekend arrives, a cold front may be working into the Ohio Valley and eastern Great Lakes such that after a warm Saturday we may be dealing with showers by Sunday, and a substantial cool down into early next week, so there’s lots for me to track, and track it for you I will!

Have a great day!

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

YOUR NUTSHELL:
–Gusty winds this morning raise fire spread risks, but then tamp down with high pressure pushing in from the west
–Said high pressure brings partly to mostly sunny skies this weekend with highs mainly well into the 50s
–Lows near freezing tonight, and lows near 40º Sunday night with clouds increasing early
–Scattered showers Sunday later evening and overnight, mainly north of the Pike
–Warmer Monday with some sun early and highs near 70º, followed by scattered showers Monday afternoon and evening
–Monday night lows are like today’s highs, well into the 50s with a few showers
–Tuesday and Wednesday look warmer with highs well into the 70s to low 80s
–A few more showers possible in northern areas Tuesday night
–Backdoor cold front may lower temps in SWNH, CMass and northeast CT Wednesday
–Otherwise, fair weather dominates with an upper ridge late week with highs forecast to reach at least the 70s during this period, possibly extending into Saturday
–A cold front comes in later next weekend, and cools us down for the following week

YOUR DAILY CELESTIALS
STAR:
–OUR STAR ROSE AT: 6:16am this morning
–OUR STAR SETS AT: 7:27pm this evening
–TOTAL DAYLIGHT TIME: 13 hours and 11 minutes

MOON:
–OUR MOON SETS AT: 12:58pm this afternoon
–MOON SET DIRECTION: West-Southwest
–OUR MOON RISES AT: 3:54am tomorrow morning
–MOON RISE DIRECTION: East-Southeast
–MOON PHASE: Waning Crescent (37.7%)