POST TABLE OF CONTENTS:
–Weekly Nutshell (Quick impact list)
–Sponsor Note (Tandem Bagel Co.)
–NWS Alerts (Advisories, Warnings, Watches)
–Celestial Data (Sun/Moon info)
–Regional Summaries (quick in and out details)
–Morning Discussion (Longer-form explanation)
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DAVE’S WEEKLY WEATHER NUTSHELL
–Clouds decrease today after a few CT flurries being possible, then sunshine, highs 20s to low 30s
–Cold and calm tonight, lows in the teens
–High pressure moves south of us tomorrow, milder, highs low to mid 30s with sunshine
–Thursday night a powerful Arctic front moves into the region, colder, lows in the single digits to mid teens
–Friday northwest winds pick up and gust 30-45mph into the night, very cold, highs teens with wind chills trending below zero
–Lows plummet into the single digits below zero in spots with wind chills down to 20-30 below zero at night
–Saturday winds continue with highs in the teens and wind chills near or just below zero, with lows in the single digits as wind slackens
–Sunday into early next week moderates rapidly as Arctic quickly lifts out with nothing to hold it in place
–Highs in the 30s Sunday and Monday and into the 40s by Tuesday with a few showers possible, but before we jump into the weather discussion/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 (including Gluten-Free options), 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 West Springfield, or use their super-streamlined online ordering tool by visiting their website.
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***DHTWN DAILY WEATHER REPORT***
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NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALERTS
–Wind Chill Watches are in effect for Thursday afternoon through Saturday morning throughout the greater WMass region
DHTWN REMINDER
–The odds of being a human are 1 in 400,000 billion… do or share something you love today, even in a small way (see Kurt Vonnegut quote at end of post)
DAILY CELESTIAL (STAR):
–OUR STAR ROSE AT: 7:0=3am this morning
–OUR STAR WILL SET AT: 5:04pm this evening
–TOTAL DAYLIGHT TIME: 10 hours and 1 minute
NIGHTLY CELESTIAL (MOON):
–OUR MOON WILL RISE AT: 1:08pm this afternoon
–OUR MOON WILL SET AT: 5:24am tomorrow morning
–MOON RISE DIRECTION: Northeast
–MOON SET DIRECTION: Northwest
–MOON PHASE: Waxing Gibbous (83.7%)
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DAILY TERRESTRIAL (ZoneCast)
ZONE 1 (Northern Region)
Southern VT, Southwest NH, N. Taconics NY
–High Temps: Upper Teens to Mid 20s
–Low Temps: Upper Singles to Mid Teens
–Wind: Westerly breezes
–Skies: Mostly sunny
–Precipitation: None
ZONE 2 (Central Region)
WMass, N. CMass, N. Litchfield County, C./S. Taconics NY
–High Temps: Mid 20s to Low 30s
–Low Temps: Mid Teens
–Wind: Westerly breezes
–Skies: Mostly sunny
–Precipitation: None
ZONE 3 (Southern Region)
S. CMass, S. Litchfield County, NC.CT, & NE.CT
–High Temps: Low to Mid 30s
–Low Temps: Mid to Upper Teens
–Wind: Westerly breezes
–Skies: Mostly sunny
–Precipitation: None
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MORNING DISCUSSION
Good morning folks, the big weather story in the next week is obviously the quick Arctic cold blast that’s on the way late this week into the first part of the weekend.
We’re cold today with morning clouds and snow showers down in CT giving way to increasing sunshine and a beautiful day with westerly breezes and highs in the 20s to low 30s, and lows in the teens overnight with mostly clear skies, which should allow for viewing of the green comet that passes nearest to Earth today/tonight (more info below):
https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/31/world/green-comet-c-2022-e3-watch-scn/index.html
For Thursday, high pressure will pass south of us and kick up southwesterly gusts to 20-25mph at times ahead of our incoming Arctic cold front.
Highs will reach the low to mid 30s under mostly sunny skies, but will be dropping at night with a few snow showers possible, with lows bottoming out into the single digits to mid teens. Winds will pick up out of the northwest and gust to 30mph with below wind chills possible.
The core of the Arctic cold arrives Friday on northwest winds gusting 30-45mph with highs only in the low to mid teens, and wind chills down to 5-15 below zero at times. At least it will be sunny!
Friday night is Hoth from Star Wars, as lows crash to 5 to 10 below zero for air temps, with wind chills as low as 15 to 35 below zero with northwest winds continuing to gust up to 40mph.
Frostbite can occur in 15 minutes in such conditions, so please be careful if you must go out Friday night into very early Saturday morning!!
Saturday looks sunny as well, with highs in the teens and winds still causing low wind chills in the morning, but slackening toward afternoon and evening, with lows in the single digits.
Milder air moves right back in on Sunday with highs well into the 30s, with 30s to 40s Monday and Tuesday as clouds reintroduce themselves with milder southwest flow.
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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.”
–Kurt Vonnegut