Good morning folks, we have high pressure building in from the northwest this weekend with a light northwest flow, which is a drying direction for us, so humidity is going to be tolerable this weekend, hooray! We also will enjoy plenty of sunshine and more temperate temps with highs in the upper 70s to mid 80s and lows in the 50s at night with mostly clear skies, though some fog is possible by early Monday morning.

Moving into next week, high pressure continues to dominate but will track through New England and to our south, setting us up for a heat and humidity surge moving into the middle of the week.

Monday looks a bit warmer than the weekend, with highs well into the 80s, with mid to upper 80s along the Pioneer Valley floor with lows in the low to mid 60s by Monday night.

Once we reach Tuesday and Wednesday, if trends continue, we’d likely see the NWS issue Heat Advisories for at least the Pioneer Valley of WMass down into northern CT into southern CMass, but it may expand into a few higher terrain areas as well, so I will keep you updated on that piece.

High temps are likely to rise into the mid 80s to mid 90s with dewpoint temps well into the 60s during this period.

By Wednesday night or Thursday morning we *may* see a few showers as a front is expected to step temps back to more seasonable levels (in the 80s) for the late-week period with fair weather expected.

We’re in the middle of summer conditions now, so enjoy this lovely weekend that Mother Nature has bestowed upon us!

Have a great day!

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

YOUR NUTSHELL:
–A beautiful weekend with lower humidity and plenty of sunshine has arrived
–Highs will reach the upper 70s to mid 80s both days
–Lows will dip into the mid to upper 50s both nights with clear skies except for patchy fog late Sunday night into early Monday morning
–Sunshine continues through mid-week
–Highs Monday will creep up into the mid to upper 80s (low 80s high terrain), with lows in the low to mid 60s
–Humidity and heat surge Tuesday and Wednesday with highs in the mid 80s to mid 90s and heat indices pushing 100º
–Heat Advisories may need to be hoisted/posted/raised/activated by NWS
–Lows those nights hang in the 65-70º range
–By late week we should cool down to seasonable highs in the 80s behind a front, with shower activity chances unclear at the moment

YOUR DAILY CELESTIALS
STAR:
–OUR STAR ROSE AT: 5:24am this morning
–OUR STAR SETS AT: 8:26pm this evening
–TOTAL DAYLIGHT TIME: 15 hours and 2 minutes

MOON:
–OUR MOON SETS AT: 6:12pm this evening
–MOON SET DIRECTION: Northwest
–OUR MOON RISES AT: 2:51am tomorrow morning
–MOON RISE DIRECTION: Northeast
–MOON PHASE: Waning Crescent (12.4% Illumination)