Good morning folks, remember you can always skip to the Nutshell and Celestials below. For those who like fair weather, our coastal storm has been trending back a bit more out to sea, so this bodes well for Sunday becoming our weekend pick after a weak shortwave pushes through the region today with a few more additional isolated to scattered showers.

It does not look like washout by any means, but I can’t rule out a few showers in the afternoon as highs rise into the 50s under mostly cloudy skies with a few sunny breaks or periods. Lows drop into the 30s tonight.

Assuming our storm continues to track mostly away and out to sea, while a few light showers in far northeast CT and southeast CMass are possible, I expect a mostly sunny day to develop along and west of the I-91 corridor with partly sunny skies east of there. Highs again will rise into the 50s with lows in the mid to upper 30s and some southwest breezes developing.

By Monday and Tuesday, we’re soaring into southwesterly flow which means warmer temps with high rising well into the 60s on Monday and well into the 70s by Tuesday.

Southerly to southwesterly wind gusts will pick up and gust 20-35mph at times with lower pressures way north of us and our high to the south. With dry ground fuels, this likely increases risk for ground fire spread to mind your butts’n’burns!

It will be mostly sunny during this period, and lows each night will be in the 40s Monday night and 50s Tuesday night!

By Wednesday we’re going to see clouds increasing as a pre-frontal zone of showers pushes east into the region, especially in the afternoon and evening with highs in the mid 60s to low 70s, and lows either side of 50º. Expect periods of showers Wednesday afternoon and night.

After a brief lull in the action sometime Thursday morning, a potent-looking area of low pressure looks to crank up into the eastern Great Lakes and track northeast through northern New England during the day along a cold front.

This will likely push substantial amounts of rainfall into the greater WMass region Thursday into Thursday evening with highs in the upper 50s to mid 60s.

Rain will quit at night, but behind that system, the pressure gradient will be tight and therefore we could see west to northwest winds gust 30-45mph at times overnight into Friday with highs either side of 60º under party sunny skies.

Have a great day!

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

YOUR NUTSHELL:
–Isolated to scattered showers today with sunny breaks
–Highs in the 50s, many folks stay dry
–Lows tonight in the 30s, partly cloudy
–Some clouds build into northeast CT and southern CMass with a few showers possible Sunday morning
–Otherwise, Sunday becomes sunnier, especially along and west of I-91
–Highs again reach well into the 50s, with lows in the mid to upper 30s, breezier
–Monday and Tuesday feature high pressure south and southwest to southerly gusts picking up both days, 20-35mph at times
–Mostly sunny skies expected early next week
–Highs 60s Monday (lows 40s), and 70s on Tuesday (lows low to mid 50s)
–Potential for enhanced ground fire spread risks
–Wednesday through Friday looking more dynamic weather-wise
–Pre-frontal zone of showers moves in for Wednesday, especially by afternoon into the evening
–Highs in the mid 60s to low 70s for Wednesday, lows near 50º with showers possible
–Thursday continues to signal a substantial rainstorm with strong low pressure ripping northeast into northern New England
–Highs in the upper 50s to mid 60s with rain all day, and thunder possible
–Rain quits at night and is followed by strong west to northwest wind gust of 30-45mph at times, possibly up to 50mph by Friday
–Friday looks partly sunny, and gusty with highs either side of 60º

YOUR DAILY CELESTIALS
STAR:
–OUR STAR ROSE AT: 5:44am this morning
–OUR STAR SETS AT: 7:50pm this evening
–TOTAL DAYLIGHT TIME: 14 hours and 6 minutes

MOON:
–OUR MOON RISES AT: 9:19pm tonight
–MOON RISE DIRECTION: Southeast
–OUR MOON SETS AT: 6:17am tomorrow morning
–MOON SET DIRECTION: Southwest
–MOON PHASE: Waning Gibbous (99.3%)