POST SECTIONS (Scroll Below For Yours)
–DHTWN’s Reminder (Keep your Life Force)
–Weekly Nutshell (Quick impact list)
–Sponsor Note (Tandem Bagel Co.)
–NWS Alerts (Advisories, Warnings, Watches)
–Celestial Data (Sun/Moon info)
–Regional Summaries (Quick in/out details)
–Morning Discussion (More Details)
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DHTWN REMINDER:
There’s a lot of to be distraught about these days, but life goes on, keeps moving, flowing, and willing itself onward. We’re a manifestation and part of that life force, but it goes way beyond us and we’re lucky to be a part of it, even if things aren’t going well. Remember, there’s always a chance things might improve. If you’re struggling, I hope things go better for you today, and I say stay open to the chance that they will – the mind craves certainty, so let’s try to stay open.
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DAVE’S WEEKLY WEATHER NUTSHELL
–Much cooler today, highs in the 50s
–Northwest winds gust up to 25mph at times
–Red Flag Warnings are up, meaning brush fires can spread easily in these conditions
–Super dry air moves in tonight, and winds likely die down after midnight under clear skies
–Strong radiational cooling should maximize to produce widespread temps in the 20s to low 30s
–Freeze Warnings will likely be converted later by NWS
–Protect what needs protecting in terms of flora
–A bit milder tomorrow, sunny, lasting into Friday
–Clouds increase Friday night into Saturday morning
–Rain arrives either side of noon on Saturday, lasting into Saturday night
–Improvements on Sunday with fair weather expected well into next week, 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.
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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.

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***DHTWN DAILY WEATHER REPORT***
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NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALERTS
–Red Flag Warnings are up for MA and CT for today, along with Freeze Watches for most of western MA and northwest CT

DAILY CELESTIAL (STAR):
–OUR STAR ROSE AT: 5:27am this morning
–OUR STAR WILL SET AT: 8:06pm this evening
–TOTAL DAYLIGHT TIME: 14 hours and 39 minutes

NIGHTLY CELESTIAL (MOON):
–OUR MOON WILL SET AT: 5:10pm this afternoon
–OUR MOON WILL RISE AT: 4:43am tomorrow morning
–MOON SET DIRECTION: West-Northwest
–MOON RISE DIRECTION: East-Northeast
–MOON PHASE: Waning Crescent (5.6%)
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DAILY TERRESTRIAL
ZONE 1 – Northern Region 
(Southern VT, Southwest NH) 
–High Temps (Today): Upper 40s to Mid 50s
–Low Temps (Tonight): Mid 20s to Low 30s
–High Temps (Tomorrow): Upper 50s to Mid 60s
–Winds: Northwesterly gusts up to 25mph today, weakening tonight, light west tomorrow
–Sky Cover: Becoming mostly sunny
–Precipitation: None
–NWS Alerts / Nut Notes: Freeze Watches are up for this region, and there is an enhanced risk of fire spread today

ZONE 2 – Central Region 
(Western MA, North-Central MA, Northern Litchfield CT)
–High Temps (Today): Mid to Upper 50s
–Low Temps (Tonight): Mid 20s to Low 30s
–High Temps (Tomorrow): Low to Mid 60s
–Winds: Northwesterly gusts up to 25mph today, weakening tonight, light west tomorrow
–Sky Cover: Becoming mostly sunny
–Precipitation: None
–NWS Alerts / Nut Notes: Red Flag Warnings are up for the entire region… Freeze Watches are up for most of WMass and northwest CT

ZONE 3 – Southern Region 
(South-Central MA, Northern CT) 
–High Temps (Today): Mid to Upper 50s
–Low Temps (Tonight): Low to Mid 30s
–High Temps (Tomorrow): Low to Mid 60s
–Winds: Northwesterly gusts up to 25mph today, weakening tonight, light west tomorrow
–Sky Cover: Becoming mostly sunny
–Precipitation: None
–NWS Alerts / Nut Notes: Red Flag Warnings are up for the entire region… Widespread frost expected
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MORNING DISCUSSION
Good morning folks, I just had the good fortune of spending last evening celebrating the life, art, and music of the late but always loved and remembered Doug Tibbles of The Stone Coyotes last night at Hope and Olive in Greenfield with tons of my old friends and musical compadres, and it was just a wonderful, heartfelt and superbly rocking time with an old school crew of western MA musicians, and now my middle-aged butt is super tired, and I didn’t even play!

I think it’s time for some physical fitness routines, this is not going in the right direction, LOL.

Anyway, we’ve got a lovely day ahead, but it will feel more like April than May, with highs in the 50s, so a light bundling of your body may prove useful as you head out into Earth’s atmosphere and do your usual mixing activities with other humans, flora and fauna.

Northwest winds will gust up to 25mph at times today, and with super dry surfaces and air moving in, Red Flag Warnings have been hoisted by the NWS once again.

Also hoisted are Freeze Watches for much of WMass, all of SVT/SWNH, and northwest CT for tonight, and these will likely convert to Freeze Warnings later, with Frost Advisories mixed in as well.

All this to say, it ain’t gonna be a mild night, folks.

Now normally when any wind is present, it helps to mix the atmosphere, and even with dry air and clear skies in place, temps can hang a bit more to the mild side.

But when the wind dies down in these situations, temps can really plummet as radiational cooling is maximized, and that appears more likely than not tonight, with lows in the 20s to low 30s expected for many of us.

This brings us to our Hashtags of the Day:
#MindYourButtsBurnsAndBBQs
#ProtectYourPlantsPlantPeeps

After a very cold mid-May night, we’ll rebound into the 60s under sunny skies for Thursday and Friday, with lows in the upper 30s to low 40s Thursday night, and in the 40s Friday night as clouds increase ahead of our next storm system.

By Saturday, clouds will be locked into the region, as a coastal system tracks northeast toward southeast MA with a cold front also pushing toward the eastern seaboard.

This should allow rain to reach our area by late morning to early afternoon and last through Saturday night before the front sweeps all of the showers seaward by Sunday morning.

Sunday is definitely the pick of the weekend with sunshine developing and highs reaching the low to mid 70s.

Fair weather then continues next week with northwest flow and high pressure setting up to our west. This will keep temps in the 60s to low 70s for highs, with our next shower chance not arriving until late next week.

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