Janna's Friday Forecast - Muggier with a Shower or Storm
Western Mass News
[{'start': '0.000', 'end': '3.360', 'text': '[Music]'}, {'start': '1.360', 'end': '5.839', 'text': 'Well, welcome to the month of May. One'}, {'start': '3.360', 'end': '7.200', 'text': 'of the nicer months of the calendar'}, {'start': '5.839', 'end': '8.880', 'text': 'year, I would say, here across southern'}, {'start': '7.200', 'end': '11.920', 'text': 'New England, where temperatures average'}, {'start': '8.880', 'end': '13.280', 'text': "in the high 60s to mid70s. And that's"}, {'start': '11.920', 'end': '14.719', 'text': 'pretty nice. And I think, you know, when'}, {'start': '13.280', 'end': '16.720', 'text': 'everyone asks me throughout the course'}, {'start': '14.719', 'end': '18.880', 'text': 'of the spring season, when is the warmer'}, {'start': '16.720', 'end': '20.800', 'text': "weather getting here? Well, it's here."}, {'start': '18.880', 'end': '22.560', 'text': "Now, doesn't mean we can't see a chilly"}, {'start': '20.800', 'end': '24.880', 'text': 'day now and again, but warm temperatures'}, {'start': '22.560', 'end': '26.640', 'text': 'pretty much take hold this month. And'}, {'start': '24.880', 'end': '28.880', 'text': 'then, of course, we transition into the'}, {'start': '26.640', 'end': '30.560', 'text': "summer season next month. Now, we'd get"}, {'start': '28.880', 'end': '32.320', 'text': "to 8:00 p.m. sunsets. That's happening"}, {'start': '30.560', 'end': '34.960', 'text': 'in just about a week and a half. Our'}, {'start': '32.320', 'end': '37.120', 'text': 'overnight lows go from 41 to 51 degrees.'}, {'start': '34.960', 'end': '39.680', 'text': 'So, now our average low temperature is'}, {'start': '37.120', 'end': '41.440', 'text': 'completely out of the 30s. However, we'}, {'start': '39.680', 'end': '43.360', 'text': 'can certainly still see an occasional'}, {'start': '41.440', 'end': '45.280', 'text': 'dip where we get down below freezing.'}, {'start': '43.360', 'end': '46.960', 'text': 'Uh, a lot of people say, you know, maybe'}, {'start': '45.280', 'end': '48.879', 'text': "wait till Mother's Day to start planting"}, {'start': '46.960', 'end': '50.719', 'text': 'the more sensitive things. Some say wait'}, {'start': '48.879', 'end': '52.480', 'text': 'until Memorial Day because it is Western'}, {'start': '50.719', 'end': '54.079', 'text': 'Mass after all. Now, we do have an'}, {'start': '52.480', 'end': '55.920', 'text': 'update on the drought monitor today. Not'}, {'start': '54.079', 'end': '58.079', 'text': 'really showing much of a change this'}, {'start': '55.920', 'end': '59.440', 'text': 'week. It has been fairly quiet'}, {'start': '58.079', 'end': '60.879', 'text': "weatherwise and we haven't seen a"}, {'start': '59.440', 'end': '62.480', 'text': 'tremendous amount of rain. We still have'}, {'start': '60.879', 'end': '64.400', 'text': 'moderate drought here in most of the'}, {'start': '62.480', 'end': '65.920', 'text': 'Pioneer Valley. Abnormally dry'}, {'start': '64.400', 'end': '68.000', 'text': 'conditions through western Franklin'}, {'start': '65.920', 'end': '69.520', 'text': 'County into southern Birkshire County.'}, {'start': '68.000', 'end': '71.200', 'text': 'And not much really changing throughout'}, {'start': '69.520', 'end': '73.360', 'text': 'all of southern New England as we'}, {'start': '71.200', 'end': '76.080', 'text': 'continue to kind of hang close to that'}, {'start': '73.360', 'end': '77.840', 'text': 'drought status. Hoping we can get a more'}, {'start': '76.080', 'end': '79.439', 'text': 'of an unsettled pattern coming our way.'