Good morning everybody, it’s been a cold start for our Saturday, and temps won’t come up all that much in drier northwest flow that’s circulating around our upper level Atlantic Canadian low which continues to influence our region.

This upper low will help suppress rainfall mostly to our southwest such that the majority of the greater WMass region will remain dry tonight into early Sunday morning, but some showers will push into northwest CT and the southern Berkshires by late this afternoon and early evening.

Highs will only reach the upper 40s to mid 50s, so a cool but mostly dry day lies ahead with high clouds building in over western areas after early sunshine.

For this evening, showers may push into western and central Hampden County and as far north into the central Berkshires and western Hampshire County, but it’s mostly far southwest MA into northwest and north-central CT that should see light rainfall at times.

Lows will dip into the mid to upper 30s, and any morning northern CT showers should abate before noon, with highs climbing into the mid to upper 50s under partly sunny skies for most of us, and cloudier skies in northern CT. Sunday night lows dip into the mid to upper 30s.

Monday and Tuesday look milder with highs in the low 50s to low 60s by Monday and mid 50s to mid 60s by Tuesday as high pressure influences our weather. By Tuesday ahead of another mid-week system, winds may pick up and enhance the spread of any ground fires with dry air in place. Lows will dip to the mid 30s to low 40s each night.

By later Wednesday into Thursday, a combination of a cold front and/or a coastal low pressure system may be pushing more substantial rainfall into our region with cooler highs in the 50s expected during that period. Unsettled conditions may continue into the late week and following weekend so I will keep an eye on it and update you here, my iPhone app, my website and other socials.

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 sunny cold start leads to a cool and mostly fair-weather Saturday
–Highs upper 40s to mid 50s, with high clouds building into western areas like northwest CT, the Berkshires, etc.
–Light rain showers look to push into northwest CT and the central/southern Berkshires east to western Hampden County by late afternoon and especially this evening
–Up to a tenth of an inch or so is possible in these areas, with no rain expected north, northeast and east, save for southern parts of Tolland County CT
–Lows tonight drop into the mid to upper 30s
–Aside from a morning shower in northern CT, we should be partly to mostly sunny on Sunday with highs mid to upper 50s, and lows in the mid to upper 30s
–Monday and Tuesday look sunnier, milder, highs mid 50s to mid 60s (mid 60s probably hold off until Tuesday)
–Gusty conditions develop into Tuesday, so enhanced fire spread possible early next week
–By Wednesday and Thursday we coastal rainstorm may be developing with highs firmly in the 50s

YOUR DAILY CELESTIALS
STAR:
–OUR STAR ROSE AT: 5:54am this morning
–OUR STAR SETS AT: 7:42pm this evening
–TOTAL DAYLIGHT TIME: 13 hours and 48 minutes

MOON:
–OUR MOON RISES AT: 1:38pm this afternoon
–MOON RISE DIRECTION: East-Northeast
–OUR MOON SETS AT: 3:33am tomorrow morning
–MOON SET DIRECTION: West-Northwest
–MOON PHASE: Waxing Gibbous (65.2%)