Good morning folks, that quite the breezy night with lots of fresh air moving all around which this writer absolutely loved. We’ve got more of the same today under mostly sunny skies, and it is a most celestial morning as our star rains light down across our little part of the planet, which is something to love, if you ask me. We’ve got some weather changes on the way, including some possible thunder today and tomorrow, so let’s jump in.

For today, we still have that strong low that brought our severe weather and Vermont tornado on Thursday stuck in Atlantic Canada, and between it and high pressure spreading into southeast U.S., a strong pressure gradient continues across New England which will tilt our winds more out of the west-northwest and northwest today, gusting 20-30mph at times.

Highs will reach the upper 60s to upper 70s, though a few mid 60s are possible up in the high terrain of SVT, which is pretty darn cool for the last day of astronomical Spring!

The other weather nuttable / notable is the expected bubbling up of scattered showers, downpours and thunderstorms later this afternoon, mainly along and north of Rt. 2 in SVT, SWNH and down into Franklin County eastward into northern Worcester and Middlesex Counties.

A couple of these cells may be gusty as well, so keep an eye to the northwest sky. I wouldn’t cancel plans, most of us should stay dry, but some poppers may pop.

Any activity dies out this evening with lows in the upper 40s to mid 50s, and then we’ll do it all again on Sunday.

However, wind will be less on Sunday, and we’ll be a few degrees warmer in the low 70s to low 80s, again with some scattered afternoon showers and storms in northern MA up into SVT and SWNH, followed by lows similar to tonight’s.

Clouds will increase into the pre-dawn hours of Monday morning as a developing storm system that will be strengthened by its attendant Great Lakes upper low ejects eastward out of the Ohio Valley, through NY/PA, and finally through southern New England Monday afternoon and night.

This storm will push rainfall into the region by later Monday morning, with heavier and steadier rainfall expected by Monday afternoon into the overnight period. Highs will only reach the low 60s to 70º or so Monday with lows in the 50s as various intensities of rainfall continue.

The storm works east of us by Tuesday morning with showers abating likely before noon, followed by rapid drying into the afternoon with sunshine developing.

The potential is there for a widespread 1-2” of rainfall, which would be most welcome, so here’s hoping that the rain shield develops as expected.

Tuesday afternoon, Wednesday and Thursday feature fair weather with mostly sunny skies and highs increasing into the 70s to low 80s behind that storm with lows in the 50s to near 60º as high pressure builds in from the northwest behind it.

Lastly, some more rain shower activity may develop by Friday, but I will update you on that as we get closer.

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:
–Wind gusts continue 20-30mph today, with a few over 30mph possible, as we saw early in the pre-dawn hours
–Fresh, dry air is so welcome, something for which we can be really grateful, right now
–Highs under mostly sunny skies only reach the upper 60s to upper 70s, and some clouds bubble up this afternoon
–Scattered showers, downpours or a thunderstorm will track southeast through parts of SVT, SWNH, and Franklin County into northern CMass later this afternoon
–A cell or two may be quite gusty with the wind energy available aloft
–Activity dies down at night with lows in the upper 40s to mid 50s as winds slacken
–Sunday is a bit warmer with highs in the low 70s to low 80s under mostly sunny skies, again with a few scattered showers or t-storms in the afternoon especially well north of the Pike
–Less wind Sunday, and lows dip into the upper 40s to mid 50s once again as clouds develop late
–By Monday, a storm system track east out of NY/PA and produces overcast skies by mid-morning or so with first showers arriving by late morning
–Monday afternoon and night looks quite rainy at times, with some heavier bouts of rain
–Highs Monday reach the low 60s to low 70s, with lows in the 50s
–Morning Tuesday rain showers beget fairly rapid drying by afternoon with at least some partial sunshine expected, and highs well into the 70s to near 80º
–Wednesday and Thursday should feature warmer, fair weather conditions with highs in the 70s to low 80s followed by some more showers by end of the week

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: 11:36am this morning
–MOON RISE DIRECTION: East
–OUR MOON SETS AT: 12:23am tomorrow morning
–MOON SET DIRECTION: West
–MOON PHASE: Waxing Crescent (35.4%)