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* Sponsor Section
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YOUR DAILY CELESTIALS
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STAR:
–OUR STAR RISES AT: 7:09am this morning
–OUR STAR SETS AT: 4:56pm this evening
–TOTAL DAYLIGHT TIME: 9 hours and 47 minutes
MOON:
–OUR MOON SETS AT: 12:45pm this afternoon
–MOON SET DIRECTION: Southwest
–OUR MOON RISES AT: 5:16am tomorrow morning
–MOON RISE DIRECTION: Southeast
–MOON PHASE: Waning Crescent (17.4%)
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YOUR MORNING DISCUSSION
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Good morning folks, our weather over the next 7 days continues to lack big storminess, but we do have some seesaw-type changes coming up as the pattern begins to modify which will allow for upper level ridging to form in the eastern U.S. (that means higher than average pressures aloft, which fosters milder temps here).
The wind will start to pick up as of tomorrow, and will gust off and on through late week, so I’ll take you through those details below.
For today, we’ll enjoy partly to mostly sunny skies on average, with more clouds over the Berkshires and SVT as the day wears on. There could be a few snow showers or flurries out that way too as a shortwave tracks east out of the Great Lakes and heads for northern New England on Sunday, dragging a warm front with it.
Highs will climb into the 20s for most of us, and lows tonight will dip into the mid to upper teens as clouds build with our approaching weak system.
For Sunday, a warm front moves through the region, and will bring some scattered snow showers, mostly for areas west of the I-91 corridor in the hilltowns, Berkshires and SVT. We could even see a coating to an inch or so in southern VT and far northern Berkshire County.
Highs will reach well into the 30s behind the front, and southwest winds should start picking up with the help of high pressure passing off of the Mid-Atlantic coast to our south, which will pump clockwise/milder flow into New England.
Gusts may reach 20-35mph Sunday afternoon through Monday evening, and lows on Sunday will settle into the teens.
For Monday, another mild day is on the way with highs in the mid to upper 30s under mostly sunny skies. Again, it should be gusty during the day and into the evening with lows in the 20s.
By Tuesday, a cold front will be moving toward the region, draped southward off of a Clipper low that will pass well north of us, but should still be able to spread some scattered snow showers or flurries into the region as the front comes through, mainly north of the Rt. 2 corridor, closer to the low center.
Southern VT and the northern Berkshires into western Franklin / Hampshire Counties could see a coating to an inch from this activity.
Highs will rise into the 30s but start falling behind the front as strong northwesterly wind gusts move in behind the front on the order of 30-45mph, with Wind Advisories potentially needed if these trends continue. Lows Tuesday night will drop into the low to mid teens, and it’ll be a bit blustery.
By Wednesday, a second, more robust Clipper low will track more southerly, passing over central or even southern New England, and should produce more of a period of light snow across the region where all of us could see a coating to 2”, but I will update as we get closer to see if that comes to pass. Highs will reach the 20s on Wednesday, with lows in the upper singles to mid teens.
Late week for Thursday and Friday looks much colder with highs in the teens to low 20s and lows down near 0º potentially, with blustery conditions on Thursday, so Winter will flex again!
However, we’ll continue to see a dearth of big coastal storminess because despite the surface cold air, our upper level steering patterns likely remain misaligned and unsupportive coastal storm formation south of New England where we need them to lay down big snows.
In fact, we should see some upper ridging in the northeast by late next weekend, which would push milder temps back into New England.
But, perhaps this is what we need to at least bring some form of precipitation to the region, as we are in drought still and need hydrometeors in whatever form they decide to descend down to our local earthly surfaces.
Have a great day!
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