Still time to get one of the last Weather Nut weather calendars ever:
(2025 edition, first come first served)
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
* Daily Celestials (Sun/Moon Data)
* Sponsor Note
* 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: 7:01am this morning
–OUR STAR WILL SET AT: 4:18pm this evening
–TOTAL DAYLIGHT TIME: 9 hours and 17 minutes
MOON:
–OUR MOON WILL RISE AT: 9:37am this morning
–MOON RISE DIRECTION: Southeast
–OUR MOON WILL SET AT: 6:06pm this evening
–MOON SET DIRECTION: Southwest
–MOON PHASE: Waxing Crescent (5.2%)
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A NOTE FROM OUR SPONSOR
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YOUR MORNING DISCUSSION
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Good morning folks, it is cccccccold out there lately, with temps in the teens to low 20s, and highs only expected to top out in the 30s for our Tuesday.
Partly to mostly sunny skies are expected today, but there will be a shortwave rounding the southwestern flank of a departing-to-the-east upper trough which should bring some scattered snow showers into the Berkshires and northwest CT later this afternoon or early evening with some dustings possible locally.
We should clear out behind that wave, and lows will plummet into the teens once again as strong high pressure influences us from well to our southwest.
For Wednesday, highs again will climb into the 30s, but we’ll see clouds increasing ahead of southeastward-diving Alberta Clipper, that will have some potency associated with it, despite a relatively moisture-starved system.
What it lacks in terms of juice relative to a coastal system will be compensated by energy and dynamics as it rides the northeast flank of strong high pressure to its southwest/south, which will maximize what moisture it does contain.
Clouds thicken by later afternoon, and while a few snow or mixed showers are possible before sunset, first snow doesn’t really arrive until sometime between 8pm and midnight the way it looks now, with the brunt of the system passing to our north and northeast after midnight and during the first half of Thursday. I will update on the timing as we get closer.
Snow will fall light to moderately with heavier bursts during the pre-dawn hours into Thursday morning before tapering off by mid-day / early afternoon as our storm passes through the crown of Maine, but with a diffuse low pressure throughout New England.
Generally speaking, a coating to 2” is expected south of the Pike further away from the storm (with some mix with rain possible before the storm ends in the Springfield to Hartford stretch east in northern CT).
2-5” is expected along and north of the Pike in much of the rest of WMass, CMass, with 3-7” expected in southwest NH, southern VT, and western Hampshire/Franklin Counties into the northern Berkshires.
In fact, some parts of the southern Green Mountains in eastern Bennington County could see more like 7-12” as upsloping will help generate additional accumulations after the storm pulls away on Thursday afternoon and evening.
The cold doesn’t last into next week, but this sure is a good start for ski slopes, including Mt. Snow and BerkshireEast with recent snow making!
As Thursday afternoon progresses, westerly winds are going to kick up and gust 25-45mph at times, creating blustery conditions with very cold wind chills, possibly down to near or just below zero in parts of northern MA and southern VT by early Friday morning.
This will also cause blowing snow and lowered visibility in blowing snow Thursday night into Friday morning, so please be alert to changing road conditions.
Highs Thursday will reach the 30s with lows diving into the teens.
By Friday, highs are hanging in the 20s to near 30º under mostly sunny skies with lows in the single digits to mid teens with breezy conditions early, and clear skies at night.
Saturday and Saturday night features more partly sunny skies with highs in the upper 20s to mid 30s with lows in the teens.
Sunday looks like the pick of the weekend with highs more firmly in the 30s under sunny skies with lows in the teens and 20s ahead of milder conditions Monday with a warm front potentially bringing some rain or snow showers.
Have a great day, folks, I will keep you updated about our incoming early-season snowfall, and remember that I do still have a limited supply of 2025 weather calendars available, so if you want one, click this secure link to order.
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