TABLE OF CONTENTS
* Daily Celestials (Sun/Moon Data)
* Weekly Weather Nutshell
* WMass Zone Forecast Summaries
* Morning Discussion
* TIP: Scroll below for sections, or read all
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YOUR DAILY CELESTIALS
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STAR:
–OUR STAR ROSE AT: 7:08am this morning
–OUR STAR WILL SET AT: 4:18pm this evening
–TOTAL DAYLIGHT TIME: 9 hours and 10 minutes
MOON:
–OUR MOON WILL SET AT: 3:00pm this afternoon
–MOON SET DIRECTION: Southwest
–OUR MOON WILL RISE AT: 7:02am tomorrow morning
–MOON RISE DIRECTION: Southeast
–MOON PHASE: Waning Crescent (2.7%)
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YOUR WEEKLY WEATHER NUTSHELL
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–Snow in the western half of southern VT down into the central and northern Berkshires this morning with additional accumulations
–Elevated areas should see 2-6″ total, maybe a bit more in some high peaks
–A coating to 2″ will do it for lower elevations in the Berkshires and the western hilltowns, though some parts of that region may exceed 2″
–Otherwise, rain showers or rain/snow mix elsewhere will quit by noon
–Mostly cloudy into afternoon, with some partly sunny breaks
–Westerlies gust 15-30mph with highs upper 30s to mid 40s
–A few afternoon snow showers possible, additional coatings possible in the Berkshires and SVT
–Clearing later tonight, lows in the 20s
–Winds lighter Tuesday, highs mid 30s to low 40s, sunny, lows ini the 20s
–Cold front Tuesday night into Wednesday with a few snow showers possible, highs in the mid 30s Wednesday, cold and sunny
–Fair weather continues Thursday through Sunday with milder temps developing
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REGIONAL/ZONE FORECAST SUMMARIES
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ZONE 1 – Northern Region
(Southern VT, Southwest NH)
–High Temps (Today): Upper 30s to Low 40s
–Low Temps (Tonight): Low to Mid 20s
–High Temps (Tomorrow): Mid 30s to Low 40s
–Winds: Westerly winds gusting 15-30mph today into this evening, then slackening into Tues.
–Sky Cover: Mostly cloudy today and tonight, becoming Sunny tomorrow
–Precipitation: Snow continues this morning in Bennington and far western Windham Counties VT with rain east of there… additional light accumulations possible… Snow and rain quits by noon
–NWS Alerts / Nut Notes: Winter Storm Warnings continue for SVT west of Brattleboro/Putney through 7pm
ZONE 2 – Central Region
(Western MA, North-Central MA, Northern Litchfield CT)
–High Temps (Today): Upper 30s to Mid 40s
–Low Temps (Tonight): Mid to Upper 20s
–High Temps (Tomorrow): Upper 30s to Low 40s
–Winds: Westerly winds gusting 15-30mph today into this evening, then slackening into Tues.
–Sky Cover: Mostly cloudy today and tonight, becoming Sunny tomorrow
–Precipitation: Snow and rain in far northwest MA and just rain elsewhere continues to ligthen and quits by noon
–NWS Alerts / Nut Notes: Winter Weather Advisory continues for Berkshire County and the Taconics through 1pm… Flood Watches will expire soon elsewhere…
ZONE 3 – Southern Region
(South-Central MA, Northern CT)
–High Temps (Today): Mid 40s
–Low Temps (Tonight): Upper 20s
–High Temps (Tomorrow): Low 40s
–Winds: Westerly winds gusting 15-30mph today into this evening, then slackening into Tues.
–Sky Cover: Mostly cloudy early becoming partly sunny later today, clear tonight, and Sunny tomorrow
–Precipitation: Showers quit by noon, then drying
–NWS Alerts / Nut Notes: None
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YOUR MORNING DISCUSSION
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Good morning everybody, our storm was substantially weaker and more broad/diffuse than was expected, so even though the rainfall materialized with 1-4″ for many of us overnight, along with snow now falling, heavily at times, in southwest VT and the northern Berkshires and Taconics with some light accumulations, the wind didn’t develop, flooding was fairly minor if mostly non-existent, no thunder reported, and snow and outage impacts will be a bit less.
Regardless, there will be some slippery travel in spots in the northern Berkshires/Taconics and into southwest VT, especially up on the Searsburg Pass on Route 9 near Woodford.
For the rest of WMass region, this was always going to be a rain event, and rain it did!
As our storm pulls away, we do have a bit of a deformation zone forming (heavier band of precipitation over a storm’s western flank) over the Taconics and Berkshires which could produce a final burst of snow this morning or rain/snow mix, so watch for slippery spots where moderate to heavy snow develops for a while before everything quits by noon.
Highs will top out in the upper 30s to mid 40s and westerlies will pick up as the storm pulls away and high pressure moves in to increase the pressure gradient between the two features. This will produce winds gusting 15-30mph so it will be a bit blustery this afternoon as some sun tries to break out, with drying and clearing tonight as lows drop into the 20s.
Tuesday will see winds slacken, and highs climb into the mid 30s to low 40s under sunny skies, with lows in the 20s.
A cold front approaches Tuesday night with some snow showers possible into Wednesday morning, with highs Wednesday only in the mid to upper 30s.
After that high pressure develops to our south Thursday through Sunday with partly to mostly sunny skies and highs increasing into the weekend, making it into the 40s by the weekend’s end!
There are no big storm potentials until at least next Monday, so enjoy the incoming fair weather, and please post any snow reports below with amounts, intensity, etc. if you are seeing snow! I would love rain reports, too, thanks! Have a great day!
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