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TABLE OF CONTENTS
* Daily Celestials (Sun/Moon Data)
* Weekly Weather Nutshell
* 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: 5:14am this morning
–OUR STAR SETS AT: 8:23pm this evening
–TOTAL DAYLIGHT TIME: 15 hours and 9 minutes
MOON:
–OUR MOON SETS AT: 9:11pm tonight
–MOON SET DIRECTION: Northwest
–OUR MOON RISES AT: 5:42am tomorrow morning
–MOON RISE DIRECTION: Northeast
–MOON PHASE: New Moon / Waxing Crescent (0.2%)
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YOUR WEEKLY WEATHER NUTSHELL
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–A few scattered showers possible this morning, most of us on the drier side into mid to later afternoon
–Mostly cloudy, with some sunny breaks possible this afternoon
–Highs in the 70s, humid with dewpoints in the 60s
–A stronger area of showers, downpours and t-storms, one or two with gusty wind potential, move through 6-10pm from Berkshires to CMass
–Lows in the low to mid 50s tonight, continued humid
–Friday starts off partly to mostly sunny, highs mid 70s to low 80s
–A cold front moves into the region Friday evening, and spreads some scattered showers through the region, dissipating at night, lows near 50º
–Saturday looks drier with a few spot showers, cool, highs mid 60s to mid 70s
–Sunday looks wetter with a period of rain as another shortwave moves through the region, highs in the 70s
–Monday and Tuesday looks like instability days and afternoon scattered showers due to the final influence of our upper low
–A ridge should push the upper low east and out of here by mid week, warmer temps possible
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YOUR MORNING DISCUSSION
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Good morning folks, we’ve got a disturbance passing further south than expected currently, which is pulled the heavier and steadier rainfall south over the southern coastline.
We will still have some scattered showers this morning, but some of us will stay dry as well.
It’s quite humid with dewpoints in the mid to upper 60s and this will persist today.
Highs will reach the 70s, and we could even see a few sunny breaks later in the afternoon.
As another disturbance works into the region late this afternoon and early evening, a more robust cluster of showers, downpours and thunderstorms is expected to move through the WMass region between 6-10pm, and the Pioneer Valley more like 7pm-9pm or so.
Some storms may be stronger with gusty winds, and street flooding is possible with heavy rainfall.
These will keep moving through tonight, so we will dry out but humidity should continue, with lows dropping into the upper 50s to low 60s.
For Friday, we await a cold front that moves through late in the day. The morning should be dry and we should see partly too mostly sunny skies into the afternoon before clouds increase with areas of scattered showers ahead of the cold front.
Conditions likely will not produce a squall line that we can see with cold fronts, but we can’t rule out a thunderstorm. Highs reach the mid 70s to low 80s, and south winds may gust to 20mph.
For Friday night, drier air begins to work into the region with lwos in the low 50s.
Saturday looks drier and cool with highs only in the mid 60s to mid 70s under partly sunny skies with a few spot showers possible. Lows again will drop into the low to mid 50s.
By Sunday, yet another shortwave pinwheels east around the lazy and now-annoying upper low positioned to our northwest and north through the weekend and into early next week.
This will produce a period of showers that may include a couple of thunderstorms, but timing is still uncertain. Highs will reach the 70s with lows in the 50s.
This afternoon shower potential continues into early next week with similar temps, and the hope that by mid week we shift the pattern again with an upper ridge that will likely, finally sweep this upper low east and out to sea.
Haiku of the Day:
–Weather is fickle
–Air, heated and cooled, flakes
–“Stay on your toes, Kid!”
Have a great day!
>>> BE KIND <<<
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–Kurt Vonnegut