Good morning folks, our weekend pick has arrived, so get out and enjoy it if you can! Sunny, calm, blue skies, highs in the 70s to low 80s, low humidity, what’s not to love for a later Summer day? Sunday won’t end as nice as Saturday started, but we’ll welcome whatever rainfall we can muster during the Sunday evening through Monday noon timeframe.

For today, high pressure builds in from the northwest, and abundant sunshine will be our result! Highs will reach the low 70s to low 80s with potential for some upper 60s highs in parts of the southern VT mountains, and humidity will be lower and quite comfortable. Lows tonight will dip into the upper 40s to mid 50s.

On Sunday, we’ll start off sunny and see clouds increase by afternoon into the evening as storm system works east out of the Great Lakes, set to pass to our north as it sends both a warm front and a cold front sweeping the greater WMass region Sunday night through Monday morning.

We should end up mostly dry during much of the daylight hours, and Sunday morning into early afternoon should be quite nice with highs in the low 70s to low 80s with low humidity early, which will then creep up later in the afternoon as the warm front approaches.

By sometime in the very late afternoon to sunset timeframe we’ll see first scattered showers works east into the region with the warm front.

Rain showers will then become more numerous overnight and into Monday morning (lows will hang around 60º Sunday night) when the peak of this small system works through our region.

I will say that while the primary low passes north of us, a secondary low may try to form along the front down near the NYC metro region, and that may pull some moisture south, with WMass getting less than areas to our north and south.

Regardless, a third of an inch to three-quarters of an inch of new rainfall by Monday evening seems to be a reasonable range to expect at this point in time.

Rain quits by mid-day on Monday, and we should see some partial sunshine breaking out with highs in the low 70s to low 80s, and lows in the 55-60º range Monday night as we dry out again behind the cold front.

Tuesday and Wednesday look lovely at this point with drier air working into the region, highs in the mid 70s to mid 80s and lows in the mid 50s to low 60s. We could see a lingering spot shower or two Tuesday morning, but we should be mostly dry.

By Wednesday night into Thursday, we may see another frontal boundary approach the region with some more showers and a bit more humid air, but I don’t see any severe weather, washouts, or heatwaves on the horizon, and temperatures should remain seasonable with more sunshine by Friday.

Have a great day!

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

YOUR DAILY NUTSHELL(S)
SATURDAY:
–Patchy fog in Berkshires and upper CT River Valley will burn off by 10am
–Mostly sunny skies, highs low 70s to low 80s
–Dewpoints in the 50s, comfortable humidity
–Lows upper 40s to mid 50s tonight, mostly clear

SUNDAY:
–Morning sunshine into mid-day gives way to increasing clouds by afternoon
–Highs low 70s to low 80s, humidity creeps up late in the day with warm front
–First showers arrive sometime in the 5-9pm timeframe, and press east
–Lows either side of 60º, rainy overnight, patchy fog possible

MONDAY:
–Morning showers abate by around mid-day, with partial sunshine thereafter
–Highs low 70s to low 80s, with drying by Monday night, lows mid 50s to low 60s

TUESDAY-WEDNESDAY:
–A pair of beautiful, dry days (though possibly a spot shower early Tuesday) with sunshine ruling the skies
–Drier air, highs in the mid 70s to mid 80s
–Lows in the mid to upper 50s with clouds increasing Wednesday night

THURSDAY-FRIDAY:
–Showers possible with a bit more humidity increasing
–Highs in the 70s to near 80º, with lows in the mid 50s to low 60s
–Drier, sunnier conditions Friday with highs in the 70s

YOUR DAILY CELESTIALS
STAR:
–OUR STAR ROSE AT: 5:58am this morning
–OUR STAR SETS AT: 7:50pm this evening
–TOTAL DAYLIGHT TIME: 13 hours 52 minutes

MOON:
–OUR MOON RISES AT: 9:16am this morning
–MOON RISE DIRECTION: East
–OUR MOON SETS AT: 9:09pm tonight
–MOON SET DIRECTION: West
–MOON PHASE: Waxing Crescent (9.7% Illumination)