[THURS-6:55AM] FREEZING FOG AND PATCHY BLACK ICE THIS MORNING, BE AWARE… WINTER STORM WATCHES HAVE BEEN HOISTED FOR SOUTHERN VT… A PAIR OF FAIR AND MILDER DAYS WILL HELP WITH SNOW MELT… SATURDAY RAIN/SNOWSTORM STILL ON TAP WITH RAIN IN THE MORNING, TURNING TO SNOW BY AFTERNOON WEST OF I-91 WITH MODERATE TO PERHAPS MAJOR ACCUMULATIONS POSSIBLE IN FAR NORTHWEST AREAS… STRONG WESTERLY WINDS BEHIND STORM MAY CAUSE SOME OUTAGES, WIND CHILLS BELOW ZERO… BLUSTERY AND COLD SUNDAY… SPRING ARRIVES NEXT WEEK BOTH ASTRONOMICALLY AND METEOROLOGICALLY… SUPPORTED SERVICES ARE SUSTAINED, OTHERWISE THEY WITHER… YOUR ANNUAL OR MONTHLY CROWDFUNDED SUPPORT SUSTAINS THIS LOCAL COMMUNITY WEATHER RESOURCE…
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TODAY’S DATE: Thursday, March 10, 2022
Good morning everyone, the main issue this morning is a very cold start with fresh snow pack in the upper teens and 20s with dewpoints and air temps that have shaken hands to produce freezing fog, so watch out for icy spots… we’ve got improvements on the way and then a season-changing Saturday storm, but before we dive into all of those 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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A NOTE FROM OUR SPONSOR:
DHTWN Is Sponsored by Members, Patrons & Tandem Bagel Company: No matter the weather, Tandem Bagel is always there for you at several valley locations to make your mornings brighter! With bagels baked fresh daily, house-whipped cream cheese, coffee, and tons of lunch options, Tandem is the perfect quick stop for lunch, breakfast, or a coffee and bagel to go. Find them in Easthampton, Northampton, Hadley, Florence (and now West Springfield!), or use their super-streamlined online ordering tool by visiting their website: https://www.tandembagelco.com
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***DHTWN WEATHER REPORT***
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DAILY CELESTIAL
–OUR STAR ROSE AT: 6:10am this morning
–OUR STAR WILL SET AT: 5:51pm this evening
–TOTAL DAYLIGHT TIME: 11 hours and 41 minutes
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–OUR MOON WILL RISE AT: 10:20am this morning
–OUR MOON WILL SET AT: 2:20am tomorrow morning
–MOON PHASE: Waxing Gibbous 50.5%
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DAILY TERRESTRIAL (ZoneCast)
ZONE 1 (Northern Region)
Southern VT, Southwest NH, N. Taconics NY
–High Temps: Low to Mid 40s
–Low Temps: Low to Mid 20s
–Wind: Light westerly
–Skies: Partly Sunny after fog lifts
–Precipitation: None
ZONE 2 (Central Region)
WMass, N. CMass, N. Litchfield County, C./S. Taconics NY
–High Temps: Mid to Upper 40s
–Low Temps: Mid to Upper 20s
–Wind: Light westerly
–Skies: Mostly Sunny after fog lifts
–Precipitation: None
ZONE 3 (Southern Region)
S. CMass, S. Litchfield County, NC.CT, & NE.CT
–High Temps: Upper 40s to Low 50s
–Low Temps: Mid to Upper 20s
–Wind: Light westerly
–Skies: Mostly Sunny after fog lifts
–Precipitation: None
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Good morning everybody, now that The Bulletization Mobile(TM) has awakened from its drunken stupor over the past year, it finally remembers where I live, and wouldn’t you know it, happened to snap me out of a sound sleep this morning, so bulleted lists below it is, UNCLE, TBM, UNCLE!!!
SUMMARY
–Snow totals came in an inch or two more than expected yesterday for some, but were in line for others, with the big missed estimate being up in SVT and SWNH and bordering northern MA towns where more of a 4-7″ snowfall resulted
–For this morning, we have freezing fog to deal with, along with black ice on untreated surfaces, so be aware of slick spots when traveling
–As temps come up, fog will lift, and improvements will be on the way
–Highs will reach the 40s to low 50s today from north to south, and partly to mostly sunny skies will develop
–Winds will be light westerly, and lows tonight will drop into the 20s region-wide
–For Friday, a partly sunny day arrives with highs in the 45-50º range, so The Meltening is on the way #SnowBeGone
–Clouds will be thickening overnight as a rapidly developing storm system pulls northeast out of the Deep South, and races along the southeast flank of a positively-tilted upper trough dipping into the eastern Great Lakes
–This storm will drop 20mb in 12 hours from Appalachia up into the Gulf of Maine on Saturday afternoon, undergoing bombogenesis and creating a moderate to heavy rainfall in our region that starts Saturday morning
–Much colder air will be poised on the northwest side of this system, ready to be swept and pulled in and eastward through our region Saturday afternoon and evening
–We’ll have to see how much of the precipitation shield is left by the time the colder air moves in at all levels and flips over to snow
–However, the best chance for substantial accumulations is in the northern Berkshires, western hilltowns and southern VT in the Green Mountains where over half a foot may fall
–South and east of there, we could see a coating to a few inches
–As the storm rips over southeast MA, deepening the whole way, a wind shift will come out of the north and west, and gusts could reach 30-50mph for a time as air rushes in toward the departing low center
–Those with heavy wet snow on tree limbs and lines may have power issues
–Cold air gets pulled through the region after midnight into Sunday morning, when wind chills are expected to to below zero for a time!
–Then Sunday looks blustery and cold with highs in the upper 20s to mid 30s under sunny skies with lows in the low 20s
–Next week looks fair, sunnier, and more early spring-like with highs in the mid 40s to low 50s and no storms in sight
Please stay tuned for updates on our incoming Saturday storm which looks to feature powerful dynamics, and could produce issues with wind in terms of outages and/or property damage.
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