YELLOW-WHITE ORB WEATHER CONTINUES… SOME SNOW SHOWERS TONIGHT, WITH SOME COATINGS POSSIBLE IN THE BERKSHIRES, SVT AND WESTERN HILLTOWNS… COLDEST DAY OF THIS SNAP IS SATURDAY… WEEKEND LOOKS SUNNY… STILL EYEING TUESDAY STORM BUT LIKELY OUT TO SEA… MILD BY LATE NEXT WEEK… (6:25am Thursday)

TODAY’S DATE: Thursday, December 6, 2018

TERRESTRIAL:
HIGH AIR TEMPS: High temps should rise into the upper low 30s in the Berkshires, SVT, western hilltowns, northwest CT and southwest NH, with highs in the mid to upper 30s in the valley floor, northern CT and CMass

LOW AIR TEMPS: Lows should drop into the low to mid 20s region-wide

SKIES: Mostly sunny early, with increasing clouds later in the day, especially to our west over the Berkshires

WINDS: Light southwest wind

NWS ALERTS: None

CELESTIAL:
–OUR STAR WILL RISE AT: 7:04am this morning
–OUR STAR WILL SET AT: 4:18pm this afternoon
–OUR MOON WILL SET AT: 4:13pm this afternoon
–OUR MOON WILL RISE AT: 7:08am tomorrow morning
–MOON PHASE: Waning Crescent

SUMMARY
–Good morning peeps, we’re starting off cold but should rebound into the 30s on a southwesterly wind
–This southerly flow will develop ahead of an incoming cold front that’s attached to a storm tracking west to east well north of our region
–This will develop some snow squalls over New York state which should weaken a bit into snow showers and over the Taconics, Berkshires, Greens, Litchfields and western hillltowns
–A coating up to an inch of snow is possible as this cold front moves through
–Northwest winds will gust to 30mph at times on Friday. With highs in the upper 20s over the high terrain, wind chills may approach the single digits
–Under sunny skies, highs will be in the low 30s for the lower elevations, like the Pioneer Valley and northern CT
–Lows Friday night plummet into the single digits as winds slacken and radiational cooling perfects itself
–Saturday is quite cold with highs in the 20s, but it will be mostly sunny. Lows will be in the teens
–Sunday through Tuesday looks like more sunshine and cold temps with highs in the upper 20s to low 30s and lows in the teens
–Tranquil weather abounds, but I will keep an eye on the coastal storm for Tuesday
–I think that too much cold and dry air will be banked in a flat orientation to our north and northeast such that it shunts the storm south of us
–However, little 100 mile changes in the position of that cold air could allow some snowfall in here, so I’ll keep you updated

Have a great day!