DRY, COLD AND PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES FOR TODAY WITH SUNSHINE BY THE FIRST HALF OF TOMORROW… SOME SNOW SHOWERS OR SQUALLS POSSIBLE THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING, THEN COLDER, BLUSTERY BUT SUNNY CONDITIONS ARRIVE FOR THE WEEKEND… (6:10am Wednesday)
TODAY’S DATE: Wednesday, December 5, 2018
TERRESTRIAL:
HIGH AIR TEMPS: High temps should rise into the upper 20s to low 30s in the Berkshires, SVT, western hilltowns, northwest CT and southwest NH, with highs in the low to mid 30s in the valley floor, northern CT and CMass
LOW AIR TEMPS: Lows should drop into the teens region-wide
SKIES: Sunny breaks will give way to increasing cloudiness (especially the further south you go) in response to a storm passing out to sea to our south
WINDS: Light and variable wind
NWS ALERTS: None
CELESTIAL:
–OUR STAR WILL RISE AT: 7:03am this morning
–OUR STAR WILL SET AT: 4:18pm this afternoon
–OUR MOON WILL SET AT: 3:36pm this afternoon
–OUR MOON WILL RISE AT: 6:07am tomorrow morning
–MOON PHASE: Waning Crescent
SUMMARY
–Good morning everybody, fairly pedestrian weather continues for a change
–While some sunny periods are expected, clouds will build from the south as a storm passes out to sea
–High pressure moves overhead tonight and tomorrow, and then passes to our east
–This will foster a southerly flow on Thursday ahead of a cold frontal passage
–Thursday looks mostly sunny with highs in the low to mid 30s and southerly winds gusting over 20mph at times
–Clouds will build in the afternoon and snow showers are possible at night as temps drop into the low to mid 20s
–Snow showers will be most numerous over the Berkshires and SVT.
–The front passes through, and then northwest winds will gust to 30mph at times with highs 25-30 degrees
–A sweet, sunny, but cold weekend lies ahead with highs in the 20s in the high terrain and low 30s in the valley with lows 15-20 degrees, generally
–Early next week looks sunny too, but we have to watch that potential storm for Monday into Tuesday
–The position of high pressure will be the key in determining how far north the storm is able to track
Have a great day!