A Second Round Of Widespread Showers & Thunderstorms Are Expected This Evening Across Western & Central Mass & A Couple Of The Thunderstorms May Be On The Strong To Severe Side

For The Rest Of Today Into Tonight: Weather analysis as of the time of this post reveals that an area of low pressure is currently located over southern Ontario and far northern New York State.

A warm front associated with this low pressure system is currently making its way across our area right now. This means that widespread showers with heavy rain at times will continue to impact all of Western and Central Mass over the next few hours. This round of widespread showers will come to an end by between 9 and 10 am across Western Mass. These showers will then end across Central Mass by between 10 am and 11 am this morning across Central Mass.

A break in the shower activity is then expected to occur across the entire area from late this morning through pretty much all of this afternoon. This means that generally cloudy skies can be expected from late this morning through this afternoon. It is possible that an isolated shower or two could occur this afternoon, but most areas will stay dry.

A strong cold front is expected to move through the area during this evening. This strong cold front will bring with it another round of widespread showers and a few thunderstorms between about 6 pm and 9 pm this evening. Given the strength of this cold front, it is possible that a couple of the thunderstorms could be on the strong to even severe side & be capable of producing wind gusts of up to 50-60 mph and torrential downpours.

As it stands right now, a line of heavy showers and a few thunderstorms will first affect Western Mass between 6 pm and 8 pm. This line of heavy showers and thunderstorms will then affect Central Mass between about 7 pm and 9 pm this evening. Again, a couple of the thunderstorms may be on the strong to severe side & be capable of producing wind gusts of up to 50-60 mph and torrential downpours.

Once the showers and thunderstorms end this evening, we will be left with cloudy skies throughout the rest of tonight.

High temperatures this afternoon will be near 65 Degrees. Low temperatures tonight will be near 40 Degrees. Winds throughout the rest of today will be Southwest at 10 to 20 mph with gusts to 30 mph. Winds tonight will be West to Northwest at 15 to 20 mph with gusts to 30 mph.

This Weekend: A quite chilly and windy Saturday is expected across all of Western and Central Mass. Skies are expected to start out cloudy during Saturday morning, but will be partly sunny during the afternoon. High temperatures will be around 45 Degrees. Winds will be Northwest at 15 to 20 mph with gusts to 30-40 mph. Wind chill temperatures on Saturday will be in the 30s all day long.

Saturday night looks clear and a widespread hard freeze is expected across the entire area. Low temperatures will be around 25 Degrees. Winds will be North to Northwest at around 10 mph.

Sunday looks sunny with high temperatures between 50 and 55 Degrees. Winds will be West to Northwest at around 10 mph.

Monday Through Next Friday: A stretch of nice weather can be expected next week as a big high pressure system controls the weather.

Monday looks sunny with high temperatures between 55 and 60 Degrees.

Tuesday looks sunny with high temperatures between 60 and 65 Degrees.

Wednesday looks sunny with high temperatures between 55 and 60 Degrees.

Thursday looks partly sunny with high temperatures near 55 Degrees.

Finally, next Friday looks sunny with high temperatures near 60 Degrees.

Widespread Showers & A Couple Of Thunderstorms On Friday Will Give Way To A Chilly & Windy Saturday Across Western & Central Mass

For This Afternoon & Tonight: An area of high pressure will control the weather throughout this afternoon into tonight.

This means that lots of sunshine can be expected throughout this afternoon. Temperatures will be in the lower 60s. Winds will be North to Northwest at 5 to 10 mph.

Skies are expected to start out clear this evening, but will become cloudy by after midnight tonight. Low temperatures will be between 40 and 45 Degrees. Winds will be South at around 10 mph.

Friday: An area of low pressure and its associated frontal system will push its way 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 couple of thunderstorms are possible during Friday evening as a strong cold front moves through.

It still appears as though there will be two rounds of showers during the day on Friday.

The first round of widespread showers will occur during Friday morning as a warm front pushes through the area. So, I think that we’ll see widespread showers begin across the entire area around sunrise Friday morning. These widespread showers will then continue throughout the morning on Friday before they come to an end around midday or so.

A break in the shower activity is then expected for much of Friday afternoon. Temperatures during Friday afternoon will be between 60 and 65 Degrees.

A strong cold front is expected to move through the area during Friday evening. This means that a second round of widespread showers and possibly a couple of thunderstorms will occur between about 5-6 pm and 9-10 pm.

Rainfall totals during the day on Friday from the two round of showers looks to average up to one half of an inch (0.50”).

Finally, there will be a gusty southerly wind of 10 to 20 mph with gusts to 30 mph all day Friday.

This Weekend: A quite chilly and windy Saturday continues to look likely across all of Western and Central Mass. Skies are expected to start out cloudy during Saturday morning, but will become partly sunny during the afternoon. High temperatures will be around 45 Degrees. Winds will be Northwest at 15 to 25 mph with gusts to 40 mph. Wind chill temperatures on Saturday will be in the 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.

Monday Through Next Thursday: A stretch of nice weather can be expected next week as a big high pressure system controls the weather.

Monday looks sunny with high temperatures near 65 Degrees.

Tuesday looks sunny with high temperatures between 60 and 65 Degrees.

Wednesday looks sunny with high temperatures between 55 and 60 Degrees.

Next Thursday looks sunny with high temperatures near 55 Degrees.

Showers & Maybe A Thunderstorm On Friday Will Give Way To A Quite Chilly & Windy Weekend Across Western & Central Mass

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.