>>>POST SECTIONS<<< --DHTWN's Reminder (Your Senses) --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 <<< If you have all 5 senses, or only some of them, you can place your gratitude there, knowing that it's a blessing/gift to be able to see, hear, smell, taste, and/or touch. Life is constantly challenging, at least it is for me and maybe you too, but these little gratitudes can help with a positive mood and mindset, which can be really helpful in life. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >>> DAVE’S WEEKLY WEATHER NUTSHELL <<< --Hot, dry heat peaks today and tomorrow with highs up into the low 90s today, with possibly some mid 90s tomorrow --Humidity is low today and tonight, but should become a bit muggy Friday afternoon and eve with dewpoints in the low/mid 60s --Showers and thunderstorms track from north to south, isolated in the early to mid afternoon, and then more numerous by late afternoon through the evening and overnight, heavy rain at times --MUCH cooler and cloudier this weekend with highs either side of 60º! --We should have a lull in the showery action Saturday afternoon and evening --More rain may develop for Sunday into Monday with continued cool temps --Tuesday into next week looks partly sunny on average with highs in the 60s to low 70s with showers possible each day as our recent hay-making pattern exits stage right, but before we continue below 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 <<< --Air Quality Alert is up today for Hartford County, CT >>> YOUR DAILY CELESTIAL <<< STAR: --OUR STAR ROSE AT: 5:17am this morning --OUR STAR WILL SET AT: 8:19pm this evening --TOTAL DAYLIGHT TIME: 15 hours and 2 minutes MOON: --OUR MOON WILL RISE AT: 5:49pm this afternoon --OUR MOON WILL SET AT: 3:57am tomorrow morning --MOON RISE DIRECTION: East-Southeast --MOON SET DIRECTION: West-Southwest --MOON PHASE: Waxing Gibbous (91.1%) >>> YOUR DAILY TERRESTRIAL <<< ZONE 1 - Northern Region  (Southern VT, Southwest NH)  --High Temps (Today): Upper 80s to Low 90s --Low Temps (Tonight): Upper 50s to Low 60s --High Temps (Tomorrow): Mid to Upper 80s --Winds: Light north and northeast today, light wind continues through tomorrow mid-day --Sky Cover: Sunny today, mostly clear tonight, mostly sunny Friday morning, then clouds build --Precipitation: None today, tonight or tomorrow morning, but showers and storms expected Friday afternoon/eve --NWS Alerts / Nut Notes: Heavy rain at times Friday late afternoon into the evening ZONE 2 - Central Region  (Western MA, North-Central MA, Northern Litchfield CT) --High Temps (Today): Upper 80s to Low 90s --Low Temps (Tonight): Mid 50s to Low 60s --High Temps (Tomorrow): Upper 80s to Mid 90s --Winds: Light north and northeast today, light wind continues through tomorrow mid-day --Sky Cover: Sunny today, mostly clear tonight, mostly sunny Friday morning, then clouds build --Precipitation: None today, tonight or tomorrow morning, but showers and storms expected Friday afternoon/eve --NWS Alerts / Nut Notes: Heavy rain at times Friday late afternoon into the evening ZONE 3 - Southern Region  (South-Central MA, Northern CT)  --High Temps (Today): Upper 80s to Low 90s --Low Temps (Tonight): Upper 50s to Low 60s --High Temps (Tomorrow): Upper 80s to Mid 90s --Winds: Light north and northeast today, light wind continues through tomorrow mid-day --Sky Cover: Sunny today, mostly clear tonight, mostly sunny Friday morning, then clouds build --Precipitation: None today, tonight or tomorrow morning, but showers and storms expected Friday afternoon/eve --NWS Alerts / Nut Notes: Heavy rain at times Friday late afternoon into the evening >>> MORNING DISCUSSION <<< Good morning folks, we have been living in a rare sunny and fair weather stretch for many days now, and this pattern will peak today and tomorrow with temps that reach well into the 80s and low 90s today, and in the mid 80s to mid 90s tomorrow, so summah lovahs need to get outside and soak up this heat, because the vests, jackets and sweaters are coming back out this weekend! For today, an upper level ridge provides the means necessary to produce abundant sunshine, light wind and highs well into the 80s and low 90s, with those hottest temps in the Pioneer Valley of WMass, with low humidity. Tonight will be clear but mild with lows well into the 50s and low/mid 60s which should provide nice viewing for the fattening gibbous moon which will rise about 3 hours before sunset. For Friday, we'll start off mostly sunny through the morning, and temps will climb above 90º for many of us by early afternoon, with highs in the upper 80s to mid 90s. However, a strong cold front will be descending down from Quebec attached to a storm system up that way. This front means business in several ways, the first of which being that it will start to pop isolated to scattered showers, downpours and thunderstorms by early to mid afternoon. Humidity will also be peaking across the region, with dewpoints rising into the low to mid 60s, and since we haven't had much humidity so far, we'll feel it, I'm sure. As we get into the late afternoon and early evening, showers and thunderstorms likely become more numerous as they track north to south, and some of us will get a solid drink, with some areas well over an inch of rain by Saturday morning. Lows Friday night will be in the 50s. The next thing we'll notice as that temps won't rise much at all on Saturday, and they may even fall a bit! Highs will only reach the 50s to near 60º as showers taper off Saturday morning, with hopefully a lull in the action during the afternoon and night. However, as the cold front stalls south of us late Saturday into Sunday, another storm system will likely develop along it and bob north, bringing even more cool rainfall on Sunday, which may last into early next week, with continued very cool temps for this time of year. This incoming rainfall is certainly needed after the dry spell we just went through, but the cooler temps will be considered as "rude" by many, I imagine! Tuesday through Thursday of next week looks a bit milder, but it will still be below average in terms of temps, with highs only in the mid 60s to low 70s under partly sunny skies with instability showers scattered about each afternoon. I hope you have a great day and that things go your way! >>> 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