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: 7:18am this morning
–OUR STAR WILL SET AT: 4:30pm this evening
–TOTAL DAYLIGHT TIME: 9 hours and 12 minutes
MOON:
–OUR MOON ROSE AT: 9:33am this morning
–MOON RISE DIRECTION: East-Southeast
–OUR MOON WILL SET AT: 7:32pm this evening
–MOON SET DIRECTION: West-Southwest
–MOON PHASE: Waxing Crescent (7.6%)
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A NOTE FROM OUR SPONSOR
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YOUR MORNING DISCUSSION
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Good morning, folks, I’ve received snow reports of 1-4” in the Berkshires from south to north in that county, and am hoping to receive pics and snow amounts from other folks who live in the western hilltowns, Berkshires/Taconics, northern Litchfield County CT and southern VT.
It has certainly been windy out there overnight as well, with Wind Advisories continuing across the region, and gusts observed between 30-55mph, with many areas seeing over 40mph.
As a result we have about 1000 outages across western MA, and about 200 in southern VT and 200 in central MA, with way less in northern CT, so some folks are waking up to no power this morning.
With departing low pressure in Atlantic Canada and in combination with a giant swath of high pressure that stretches from northwest Canada down through the Mississippi River Valley, we have a tight pressure gradient over southwest New England today, and that is what is causing our wind to blow this morning.
As the sun comes up today and surface temps start to rise, eventually making it into the upper 20s to upper 30s, that will help create steeper lapse rates (a faster drop in temp from surface to sky) and mix the air, allowing more wind gusts to reach our region’s surface.
This will help keep west-northwest winds gusting 30-55mph today, and we could see a few gusts spike over 60mph before early afternoon.
We’ll see a partly sunny day on average, although with lake effect snow showers at times in Litchfield County CT, the Berkshires, and western hilltowns, with some upslope snow showers in SVT, it will be more cloudy in those areas with new coatings in some spots.
In fact, we could see some lake effect snow showers track into the Pioneer Valley or even CMass at times by mid-day into the afternoon.
Lows tonight will drop to the upper teens to mid 20s and it will still be gusty at times, with gusts up to 25-40mph possible, along with some western high terrain snow showers into Friday morning.
Once we get to Friday, we are looking at a dry, multi-day cold stretch through middle of next week with highs generally in the upper teens to upper 20s (colder range Berkshires, hilltowns, SVT/SWNH, “milder” range Pioneer Valley points south and east into CMass and northern CT), and lows in the upper singles to upper teens.
Skies should be partly to mostly sunny at times, and we should maintain breezy conditions as cold Canadian air continues to filter into the region.
There is a low chance at some light snow south of the Pike in MA, CT and RI Monday into Tuesday, and I will keep an eye on that for you.
Have a great day, and if you still would like one of my 2025 weather wall calendars (my last one ever), I literally have only like 20 left, so message me and we can put it together. Thanks.
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