For The Rest Of This Afternoon: An area of high pressure will control our weather throughout the rest of this afternoon.
Lots of sunshine can be expected throughout the rest of this afternoon. Temperatures will be in the low to mid 70s. Dew point temperatures will gradually rise from the upper 40s into the lower 50s. Winds will be South at around 10 mph.
Tonight & Sunday: A very energetic and dynamic warm front is expected to push through the region during late tonight and Sunday morning. This warm front is likely to produce widespread showers and a few thunderstorms across the entire area from just before dawn Sunday morning through all day Sunday. In addition, locally heavy rain is very likely throughout Sunday morning into early Sunday afternoon.
Skies are expected to quickly become cloudy during this evening. Widespread showers and isolated thunderstorms are expected to overspread the entire area by about the predawn hours of Sunday morning.
Widespread showers and isolated thunderstorms are expected throughout Sunday morning. Locally heavy downpours are very likely with some of the more robust showers and with any thunderstorms. The widespread showers and isolated thunderstorms with locally heavy rainfall is likely to persist into early Sunday afternoon before it begins to taper off.
As we get into the mid and late afternoon hours of Sunday, the shower activity should diminish in coverage and intensity. Still though, I expect to see a few scattered showers during the mid and late afternoon hours of Sunday.
Rainfall totals from the predawn hours of Sunday morning through all day Sunday will range from one-half of an inch (0.50”) to one inch (1.00”) across northern Worcester County and across the upper Pioneer Valley to 1 to 2 inches of total rainfall across the central and lower Pioneer Valley and across central and southern Worcester County. It should be noted that areas across far southern Worcester County and especially across far southeastern Worcester County could see locally higher rainfall amounts of over 2 inches from this rainfall.
Low temperatures tonight will be between 55 and 60 Degrees. High temperatures Sunday will be around 70 Degrees. It will also be humid on Sunday with dew point temperatures in the mid to upper 60s.
Winds tonight will be South to Southwest at around 10 mph. Winds on Sunday will be South to Southwest at 5 to 10 mph in the morning and North to Northwest at 5 to 10 mph.
Next Week’s Weather Outlook: An area of high pressure is expected to build back into the area during Monday and Tuesday.
Monday is expected to be sunny to partly sunny with high temperatures around 70 Degrees. Dew point temperatures will be in the upper 40s to low 50s. Winds will be North to Northwest at 10 to 15 mph.
Tuesday will be a sunny day with high temperatures near 70 Degrees. Dew point temperatures will be in the upper 40s to near 50 Degrees.
That high pressure system is expected to push offshore as we get into Wednesday and Thursday. Because of this, some warmer and slightly more humid weather looks possible for the second half of next week.
Wednesday looks partly sunny with high temperatures near 75 Degrees. Dew point temperatures will be in the mid to upper 50s.
Thursday looks partly sunny with high temperatures between 75 and 80 Degrees. Dew point temperatures will be around 60 Degrees.
Friday looks cloudy and there may be some scattered showers around. High temperatures will be between 70 and 75 Degrees. Dew point temperatures will be between 55 and 60 Degrees.
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