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DAVE HAYES MOBILE WEATHER APP UPDATES
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
* Daily Celestials (Sun/Moon Data)
* Sponsor Note
* Morning Discussion
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YOUR DAILY CELESTIALS
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–OUR STAR RISES AT: 7:10am this morning
–OUR STAR WILL SET AT: 4:55pm this evening
–TOTAL DAYLIGHT TIME: 9 hours and 45 minutes
MOON:
–OUR MOON WILL SET AT: 12:02pm this afternoon
–MOON SET DIRECTION: Southwest
–OUR MOON RISES AT: 4:15am tomorrow morning
–MOON RISE DIRECTION: Southeast
–MOON PHASE: Waning Crescent (25.9%)
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A NOTE FROM OUR SPONSOR
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YOUR MORNING DISCUSSION
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Good morning everybody, our mostly unseasonably to at times seasonably cold, fairly boring, kinda wintry, but not that exciting pattern continues into early February, which is going to need to kick it up a notch or I’m gonna need some smelling salts, stat!
I’m kidding (kinda), and while the lack of combinations of cold, snow and wind are good on the aging bones (and backs) we really do need some bigger precipitation events in our region, as we continue to exist within a moderate to severe drought as of this week.
For today, we are starting off in the single digits and a few snow showers over the Berkshires and SVT which will dissipate with time. Highs will rise into the 20s mostly with some upper teens in southern VT under partly to mostly sunny skies (cloudier in the Berks/SVT, sunnier in the valley).
It’ll also be a bit breezy with northwest gusts 10-20mph today and tonight with lows in the single digits under mostly clear skies with some wind chills in the single digits below zero so bundle up if you’re out late.
Saturday looks similar to today with partly to mostly sunny skies expected as high pressure tracks west to east, with its center staying well south of New England over the lower Mid-Atlantic and southeast U.S.
Highs again will reach the upper teens to 20s and lows will dip into the upper single to teens with increasing clouds.
A weak Clipper low pressure system will track north of us on Sunday and should spread some scattered snow showers into far northwest MA up into SVT with some coatings to up to an inch possible in spots in the northern Berkshires, far western Franklin County and SVT.
Highs will be milder, extending into the mid 20s to mid 30s with lows in the teens under clearing skies.
Monday and Tuesday looks windier, as high pressure builds to our south with a cold front and associated lower pressure tracks toward the region by Tuesday.
Southwest gusts of 20-30mph developing ahead of the front will bring milder air and highs in the upper 20s to mid/upper 30s both days, which could cause some evening black ice issues as snow melt refreezes each night with lows in the teens.
Also, on Tuesday some snow showers possible with the frontal passage, especially north of Route 2 in MA, VT And NH.
By Wednesday afternoon into Wednesday night, a stronger Clipper low may track a bit more south as colder air comes rushing in behind the cold front mid-week, so we may have a more widespread light to at worst a low-moderate snowfall on the ground by Thursday morning, but lots can change between now and then.
Highs Wednesday through Friday look to sit back down into the upper teens to upper 20s with lows in the single digits as we head toward February by next weekend.
There is a coastal storm signal I am monitoring for late next weekend into early the following week, so I will keep you updated on all of it, and if my work works for you, I would be grateful for your Vote in the Best of Valley Advocate 2025 Readers’ Poll which ends today by 5pm, I believe. The link is below, and thank you, and have a great day!
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