}, {'start': '77.840', 'end': '81.680', 'text': "Actually, we do. That's going to help"}, {'start': '79.439', 'end': '83.360', 'text': 'with that drought status. Right now, all'}, {'start': '81.680', 'end': '85.119', 'text': 'the wet weather is off to our west. And'}, {'start': '83.360', 'end': '87.280', 'text': 'today, multiple rounds of severe weather'}, {'start': '85.119', 'end': '89.119', 'text': 'ongoing. one for the Ohio Valley'}, {'start': '87.280', 'end': '90.400', 'text': 'stretching up into western New York, the'}, {'start': '89.119', 'end': '93.040', 'text': 'other one down across the southern'}, {'start': '90.400', 'end': '95.360', 'text': 'plains. Now, tomorrow the higher threat'}, {'start': '93.040', 'end': '97.920', 'text': 'will continue down across the south, but'}, {'start': '95.360', 'end': '100.240', 'text': 'it does stretch up isolated in nature up'}, {'start': '97.920', 'end': '101.840', 'text': "into parts of western Mass. Doesn't"}, {'start': '100.240', 'end': '103.360', 'text': 'necessarily mean we will see a severe'}, {'start': '101.840', 'end': '105.840', 'text': 'thunderstorm tomorrow, but if a'}, {'start': '103.360', 'end': '107.840', 'text': 'thunderstorm can develop the ingredients'}, {'start': '105.840', 'end': '109.360', 'text': 'are there to potentially bring that to a'}, {'start': '107.840', 'end': '111.360', 'text': 'severe level where we could be talking'}, {'start': '109.360', 'end': '113.119', 'text': 'about strong to even damaging wind'}, {'start': '111.360', 'end': '114.880', 'text': 'gusts. Then on Saturday, that threat'}, {'start': '113.119', 'end': '116.640', 'text': 'will continue and spread out across more'}, {'start': '114.880', 'end': '118.240', 'text': 'of southern New England, including'}, {'start': '116.640', 'end': '121.119', 'text': 'pretty much everyone here in western'}, {'start': '118.240', 'end': '122.399', 'text': "Mass. So, what we're watching is an"}, {'start': '121.119', 'end': '124.240', 'text': "approaching warm front that's going to"}, {'start': '122.399', 'end': '126.079', 'text': 'come into the area later on tonight.'}, {'start': '124.240', 'end': '128.239', 'text': 'Then, a cold front is going to get close'}, {'start': '126.079', 'end': '129.520', 'text': "to the area, but stall, and that's going"}, {'start': '128.239', 'end': '131.680', 'text': 'to keep the chance for showers and'}, {'start': '129.520', 'end': '133.760', 'text': 'storms ongoing into the weekend. Now,'}, {'start': '131.680', 'end': '135.200', 'text': 'your 24 showing just a buildup of cloud'}, {'start': '133.760', 'end': '137.120', 'text': 'cover this evening. Temperatures'}, {'start': '135.200', 'end': '139.040', 'text': 'dropping back into the 50s with a shower'}, {'start': '137.120', 'end': '141.120', 'text': 'or even a weak thunderstorm coming'}, {'start': '139.040', 'end': '142.560', 'text': 'through after midnight. Now, by Friday'}, {'start': '141.120', 'end': '144.319', 'text': "morning, we should be dry, but we'll"}, {'start': '142.560', 'end': '146.000', 'text': 'have a lot of low cloud cover and fog to'}, {'start': '144.319', 'end': '147.760', 'text': 'start off the day. We begin the day in'}, {'start': '146.000', 'end': '149.680', 'text': "the low 50s, and we'll hang on to those"}, {'start': '147.760', 'end': '151.440', 'text': 'clouds pretty much through noon. Chance'}, {'start': '149.680', 'end': '153.280', 'text': 'for a shower, but most of us should stay'}, {'start': '151.440', 'end': '155.200', 'text': 'dry. Then, once we hit the afternoon,'}, {'start': '153.280', 'end': '157.280', 'text': "we'll start to see breaks of sunshine."