EAST HARDWICK – This past weekend featured warming temperatures, with highs largely in the mid-60s both Friday and Saturday. We stopped short of 70 degrees on either day, but a soaking rain via the initial warm front Friday night and subsequent showers and thunderstorms during the day on Saturday brought close to an inch of rain. Some more greening up of the ground was evident thereafter.
photo by Vanessa Fournier
This comes after a short-lived cooling earlier in the week, which brought us a total of a dusting of snow in the lower elevations to just over two inches of snow in the higher elevations Wednesday into Thursday morning.
We moderate a little bit more this week, although we once again start with the weather on the cooler side. This is the result of a low-pressure system exiting New England, with some clearing skies and a northwest wind meaning highs will be in the low-50s today and drop into the lower 30s tonight under mostly clear skies. Ridging crests overhead tonight into tomorrow morning, with mostly sunny skies remaining through midday Thursday. Sunshine becomes filtered by high clouds Thursday afternoon. A warm front approaches from the Ohio Valley overnight Thursday into Friday morning with some light rain. Friday is largely overcast but warming progressively as we remain in the warm sector of this storm system.
A wave of low pressure approaches for Saturday, with moderate rain likely throughout the day. Total rainfall will be three quarters of an inch to an inch. That storm clears out for Sunday with mostly sunny skies again and seasonable temperatures. No snow in sight this week. The landscape should continue to green up with these intermittent rainstorms in the middle of warming. May flowers beyond that, but here are the expected weather conditions in the meantime:
Wednesday: Partly sunny. High: 53. Low: 32. Northwest wind 5-10 mph.
Thursday: Mostly sunny, with increasing clouds by evening. High: 62. Low: 41. Light and variable wind.
Friday: Mostly cloudy. Rain in the morning, then scattered showers in the afternoon. High: 67. Low: 47. South wind 5-10 mph.
Saturday: Cloudy. Rain. High: 61. Low: 37. Southwest wind 5-10 mph, turning northwest and increasing to 10-15 mph with gusts to 25 mph.
Sunday: Mostly sunny. High: 58. Low: 36. Northwest winds around 10-15 mph with gusts to 25 mph.
Tyler is our weather reporter and a community journalist. He works as a nurse and EMT, volunteers with Hardwick Rescue and helps to train new EMTs.
