TODAY’S NUTSHELL: Well, it took some doing and a TON of body weight squats but I finally and firmly punted that upper low into Atlantic Canada, so despite a spot shower today, it should be mostly dry and warm near 70º, with low 70s through Tuesday and Wednesday. Beyond that, the late-week period should feature some showery periods Thursday and Thursday night with an increase in westerly gusts for Friday. Next weekend looks quite mild, but mixed sky-cover-wise with Sunday the likely pick as of this writing.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
* Daily Celestials (Sun/Moon)
* Sponsor Section
* Morning Discussion
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YOUR DAILY CELESTIALS
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STAR:
–OUR STAR ROSE AT: 5:20am this morning
–OUR STAR SETS AT: 8:15pm this evening
–TOTAL DAYLIGHT TIME: 14 hours and 55 minutes
MOON:
–OUR MOON SETS AT: 8:18pm this eveninig
–MOON SET DIRECTION: Northwest
–OUR MOON RISES AT: 5:12am tomorrow morning
–MOON RISE DIRECTION: Northeast
–MOON PHASE: New Moon (0.8%)
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YOUR MORNING DISCUSSION
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Good morning Peeps of the Golden West (POTGW), we’ve been slowly, meanderingly, zig-zaggingly, gently ascending in temperature and wafting into increasing amounts of dry weather like Bugs Bunny as he drifts down to bed after his ether dream and floats downstream.
Well, maybe it’s not like that, but this Nut must find new ways of telling the weather story beyond “warmer today, colder tomorrow, rainy today, sunny tomorrow)!
We gotta get some literary spice infusions happening, people!
But, as for our weather, it is entering a rather mundane zone. After days of much cooler than average conditions with persistent rainy / showery periods, we have finally been delivered into a fine Memorial Day where maybe 5% of you may get wet from an isolated shower dropping north to south later this afternoon.
Otherwise, we’re dry, mostly sunny, and will enjoy high temps either side of 70º with a light west wind, with lows tonight in the mid to upper 40s under mostly clear skies.
For Tuesday and Wednesday, high pressure will be tracking southeast from the eastern Great Lakes through New England and out to sea southeast of the Cape and Islands.
As such high temps will rise well into the 70s for Tuesday, and into the low 70s for Wednesday with mostly sunny and partly sunny skies respectively for each day. Lows will dip into the low 50s both nights.
Once we get to Wednesday night into Thursday another low pressure system will be tracking our way, so clouds will be increasing, and temps may cool slightly into thee 65-70º range for Thursday highs. I do expect some level of shower activity to develop by Thursday afternoon and night, possibly lasting into Friday.
We could even see some thunderstorm activity with humid southerly flow developing into the greater WMass region by Thursday evening with lows in the 50s. Friday highs will reach the low to mid 70s.
By the weekend, temps should remain either side of 70º for high temps (so no more 40s and 50s as we head into June!), and a chance for scattered showers will remain, especially for Saturday, and I will further refine future forecasts for you.
Have a great day!
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