[WED-6:50AM] FROST ADVISORIES HAVE BEEN HOISTED FOR MUCH OF NORTHERN CT, AND TEMPS FOR MOST/ALL OF WMASS, CMASS, SVT AND SWNH WILL DROP TO OR GO BELOW FREEZING LATE TONIGHT… BREEZY TODAY WITH SUNSHINE DEVELOPING… CALM AND COLD TONIGHT… A FEW AFTERNOON SHOWERS TOMORROW AFTERNOON IS THE ONLY RAIN EXPECTED INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK… QUIET, SEASONABLE PATTERN…

TODAY’S DATE: Wednesday, April 20, 2022
Good morning everybody, a couple of more breezy days ahead but aside from some scattered lighter showers Thursday evening and again Monday night into Tuesday, we’re looking quiet, fair, and seasonable, but before we dive into all of the weather details below, let’s check a note from our local and delicious sponsor, #TandemBagelCo, with a new location in West Springfield, MA.
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***DHTWN DAILY WEATHER REPORT***
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NWS ALERTS
Frost Advisories are up for Hartford, Tolland and Putnam Counties in northern CT for 12am-7am Thursday morning

DAILY CELESTIAL: SUN
–OUR STAR ROSE AT: 6:01am this morning
–OUR STAR WILL SET AT: 7:37pm this evening
–TOTAL DAYLIGHT TIME: 13 hours and 36 minutes

DAILY CELESTIAL: MOON
–OUR MOON WILL SET AT: 8:31am this morning
–OUR MOON WILL RISE AT: 12:44am tomorrow morning
–MOON SET DIRECTION: Southwest
–MOON RISE DIRECTION: Southeast
–MOON PHASE: Waning Gibbous 83.0%
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DAILY TERRESTRIAL (ZoneCast)
ZONE 1 (Northern Region)
Southern VT, Southwest NH, N. Taconics NY
–High Temps: Mid 40s to Low 50s
–Low Temps: Upper 20s to Low 30s
–Wind: Westerly gusts 20-30mph, slackening this evening
–Skies: Mostly Sunny
–Precipitation: Morning flurries possible

ZONE 2 (Central Region)
WMass, N. CMass, N. Litchfield County, C./S. Taconics NY
–High Temps: Low to Mid 50s
–Low Temps: Upper 20s to Low 30s
–Wind: Westerly gusts 20-30mph, slackening this evening
–Skies: Mostly Sunny
–Precipitation: Morning flurries possible western areas

ZONE 3 (Southern Region)
S. CMass, S. Litchfield County, NC.CT, & NE.CT
–High Temps: Mid 50s
–Low Temps: Low to Mid 30s
–Wind: Westerly gusts 20-30mph, slackening this evening
–Skies: Mostly Sunny
–Precipitation: None Expected
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DISCUSSION
Good morning everybody, it feels like that storm that just brought snow to our high-elevation northern and western zones and heavy snow in central NY/PA was a bit of a palette cleanser, meteorologically speaking.

Of course, we’ll see what happens going forward, but for now, all I see is temperate, mostly fair, seasonable, pleasant weather conditions into early next week, which for this writer (as much as I love active and dynamic weather) is most welcome.

How about you?

Are you looking forward to more sunshine?

For today, as an upper level trough finally swings through the region, we’ll still be stuck between the surface low that ran northward through the region early yesterday, and high pressure to our southwest.

This will generate westerly and northwesterly gusts of 20-30mph at times today, with highs in the mid 40s to mid 50s from north to south.

As for our skies, some morning flurries will waft into the Berkshires, Taconics, Litchfields, and southwest VT early, but that activity will quit as the morning waxes.

Partly sunny skies early will then develop into mostly sunny skies later today.

For tonight, winds should slacken as high pressure nestles and nudges in like a sweet kitty when it needs some extra attention.

Lows will be COLD for this time of year, dropping into the upper 20s to mid 30s from north to south under mostly clear skies.

A NOTE ON FROST AND FREEZE
ADVISORIES/WATCHES/WARNINGS
The NWS stops issuing these advisories, watches and warnings when a given region is out of its growing season.

This is why the Frost Advisories are up only for Hartford, Tolland, and Windham Counties in CT, which is because their growing season starts tomorrow, April 21.

However, if our entire region (SVT, SWNH, WMass, CMass and all of NCT) were in the growing season, FROST ADVISORIES WOULD BE POSTED REGION-WIDE for tonight.

So, please know that we’re going to have widespread frost tonight and if you have tender veg, you need to take your precautions.

For Thursday, we’ll start off partly sunny, but likely transition to a mostly cloudy day with highs in the mid 50s to low 60s.

Another storm will be far north of us, and swing a weak cold front through the region Thursday night. This will help kick up southerly winds gusting over 20mph at times during the day, as well as a few scattered showers in the afternoon and evening.

Thursday night lows will drop into the low to mid 40s under partly cloudy skies.

We’ve got a pair of winners after this front clears the region, folks, with sunny skies expected as high pressure builds in from Canada, helping to produce highs in the upper 50s to mid 60s Friday and Saturday with lows either side of 40º – fair weather incoming!

Sunday looks pretty good too, but some more clouds may be present.

Still, we’ll take a partly sunny day with highs in the upper 50s to low 60s in late April and be happy about it.

Early next week looks milder with highs in the low to mid 60s, but a few showers are possible Monday night into Tuesday.

Still, that system should fall into the “No-Big-Whoop” category, so even though we’re talking about the weather and its ability to change on a dime in New England, I’m pretty optimistic that we have a lovely stretch of peaceful conditions on the way.

And to that I say, hooray.

Have a great day!