(6:35am Tues) WIND AND CLOUDS WILL SLACKEN AND CLEAR REVEALING A BREEZY, COOL, SUNNY DAY… A FEW SHOWERS TOMORROW MAY TURN TO SNOW SHOWERS IN S.VT AND PORTIONS OF THE TACONICS AND BERKSHIRES AS MUCH COLDER AIR RUSHES INTO THE REGION… HARD FREEZE LIKELY BY FRIDAY AM FOR MANY… SUNNY AND COOL TO END THE WEEK… A FEW SHOWERS SATURDAY, SUNNY ON SUNNYDAY…
TODAY’S DATE: Tuesday, October 16, 2018
TERRESTRIAL:
HIGH AIR TEMPS: High temps should rise into the upper 40s in the Berkshires, SVT, western hilltowns, northwest CT and southwest NH, with highs in the mid 50s in the valley floor, northern CT and CMass
LOW AIR TEMPS: Lows should drop down to either side of 40 degrees
SKIES: Mostly sunny
WINDS: West winds will gust to 25mph at times
NWS ALERTS: None, Wind Advisories have expired
CELESTIAL:
–OUR STAR WILL RISE AT: 7:04am this morning
–OUR STAR WILL SET AT: 6:07pm this evening
–OUR MOON WILL SET AT: 11:50pm tonight
–OUR MOON WILL RISE AT: 2:51pm tomorrow afternoon
–MOON PHASE: Waxing Crescent
SUMMARY
–Good morning everybody, strong winds overnight knocked out power in sporadic fashion across the region
–Attached you can see the National Grid map of current outages, about 5000 folks are affected across the region
–Click on the Eversource Outage Map to see additional reported outages:
https://www.eversource.com/wmeco/outage/outagemap.aspx
–For this morning, clouds will be clearing and winds will slacken down to 20-25mph gusts during the day, though gusts to 35mph or so were still reported at 6am
–Temps are starting in the 30s and 40s and will generally rise into the 50s today for a beautiful Autumn day
–Clear skies tonight will give way to a partly sunny day tomorrow with a few showers as a moisture-starved cold front moves through the region
–Highs will be in the 50s, but lows will crash into the upper 20s to low 30s
–Freeze Warnings or Frost Advisories may be posted and I will let you know about those
–Thursday is the coldest day we’ve experienced since this past Winter’s cold stretch ended in mid April
–Expect highs in the upper 30s in parts of southern VT and the high-elevation towns in the Berkshires and Taconics, and low to mid 40s everywhere else, with sunny skies
–In addition, winds may be gusting Thursday morning up to 30mph which could produce wind chills in the upper teens for the Berkshires! Cold!
–Friday rebounds well into the 50s with sunshine
–The weekend looks decent with a few showers Saturday and sunnier for Sunday, highs in the 50s
Have a great day and please report any wind damage or power outages below, thank you!