(7:20am Wed) HEAT ADVISORIES ARE POSTED AGAIN FOR ALL OF NORTHERN CT EXCEPT N. LITCHFIELD CTY, FOR CMASS, AND FOR CENTRAL AND EASTERN FRANKLIN, HAMPSHIRE AND HAMPDEN COUNTIES TODAY… PATCHY DENSE FOG THIS MORNING WILL BURN OFF… MORE SHOWERS AND STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED MID AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING… RINSE AND REPEAT… TONIGHT IS THE LAST 8PM SUNSET UNTIL NEXT MAY SOMETIME…
TODAY’S DATE: Wednesday, August 8, 2018
TERRESTRIAL:
HIGH AIR TEMPS: Highs should rise into the low to mid 80s in the Berkshires/Taconics/Litchfields, western hilltowns, SVT/SWNH, and N. Worcester County, while we reach the low 90s for the Pioneer Valley floor down into northern CT and in S. Worcester County.
LOW AIR TEMPS: Lows should drop into the mid 60s to near 70 region-wide
DEWPOINT TEMPS: Dewpoints will be in the upper 60s to low 70s, very humid again!
SKIES: Partly sunny skies, with more clouds than sun over the Berkshires and high terrain west of the CT River
WINDS: Light south to southwest winds with higher gusts possible in some thunderstorms
NWS ALERTS: HEAT ADVISORIES
CELESTIAL:
–OUR STAR ROSE AT: 5:50am this morning
–OUR STAR WILL SET AT: 8:00pm this evening
–OUR MOON WILL SET AT: 5:46pm this afternoon
–OUR MOON WILL RISE AT: 3:33am tomorrow morning
–MOON PHASE: Waning Crescent
SUMMARY:
–After some early morning patchy fog burns off, we will see patches of sunshine develop across some areas, whereas others will see clouds linger
–Our heat wave will actually extend for a few folks that reach the low 90s in the lower Pioneer Valley
–A frontal boundary is just to our north and west and will help to focus shower and thunderstorm development across the region again this afternoon
–We should be mostly dry this morning and into the early afternoon, when some isolated showers are possible
–Dewpoint temps are again high, and this will combine with decent instability later to pop some showers, downpours and storms
–Some storms could be strong with a localized damaging wind gust or street flooding being the main threats
–Any showers and storms may linger a bit after sunset
–Patchy fog will redevelop late tonight into tomorrow morning
–While a cold front will have moved through, a secondary front will come through late on Thursday, which will allow for more isolated showers and storms
–Highs will be in the low to mid 80s Thurs and Fri and lows will be in the low 60s
–Friday looks gorgeous, sunny, substantially drier, which lasts into the night
–The weekend looks pretty good, but scattered showers and storms will be possible each afternoon.
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