For This Afternoon & Tonight: The sunny skies that we currently have will give way to a mixture of sunshine and clouds during this afternoon. This is due to a weak cold front passing through the area. Additionally, it’s possible that a very isolated shower or two could occur during this afternoon, but most area will likely stay dry.
Temperatures this afternoon will be between 70 and 75 Degrees. Winds will be West to Northwest at 10 to 20 mph.
Partly cloudy skies are expected during this evening with skies being clear during the after midnight. Low temperatures will be around 45 Degrees. Winds will be Northwest at 10 to 20 mph.
Thursday: An area of high pressure is expected to control the weather throughout the day on Thursday.
This means that lots of sunshine can be expected throughout the day on Thursday. High temperatures will be around 60 Degrees. Winds will be North to Northwest at 6 to 12 mph.
Friday: An area of low pressure and an associated strong cold front is expected to push its way eastward across New England during the day on Friday. This weather system will bring with it quite a bit in the way of shower activity throughout the day on Friday. In addition, a thunderstorm or two is a possibility as that cold front moves through during the late afternoon and evening hours.
I think that we could be looking at two rounds of showers during the day on Friday.
The first round of widespread showers looks to occur throughout the morning on Friday.
A break in the shower activity then could occur for a while during the early and mid-afternoon hours of Friday as we wait for the actual strong cold front to push through.
That strong cold front is expected to move through the area during the late afternoon and evening hours of Friday. This means that a second round of widespread showers and possibly a couple of thunderstorms will occur during the late afternoon and evening hours of Friday.
Rainfall totals during the day on Friday from the two round of showers looks to average between one half of an inch (0.50”) and one inch.
High temperatures will be around 60 Degrees. Winds will be South at 10 to 20 mph with gusts to 30 mph.
This Weekend: It continues to look like a quite chilly and quite windy weekend can be expected across all of Western and Central Mass. Saturday, by far, looks to be the colder and windier day of this weekend with some moderation in temperatures expected on Sunday.
It’s possible that a couple of isolated snow flurries could occur across the Berkshires and possibly the northern Worcester Hills during Saturday morning as that cold air rushes into the region.
Other than that, Saturday is expected to be partly sunny, chilly and quite windy. High temperatures will be around 45 Degrees. Winds will be Northwest at 20 to 30 mph with gusts to 40-45 mph at times. Wind chill temperatures on Saturday will be in the low to middle 30s all day long.
Saturday night looks clear and a widespread hard freeze is expected across the entire area. Low temperatures will be between 25 and 30 Degrees.
Sunday looks sunny with high temperatures between 50 and 55 Degrees. It wont be quite as windy on Sunday with northwest winds of 10 to 20 mph with gusts to 30 mph expected.
