Good morning folks, we’ve got a beautiful morning underway and many of us should stay dry today, but clouds will bubble up later as we warm at the surface but cool aloft, creating some afternoon instability and some scattered showers, especially east of the I-91 corridor. After a spot shower Sunday morning, we’re off to the sunny races through the rest of our weekend into mid-week before more showers and even some stronger wind arrives by Thursday.

For today, we’ll enjoy mostly sunny skies in the morning with highs warming into the upper 60s to upper 70s. Meanwhile, temps aloft will be cooling thanks to our Atlantic Canadian upper low that’ll back west a bit toward Maine.

This will help bubble up some clouds and some scattered afternoon showers. The more east and closer to the low, the greater the chance for showers, and a few heavy ones at that. I can’t rule out a thunderstorm in Worcester County and far northeast CT.

I do think most if not all shower activity stays east of the Berkshires / Litchfields / southern Greens, though a spot shower is possible in those areas.

So, mostly sunny this morning, partly sunny this afternoon, and lows tonight dip into the upper 40s to mid 50s as we cool down with northerly flow.

A Sunday morning spot shower is possible, but the upper low should pull east, and with continued northerly flow, our highs will sit firmly in the 60s tomorrow, with a few low 70s readings in the central and southern Pioneer Valley as sunshine increases into the afternoon.

Radiational cooling sets up Sunday night, with lows in the mid 40s to low 50s, so we’ll get 24 hours of early Autumn feels into the greater WMass region.

Monday through Wednesday looks lovely with high pressure building in from the west, highs in the upper 60s to upper 70s, and lows in the 50s.

I do think Wednesday looks to be more partly sunny as a strong and developing storm system races east into southern Quebec by Wednesday night, pushing clouds in here later Wednesday, and eventually periods of showers, especially north of the Pike into Thursday.

The pressure gradient should steepen into our region, and as a result westerly gusts may blow 25-40mph at times by Thursday as that system and front sweep through, followed by more fair weather for Friday with another cool down into the 60s and low 70s for high temps.

Have a great day!

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YOUR DAILY NUTSHELL(S)
SATURDAY:
–Mostly sunny early, then partly sunny by afternoon
–Scattered showers possible in the afternoon
–Highs upper 60s to upper 70s
–A few showers east of the Berkshires tonight
–Lows upper 40s to mid 50s

SUNDAY:
–Partly sunny early, a spot shower possible in the morning
–Trending sunnier by afternoon
–Fall feel with highs in the 60s to low 70s
–Clear at night with lows mid 40s to low 50s

MONDAY-WEDNESDAY:
–Fair weather rules the region
–Mostly sunny Monday & Tuesday
–Partly sunny on Wednesday, cloudier by evening
–Highs upper 60s to upper 70s all 3 days
–Lows in the 50s all 3 nights
–Showers expected by later Wednesday night, esp. N of the Pike

THURSDAY:
–Periods of showers
–Highs upper 60s to upper 70s
–Windy at times, westerly gusts 25-40mph possible
–Lows upper 40s to mid 50s as we dry out

FRIDAY:
–Fall feel returns with highs in the 60s to low 70s
–Partly to mostly sunny skies expected, breezy

YOUR DAILY CELESTIALS
STAR:
–OUR STAR ROSE AT: 6:20am this morning
–OUR STAR SETS AT: 7:17pm this evening
–TOTAL DAYLIGHT TIME: 12 hours 57 minutes

MOON:
–OUR MOON SETS AT: 3:57pm this afternoon
–MOON SET DIRECTION: Northwest
–OUR MOON RISES AT: 12:36am tomorrow morning
–MOON RISE DIRECTION: Northeast
–MOON PHASE: Waning Crescent (36.4% Illumination)