Good morning folks, we’re starting out in the stew once again, so chop up some potatoes and toss ’em into my cauldron, because we’re gonna get cookin’ once again today.
We’ve got increasing chances for scattered showers, downpours and thunderstorms Monday through the first half of Thursday prior to a sweet delicious cold front moving through our region and bringing much drier and comfortable weather by late week into the weekend, but before we dive into all of the weather details below, let’s check a note from our local and delicious sponsor, #TandemBagelCo, with their newest location in West Springfield, MA.
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A NOTE FROM OUR SPONSOR:
DHTWN Is Sponsored by Members, Patrons & Tandem Bagel Company: No matter the weather, Tandem Bagel is always there for you at several valley locations to make your mornings brighter! With bagels baked fresh daily, house-whipped cream cheese, coffee, and tons of lunch options, Tandem is the perfect quick stop for lunch, breakfast, or a coffee and bagel to go. Find them in Easthampton, Northampton, Hadley, Florence (and now West Springfield!), or use their super-streamlined online ordering tool by visiting their website: https://www.tandembagelco.com
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***DHTWN DAILY WEATHER REPORT***
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NWS ALERTS
–Heat Advisories are up through tonight (Aug. 8) for eastern Windham County VT, southwest NH (Cheshire), the southern Berkshires, Litchfield County CT and the southern/central Taconics in NY
–Heat Advisories are up through Tuesday (Aug. 9) for Franklin, Hampshire, Hampden and Worcester Counties in MA, and for Hartford, Tolland and Windham Counties in CT
–Heat indices will push into the low 100s for some today, and upper 90s to possibly low 100s Tuesday
DHTWN REMINDER
–The odds of being a human is 1 in 400 trillion… make it count, even in a small way (see Kurt Vonnegut quote at end of post)
DAILY CELESTIAL (STAR):
–OUR STAR ROSE AT: 5:50am this morning
–OUR STAR WILL SET AT: 8:00pm this evening
–TOTAL DAYLIGHT TIME: 14 hours and 10 minutes
DAILY CELESTIAL (MOON):
–OUR MOON WILL RISE AT: 5:39pm this afternoon
–OUR MOON WILL SET AT: 2:20pm tonight
–MOON RISE DIRECTION: Southeast
–MOON SET DIRECTION: Southwest
–MOON PHASE: Waxing Gibbous 80.3%
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DAILY TERRESTRIAL (ZoneCast)
ZONE 1 (Northern Region)
Southern VT, Southwest NH, N. Taconics NY
–High Temps: Upper 80s to Low 90s
–Low Temps: Upper 60s to Low 70s
–Humidity: Dewpoints upper 60s to mid 70s, very muggy
–Wind: Light southwesterly
–Skies: Mostly Sunny, with cumulus clouds building later
–Precipitation: Isolated showers and thunderstorms possible in the afternoon / evening, most stay dry. Another burst possible overnight
ZONE 2 (Central Region)
WMass, N. CMass, N. Litchfield County, C./S. Taconics NY
–High Temps: Low to Mid 90s, a few upper 90s possible south
–Low Temps: Upper 60s to Mid 70s
–Humidity: Dewpoints upper 60s to mid 70s, very muggy
–Wind: Light southwesterly
–Skies: Mostly Sunny, with cumulus clouds building later
–Precipitation: Isolated showers and thunderstorms possible in the afternoon / evening, most stay dry. Another burst possible overnight
ZONE 3 (Southern Region)
S. CMass, S. Litchfield County, NC.CT, & NE.CT
–High Temps: Upper 80s to Mid 90s, a few upper 90s possible
–Low Temps: Low to Upper 70s
–Humidity: Dewpoints upper 60s to mid 70s, very muggy
–Wind: Light southwesterly
–Skies: Mostly Sunny, with cumulus clouds building later
–Precipitation: Isolated showers and thunderstorms possible in the afternoon / evening, most stay dry. Another burst possible overnight
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WEATHER REPORT
Good morning everybody, I don’t do much gigs anymore, but had a super fun time playing bass with Soul Magnets (an 8-piece killer funk ensemble) yesterday at a big fundraiser for the WMass Food Bank in Stockbridge, MA at the Berkshire Botanical Gardens in the early evening.
We played the DHTWN theme song live for the first time ever, which was super fun, but if you want to listen to it and purchase it for $1 (or larger donation, if you want) it all goes to support the WMass Food Bank.
As for our weather this week, I am going to dish out double–dashes like they’re going out of style, look! Here’s a couple now!
–It’s going to be hot and humid again, as we’re still under the influence of a big ol’ Bermuda High
–Light southwest flow in an essentially tropical air mass will produce early August highs into the mid 80s to mid/upper 90s from north to south
–Some isolated showers or thunderstorms are once again anticipated for this afternoon and evening
–One flared up yesterday into EMass and caused some wind damage there, and while that is possible in the WMass region today, it’s pretty unlikely
–Any activity dies down after sunset (tonight is our last 8pm sunset until the 2023 warm season, so soak it up!)
–Lows will be quite warm, in the upper 60s to upper 70s with continued very humid conditions, with some scattered showers possible overnight
–Tuesday is the final day of this second, prolonged wave of 2022, though for some in higher terrain or more northern zones (portions of SVT and SWNH) the heat wave will break after today
–On Tuesday, our cold front will be sagging further south as a little wave ripples across it west to east
–This will increase clouds into the region, with more partly sunny skies expected with highs reaching the mid 80s to low 90s and continued very humid conditions
–Afternoon scattered showers, downpours and thunderstorms are expected, and should increase in coverage in the evening, but again it will be scattered so not everyone gets wet
–Lows will sit down into the mid 60s
–Wednesday afternoon and night is the when the most widespread rainfall of this pattern is expected
–Again, not everybody gets wet, although if we are going to get some drought-denting rainfall, it will be on this day and night
–Highs will reach the upper 70s to low 80s with continued humid conditions, and lows will be in the upper 60s
–As our cold front pushes south and through the region, periods of showers, downpours and t-storms will move in during the afternoon and likely last into and overnight Wednesday into very early Thursday
–On Thursday, any early morning showers give way to developing sunshine with highs in the upper 70s to low 80s, and still somewhat humid, but it will be starting to break on this day
–Lows will drop into the upper 50s to low 60s, and then on Friday we completely change the air mass out the way it looks now, with highs in the mid to upper 70s Friday and Saturday, and upper 70s to low 80s on Sunday
–Lows will settle way down into the low to mid 50s
–Friday night is the time to open all the windows up and let the dry air flood the house or apartment
–Expect plenty of sunshine, much lower dewpoints and dry conditions through Sunday
Thanks for reading, have a great day, and please follow me on Twitter if you’re there…
AND REMEMBER…
“Hello babies. Welcome to Earth. It’s hot in the summer and cold in the winter. It’s round and wet and crowded. On the outside, babies, you’ve got a hundred years here. There’s only one rule that I know of, babies: Goddamn it, you’ve got to be kind.”
–Kurt Vonnegut