The Weather Nut

DESCRIPTION

Dave Hayes The Weather Nut is the greater western Massachusecs’ regional weather
storyteller, reporter, enthusiast, and community eye with his digital weather periscope always
up and scanning the skies for incoming storms and changes.
The Weather Nut mobile weather app was born from a desire to connect more directly with
Dave’s audience, which has grown to over 65,000 folks on social media, and to keep his growing
audience updated without the constraints of “The Algorithm”.
Dave has won The Valley Advocate’s Best Local Meteorologist category for 11 years in a row and
is dedicated to producing Xmely, helpful, hyperlocal, and hype-free weather reporXng for his
beloved greater WMass region (western MA, central MA, southern VT, southwest NH and
northern CT).

FEATURES

GET TIMELY, HELPFUL, HYPERLOCAL WEATHER REPORTS
The Weather Nut posts daily morning weather discussions with zone-based summaries, celesXal
informaXon, and graphics in an easy-to-read format. Dave built his reputaXon and audience
through his wricen telling of our local weather story without flashy studio graphics, videos or
animaXons, and he loves to educate on all things weather.
DAVE HAYES MAKES COMPLEX WEATHER FUN AND UNDERSTANDABLE
The atmosphere is a very complicated place, but Dave enjoys wriXng about why the weather is
doing what it’s doing, to help educate folks and also to take some of the fear and anxiety out of
incoming condiXons by explaining the “why” behind “what” our weather is expected to do.
GET LOCAL CONDITIONS AT A GLANCE FOR YOUR TOWN
By tapping on your town name at the top of the screen, you can quickly display an at-a-glance
summary of basic weather condiXons to give you an idea if it’s cold, cool, warm, or hot, or if it’s
windy or humid to get you up to speed fast.
EXCLUSIVE COVERAGE FOR THE GREATER WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS REGION
Dave focuses only on western Massachusecs, and the counXes adjacent to the WMass region in
VT, NH, MA and CT. This hyperlocal focus is what has endeared fans to Dave’s work, because he’s
not trying to be all things to all people. Instead, he’s a community-centered guy that likes to
focus on and help his neighbors in WMass, CMass, northern CT, southern VT and southwest NH.
WEATHER UPDATES ORGANIZED BY URGENCY AND IMPACT LEVEL

You’ll get 3 levels of weather reports, organized by impacts and urgency. Dave’s Daily Report
(published in the morning), and his Weather Nut Updates are generally low impact alerts. His
AcXve Storm Coverage alerts are a step up indicaXng acXve weather that’s ongoing. And his
Strong Weather Alerts and AcXve NWS NoXces mean it’s Xme to really pay acenXon with strong
to possibly severe weather incoming.
GET TIMELY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALERTS FOR YOUR ZONE
Dave has interfaced with the NaXonal Weather Service to format and pull certain salient
weather alerts into a red bar near the top of the screen that becomes acXvated when alerts are
posted by NWS. Simply tap on the red bar to open up the full alert. Normally, you can also
expect a related update from Dave with a bit of addiXonal insight and more details to keep you
in the know.
CONNECT WITH DAVE HAYES THE WEATHER NUT
Website: hcps://www.WesternMassWeather.com
Facebook: hcps://www.facebook.com/WesternMassWeather
X/Twicer: hcps://x.com/DHTheWeatherNut
BlueSky: hcps://bsky.app/profile/dhtheweathernut.bsky.social
Instagram: hcps://www.instagram.com/dhtwn217/
LinkedIn: hcps://www.linkedin.com/in/davehayestheweathernut/
Developer = Dave Hayes (The Weather Nut)