Rain fills in by midnight tonight.
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DAVE’S WEEKLY WEATHER NUTSHELL
–Clouds thicken this morning, and scattered showers arrive by early to mid afternoon
–Milder today through Thursday, highs upper 40s to 50s
–Steadiest rainfall works through the region tonight and through Wednesday morning
–Scattered showers into Wednesday night, drying Thursday which is the pick of the week
–Fair, but cooler weather extends into Friday, then we watch the coast
–Storm from the southwest and another south of Nova Scotia likely shunted south by high pressure to our north, but stay tuned for potential chanages
–Can’t rule out a few rain or snow showers into Saturday morning
–Colder Saturday through Monday with mostly dry conditions
–Stormier look for next week, wintry weather can’t be ruled out
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***DHTWN DAILY WEATHER REPORT***
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NWS ALERTS
–None
DHTWN REMINDER
–The odds of being a human is 1 in 400,000 billion… make it count, even in a small way (see Kurt Vonnegut quote at end of post)
DAILY CELESTIAL (STAR):
–OUR STAR ROSE AT: 7:04am this morning
–OUR STAR WILL SET AT: 4:18pm this evening
–TOTAL DAYLIGHT TIME: 9 hours and 14 minutes
NIGHTLY CELESTIAL (MOON):
–OUR MOON WILL RISE AT: 3:13pm this afternoon
–OUR MOON WILL SET AT: 6:40am tomorrow morning
–MOON RISE DIRECTION: East-Northeast
–MOON SET DIRECTION: West-Northwest
–MOON PHASE: Waxing Gibbous (97.3%)
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DAILY TERRESTRIAL (ZoneCast)
ZONE 1 (Northern Region)
Southern VT, Southwest NH, N. Taconics NY
–High Temps: Upper 40s to Low 50s
–Low Temps: Low to Mid 40s
–Wind: Southeasterly gusts to 20mph possible later
–Skies: Mostly Cloudy
–Precipitation: Dry this morning, scattered showers by mid afternoon, possibly late afternoon in SW.NH, steadier rain overnight
ZONE 2 (Central Region)
WMass, N. CMass, N. Litchfield County, C./S. Taconics NY
–High Temps: Upper 40s to Mid 50s
–Low Temps: Mid 40s
–Wind: Southeasterly gusts to 20mph possible later
–Skies: Mostly Cloudy
–Precipitation: Dry this morning, scattered showers by mid afternoon, possibly late afternoon in CMass, steadier rain overnight
ZONE 3 (Southern Region)
S. CMass, S. Litchfield County, NC.CT, & NE.CT
–High Temps: Low to Mid 50s
–Low Temps: Mid to Upper 40s
–Wind: Southeasterly gusts to 20mph possible later
–Skies: Mostly Cloudy
–Precipitation: Dry this morning, scattered showers by mid afternoon, possibly late afternoon in northeast CT and Worcester Metro, steadier rain overnight
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MORNING DISCUSSION
Good morning everybody, another bright day as Ringo Starr would say, except our bright day is filtered by grey clouds.
Ah well, there’s a star out there somewhere, and we’ll see it again soon enough!
For today, we’ve got a warm front slowly working towards the region, spreading clouds in, and by mid afternoon, the leading edge of scattered showers will filter in along with southeast wind gusts up to 20mph at times.
Highs will be mild, reaching the upper 40s to mid 50s.
Rain will become steadier and heavier later tonight and fall during the pre-dawn hours through Wednesday morning as a low level jet streak (i.e. faster river of air about a mile up or so) moves through overhead.
Lows tonight will be mild, only dipping into the 40s throughout the region, with patchy fog in spots.
For Wednesday, we’re rainy first half of the day, and then should still see scattered or intermittent showers into the afternoon and evening.
This will be the mildest of the next 3 (and the next 10 days, actually), with temps cresting into the 50s, with some upper 50s possible south of the Pike.
Expect lows Wednesday night to dip down to either side of 40º as showers slowly come to a close.
By Thursday, a cold front will be moving through, but we’ll catch one last bit of mildness with highs near 50º or so under partly to mostly sunny skies before temps drop into the night time. Lows will bottom out in the upper 20s.
Friday looks gorgeous, but cooler, with sunny skies and highs in the low 40s, and lows dropping into the 20s with clouds increasing.
The weekend is still a bit unclear, and will hinge on how strong a high pressure system to our north becomes and its ultimate position in terms of directing the traffic of two low pressure systems that will seek to impinge upon our sensible weather.
One is an Ohio Valley low, the other a coastal low near Nova Scotia, and if anything, some scattered light mixed precip is possible at some point over the weekend, and I will seek to clarify that over the next 24 hours.
Looking beyond into next week, cooler temps and stormy potential lurks into the following weekend, so stay tuned for updates on that period of time.
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“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.”
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