DAVE’S WEEKLY WEATHER NUTSHELL
–A pair of milder, seasonable winners provide perfect Thanksgiving travel conditions, breezy this afternoon
–Friday has a cold front moving through with clouds and showers, but not a big event
–Saturday is sunny, definitely the pick of the weekend
–Sunday looks quite rainy, good for soup making or leftovers re-purposing
–Fair weather early to mid next week with more showers by Thursday, with seasonable or just below seasonable temps throughout the period

Before we jump into the weather discussion/details below, let’s check a note from our local and delicious sponsor, #TandemBagelCo, with their newest location in West Springfield, MA.
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***DHTWN DAILY WEATHER REPORT***
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NWS ALERTS
–None

DHTWN REMINDER
–The odds of being a human is 1 in 400,000 billion… make it count, even in a small way (see Kurt Vonnegut quote at end of post)

DAILY CELESTIAL (STAR):
–OUR STAR ROSE AT: 6:50am this morning
–OUR STAR WILL SET AT: 4:23pm this evening
–TOTAL DAYLIGHT TIME: 9 hours and 33 minutes

NIGHTLY CELESTIAL (MOON):
–OUR MOON WILL SET AT: 4:05pm this afternoon
–OUR MOON WILL RISE AT: 7:45am tomorrow morning
–MOON SET DIRECTION: West-Southwest
–MOON RISE DIRECTION: Southeast
–MOON PHASE: New Moon (0.3%)
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DAILY TERRESTRIAL (ZoneCast)
ZONE 1 (Northern Region)
Southern VT, Southwest NH, N. Taconics NY
–High Temps: Low to Mid 40s
–Low Temps: Low to Mid 20s
–Wind: Light west to southwest wind, turning northwest with gusts to 20mph
–Skies: Partly Sunny
–Precipitation: None

ZONE 2 (Central Region)
WMass, N. CMass, N. Litchfield County, C./S. Taconics NY
–High Temps: Mid to Upper 40s
–Low Temps: Mid 20s
–Wind: Light west to southwest wind, turning northwest
–Skies: Mostly Sunny
–Precipitation: None

ZONE 3 (Southern Region)
S. CMass, S. Litchfield County, NC.CT, & NE.CT
–High Temps: Mid 40s to Low 50s
–Low Temps: Upper 20s to Low 30s
–Wind: Light west to southwest wind, turning northwest
–Skies: Mostly Sunny
–Precipitation: None
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MORNING DISCUSSION
Good morning everybody, we’ve got more fair weather days than not coming up over the next 7 days, and of worthy note, Thanksgiving travel for today and tomorrow looks weather-supported for sure.

For the remaining weather details, I’ll sprinkle a plethora of double–dashes below for your perusing pleasure:

–We’ll see a weak shortwave pass to our north today which will swipe the Rt. 2 corridor on northward with some clouds at times, with mostly sunny skies south of there
–A dry cold front passes through with this shortwave, and wind turns from southwest to northwest generally, and may gust up to 20mph in some spots north of the Pike
–Highs will be in the 40s with lows in the 20s to low 30s with dry conditions tonight
–Thanksgiving Day looks lovely, with mostly sunny skies and highs in the low to mid 40s with a light south wind, and lows near 30º with increasing clouds
–On Friday, another cold front moves through with a storm passing well north of us, so we’ll be come in overcast in the morning, with some periods of showers in the afternoon and evening
–Highs will reach the mid to upper 40s with lows near freezing as showers end
–Saturday is the pick of the weekend by far, with highs in the mid 40s to low 50s under sunny skies as high pressure nudges into the region
–It is short lived, though, and keeps trucking southeast, which will open the way for low pressure to track northeast over the Appalachians and into New England for Sunday
–Sunday looks mild with highs in the low 50s and plenty of showers around
–Showers should quit by midnight with lows in the mid to upper 30s
–Early to mid next week (starting Sunday night) looks like a breezier period behind the Sunday storm with wind gusts up to 25mph or 30mph at times
–Highs will generally be in the 40s with lows in the 20s
–Our next chance for inclement weather is Wednesday night into Thursday
–This is a pretty average late November outlook, so steady as we go, and safe travels to all

Have a Happy Thanksgiving!! I am grateful to you all!

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AND REMEMBER…
“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