}, {'start': '155.200', 'end': '159.280', 'text': 'An isolated shower or thunderstorm is'}, {'start': '157.280', 'end': '161.519', 'text': 'possible. And again, if a storm can'}, {'start': '159.280', 'end': '163.680', 'text': 'actually come together, we could see it'}, {'start': '161.519', 'end': '165.440', 'text': 'become strong or severe very briefly.'}, {'start': '163.680', 'end': '166.720', 'text': "Uh, I don't expect widespread severe"}, {'start': '165.440', 'end': '168.080', 'text': 'weather tomorrow. In fact, I think most'}, {'start': '166.720', 'end': '169.920', 'text': 'of us get through the day without much'}, {'start': '168.080', 'end': '171.760', 'text': 'of anything. Then tomorrow night, we'}, {'start': '169.920', 'end': '173.280', 'text': 'stay muggy, we stay mild with patchy'}, {'start': '171.760', 'end': '175.599', 'text': "clouds, and we'll be doing this all over"}, {'start': '173.280', 'end': '177.280', 'text': 'again on Saturday. However, Saturday is'}, {'start': '175.599', 'end': '178.640', 'text': 'definitely looking a little bit wetter.'}, {'start': '177.280', 'end': '180.480', 'text': "Now, in the morning, I think we'll start"}, {'start': '178.640', 'end': '182.080', 'text': 'off with low clouds and fog. And then in'}, {'start': '180.480', 'end': '183.599', 'text': "the afternoon is when we'll start to see"}, {'start': '182.080', 'end': '185.599', 'text': 'showers and storms come across the'}, {'start': '183.599', 'end': '187.360', 'text': 'region. Chance for some heavy rain on'}, {'start': '185.599', 'end': '189.120', 'text': 'Saturday afternoon and evening. Keep'}, {'start': '187.360', 'end': '191.040', 'text': 'that in mind for your plans. And then'}, {'start': '189.120', 'end': '192.560', 'text': 'shower chances continue Saturday night.'}, {'start': '191.040', 'end': '194.879', 'text': 'We get this little batch of rain that'}, {'start': '192.560', 'end': '196.640', 'text': 'comes through, possibly clearing by'}, {'start': '194.879', 'end': '199.040', 'text': 'Sunday morning, not cloud cover-wise,'}, {'start': '196.640', 'end': '200.800', 'text': 'but rainwise. Sunday, I would say, is'}, {'start': '199.040', 'end': '202.640', 'text': 'leaning unsettled. We could have some'}, {'start': '200.800', 'end': '203.840', 'text': 'showers, especially in the afternoon,'}, {'start': '202.640', 'end': '206.000', 'text': 'but the morning right now is just'}, {'start': '203.840', 'end': '208.239', 'text': 'looking kind of cloudy, muggy, and even'}, {'start': '206.000', 'end': '210.080', 'text': 'mild. Sunday now trending a bit warmer'}, {'start': '208.239', 'end': '211.840', 'text': 'as that front lingers close by with a'}, {'start': '210.080', 'end': '213.920', 'text': 'chance for showers later in the day and'}, {'start': '211.840', 'end': '215.760', 'text': 'highs in the upper 60s. It does get a'}, {'start': '213.920', 'end': '217.360', 'text': 'bit cooler early next week and rain'}, {'start': '215.760', 'end': '219.360', 'text': 'chances continue through at least'}, {'start': '217.360', 'end': '223.879', 'text': 'Wednesday with some improvement by the'}, {'start': '219.360', 'end': '223.879', 'text': 'end of the week. Kristen, Amanda'}]