The Weather Is Going To Turn Cooler & Much Less Humid By Later This Coming Week Across Western & Central Mass

The thunderstorms that moved through yesterday evening were extremely intense when they moved from Westfield through West Springfield, Springfield, Holyoke, Agawam and East Longmeadow. I have received multiple reports of trees down and wires down in this corridor of Western Mass.

In fact, it looks likely that a macroburst impacted an area from near Prince Street in West Springfield through the south end of Springfield & across parts of Agawam and East Longmeadow. The most significant damage occurred in the south end of Springfield in an area around Dwight Street Extension and Pine Street where multiple trees were knocked down & there was a partial building collapse.

Fortunately, those severe thunderstorms weakened once they pushed eastward out of Western Mass and into Central Mass.

For This Afternoon & Tonight: Partly sunny skies can be expected throughout this afternoon. Temperatures will be in the middle to upper 80s. Dew point temperatures will be in the upper 60s. Winds will be West at 10 to 20 mph.

Clear skies are expected throughout tonight with low temperatures between 60 and 65 Degrees. Winds will be West to Northwest at 5 to 10 mph.

Monday & Tuesday: Monday is expected to start out sunny, but the skies will become a mixture of sunshine and clouds during the afternoon. Additionally, there may be a few isolated thunderstorms during Monday evening. High temperatures Monday will be around 85 Degrees. Dew point temperatures will be between 60 and 65 Degrees. Winds will be Southwest at around 10 mph.

Tuesday looks partly sunny with high temperatures near 85 Degrees. Dew point temperatures will be between 60 and 65 Degrees. Winds will be West to Northwest at 10 to 20 mph with gusts to 30 mph.

Wednesday: It appears that Wednesday will probably be the last really humid day before some much less humid air pushes into the area.

Skies during the day on Wednesday will feature a mixture of sunshine and clouds. It’s possible that there will be a few scattered showers and thunderstorms during the evening as a frontal system pushes through the area. High temperatures will be near 80 Degrees. Dew point temperatures will be between 60 and 65 Degrees.

Thursday & Friday: Some real relief from the humid conditions will move into the area on Thursday with some very comfortable dew point temperatures expected to last through Friday & probably through all of next weekend.

Thursday looks partly sunny with high temperatures near 75 Degrees. Dew point temperatures will be around 55 Degrees.

Friday looks sunny with high temperatures between 70 and 75 Degrees. Dew point temperatures will be in the upper 40s to near 50 Degrees.

5:30 pm Saturday Afternoon Weather Update For Western & Central Mass

An area of strong to severe thunderstorms are currently located from near Goshen south and southwestward to Huntington and Blandford. These thunderstorms are moving towards the east at a forward speed of 30 mph. These thunderstorms have already had a history of causing downed trees and power lines in Lenox.

It is expected that these strong to severe thunderstorms will impact the middle and lower Pioneer Valley, including the Springfield Metro by 5:45-6 pm or so.

These strong to severe thunderstorms will then push eastward reaching areas from the eastern Hilltowns of Western Mass into the western Worcester Hills, including Belchertown, Ware, Palmer, Monson, Warren and Brimfield by about 6:30 pm or so.

Much of, if not all of Worcester County is then be affected by these strong to severe thunderstorms starting in the western Worcester Hills by 6:30 pm & then reaching the Worcester Metro & the I-190, I-395 & I-290 corridors by around 7 pm or so. Far eastern and southeastern parts of Worcester County could then be affected by these thunderstorms by around 7:30 pm or so.

Again, some of these thunderstorms will be on the strong to severe side & be capable of producing wind gusts of up to 50-65 mph, torrential downpours with localized flooding & extremely frequent lightning.

More updates will be sent out as needed.

4 pm Saturday Afternoon Weather Update For Western & Central Mass

Radar imagery at the time of this post showed an area of strong thunderstorms that are pushing eastward across easternmost New York State. These thunderstorms are expected to cross the border into far Western Mass by about 4:15 pm-4:30 pm.

It is then anticipated that these strong thunderstorms will make their way across the Berkshires between 4:30 pm and 5:30 pm. These strong thunderstorms may then impact much of the Pioneer Valley of Western Mass by 5:30-6 pm or so & then make their way towards the western Worcester Hills by about 6:15-6:30 pm or so.

Much of, if not all of Worcester County may then be affected by these strong thunderstorms starting in the western Worcester Hills by 6:15-6:30 pm & then reaching the Worcester Metro & the I-190, I-395 & I-290 corridors by around 7 pm or so. Far eastern and southeastern parts of Worcester County could then be affected by these thunderstorms by around 7:30 pm or so.

Again, some of these thunderstorms will be on the strong side & be capable of producing wind gusts of up to 50 mph, torrential downpours with localized flooding & frequent lightning.

More updates will be sent out as needed.