>>>POST SECTIONS<<< --DHTWN's Reminder ('Brows Raisin') --Weekly Nutshell (Overall impact list) --Sponsor Note (Tandem Bagel Co.) --NWS Alerts (Advisories, Warnings, Watches) --Celestial Data (Sun/Moon info) --Regional Summaries (Local expectations) --Morning Discussion (Detailed Weather Story) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >>> DHTWN REMINDER <<< I always find that if I can remember when I wake up to raise my eyebrows as I first look around my bedroom and think about the day, and put a small simple smile "on", it helps set a more positive, or at least hopeful tone to the outlook of the day. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >>> DAVE’S WEEKLY WEATHER NUTSHELL <<< --A pair of hot and humid days are on the way with temps in the upper 80s to low/mid 90s and heat indices in the mid 90s or so --Isolated showers or storms possible each day, mostly over the high terrain, but valley possible as well --Patchy fog, some dense each morning --Saturday is a transition day, mostly dry early, clouds build afternoon, scattered strong to severe t-storms possible late --Sunday through Tuesday will feature a couple of low pressure areas moving near or south of New England --This will bring more widespread rain showers with some thunder during this period with drying by mid week, but before we talk details let's check a note from our local and delicious sponsor, #TandemBagelCo, with their newest location in the Stop & Shop Plaza on King Street in Northampton, MA. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >>> A NOTE FROM OUR SPONSOR <<< Dave Hayes The Weather Nut is Sponsored by Individual Community 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.

>>> NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALERTS <<< --Heat Advisories have been hoisted for eastern Windham County VT (Brattleboro), Cheshire County NH, and the Taconics of eastern NY >>> YOUR DAILY CELESTIALS <<< STAR: --OUR STAR ROSE AT: 5:21am this morning --OUR STAR WILL SET AT: 8:28pm this evening --TOTAL DAYLIGHT TIME: 15 hours and 7 minutes MOON: --OUR MOON WILL RISE AT: 11:17pm tonight --MOON RISE DIRECTION: East-Southeast --OUR MOON WILL SET AT: 10:12am tomorrow morning --MOON SET DIRECTION: West-Southwest --MOON PHASE: Waning Gibbous (87.3%) >>> YOUR DAILY TERRESTRIALS <<< ZONE 1 - Northern Region  (Southern VT, Southwest NH)  --High Temps (Today): Upper 80s to Low 90s --Low Temps (Tonight): Mid to Upper 60s --High Temps (Tomorrow): Mid to Upper 80s --Winds: Light southwesterly --Sky Cover: Mostly sunny today, partly cloudy tonight, mostly sunny tomorrow --Precipitation: Isolated shower or storm possible today or tomorrow --NWS Alerts / Nut Notes: Heat Advisories are posted for eastern Windham County and all of Cheshire County...Heat Indices may push to the mid 90s... Patchy dense fog burn off later, quite humid through tomorrow. ZONE 2 - Central Region  (Western MA, North-Central MA, Northern Litchfield CT) --High Temps (Today): Upper 80s to Mid 90s --Low Temps (Tonight): Mid to Upper 60s --High Temps (Tomorrow): Mid 80s to Low 90s --Winds: Light southwesterly --Sky Cover: Mostly sunny today, partly cloudy tonight, mostly sunny tomorrow --Precipitation: Isolated shower or storm possible today or tomorrow --NWS Alerts / Nut Notes: Patchy dense fog burn off later, quite humid, Heat Indices may push into the mid to upper 90s ZONE 3 - Southern Region  (South-Central MA, Northern CT)  --High Temps (Today): Low to Mid 90s --Low Temps (Tonight): Upper 60s to Low 70s --High Temps (Tomorrow): Upper 80s  --Winds: Light southwesterly --Sky Cover: Mostly sunny today, partly cloudy tonight, mostly sunny tomorrow --Precipitation: Isolated shower or storm possible today or tomorrow --NWS Alerts / Nut Notes: Patchy dense fog burn off later, quite humid, Heat Indices may push into the mid to upper 90s >>> MORNING DISCUSSION <<< Good morning everybody, we've got a giant upper level ridge in the northeast U.S. that's producing widespread drier air... aloft. At the surface, it's quite humid with southwest flow into the region in early July. But the drier, sinking air aloft (the bulk of which is over us today) will help produce mostly sunny skies, and with no wind shear present to speak of, should keep any isolated showers or thunderstorms that do form in check from becoming widespread or becoming too tall/powerful. Also, they should be mostly relegated to high terrain areas. Highs today will reach the upper 80s to mid 90s for many of us, and Heat Advisories are up for southeast VT, southwest NH and the Taconics of eastern NY. It will be quite humid with dewpoints in the 60s to low 70s. Any showers or storms die down with the setting of the sun and cooling of the surface, with patchy dense fog possible late, and lows in the mid 60s to low 70s under partly cloudy skies with humid conditions. For Friday, today's twin pays us a visit, though it will be a couple of degrees "cooler". Highs should reach the mid 80s to low 90s with some isolated showers or storms in the afternoon possible, especially over the Litchfields, Berkshires, and Taconics by evening. Lows will be 65-70º. On Saturday, we've got the waning influence of our upper level ridge which has provided all of this sunshine and less in the way of rainfall, but it will be breaking down as and upper low to our southwest sends a surface low towards the Mid-Atlantic region by Sunday. As moisture increases Saturday, and a bit of wind starts to approach aloft, we could see some isolated to scattered strong to severe thunderstorms develop late in the afternoon with gusty wind potential. Highs will remain in the 80s under partly sunny skies with humid conditions continuing, and lows in the mid to upper 60s with some showers and storms into the night. The Sunday to Tuesday period looks unsettled at the moment, as we'll be watching at least two areas of low pressure (one likely Sunday and another Monday) swing into the area, and bring with each periods of rainfall along with a few thunderstorms mixed in. The moist, humid air mass will foster heavy rain at times. Highs will only reach the mid 70s to mid 80s with plenty of clouds around. It's a good distance in the future, so I will have to refine things as we get closer, but at the moment Tuesday into Wednesday may produce a drying effect as these systems track east and out of our region. It seems like we've landed in a "3 days on, 3 days off" pattern of fair to unsettled weather, but we'll see if that continues past the middle of next week when we get closer. Have a great day, and if you are around Northampton, MA, come see me and my friends play music in the bands "Simple Friend" and "King Radio" in back of the Northampton Brewery, outside next to the parking garage. The show runs 6-8pm, there are a few tables and you can order food and drink from the Brewery, and it's a nice hang, hope to see some of you folks there! >>> BE KIND <<< “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