Late Weekend Storm Probably Will Miss Us Here In Western & Central Mass, But It May Be A Very Close Call (Issued: Thursday 2/12/2026)

For Tonight & Friday: An area of high pressure is expected to control the weather through tonight and Friday.

Clear skies are expected throughout tonight. Low temperatures will be near 15 Degrees. Winds will be Northwest at 10 to 20 mph.

Friday looks to be a sunny day with high temperatures near 35 Degrees. Winds will be West to Northwest at around 10 mph.

Friday Night & Saturday: A weak frontal system is expected to cross the region during late Friday night and Saturday morning. While the amount of moisture associated with this front will be very limited, there may be just enough lift and forcing to lead to some scattered snow showers to occur between just after midnight Friday night and sunrise Saturday morning. Any snow accumulations with any snow showers should be limited to a dusting of snow.

Once that front moves through, expect skies to become partly sunny by late Saturday morning and remain partly sunny through Saturday afternoon.

Low temperatures Friday night will be between 15 and 20 Degrees. High temperatures Saturday will be between 35 and 40 Degrees.

Winds on Friday night will be West at around 10 mph. Winds on Saturday will be West to Northwest at 10 to 15 mph.

Storm Probably Will Miss Us On Sunday Night & Monday But It May Be A Very Close Call: It continues to look like an area of low pressure will track off of the North Carolina coast by about Sunday night. The latest trends in the data seem to still be pointing towards this low pressure system passing well south of New England. If this ends up being the case, then little or no impacts in the way of winter weather would occur.

I do think it’s probably more likely than not that the northern and southern parts of the jet stream will not merge leading to the low pressure system passing well south of New England. Because of this, we probably will not see any snow at all across Western & Central Mass during Sunday night and Monday.

That being said, this is still about 3-1/2 to 4 day forecast & it’s not out of the realm of possibilities that the track of the low pressure system could shift further north leading to a little more of an impact. I do think that this possibility of a shift to the north in the track of the storm looks very low & more than likely the storm system will just head out to sea.

In terms of the forecast, Sunday night looks cloudy with low temperatures between 20 and 25 Degrees.

Monday looks cloudy with high temperatures between 35 and 40 Degrees.

Tuesday Through Thursday Of Next Week: Milder temperatures look to be in the offing during next week as we shift into a milder weather pattern.

Tuesday looks partly sunny with high temperatures between 40 and 45 Degrees.

Wednesday looks cloudy and there may be some scattered rain showers around as a frontal system moves through. High temperatures will be between 40 and 45 Degrees.

Thursday looks sunny with high temperatures near 40 Degrees.

Quiet Weather Is Expected The Rest Of This Week Across Western & Central Mass

For Tonight: Varying amounts of cloud cover can be expected throughout tonight. Low temperatures will be around 20 Degrees. Winds will be West to Northwest at 10 to 20 mph.

Thursday: A mixture of sunshine and clouds can be expected throughout the day on Thursday. High temperatures will be near 35 Degrees. Winds will be Northwest at 10 to 20 mph.

Friday Through Saturday: An area of high pressure will control the weather throughout the day on Friday. This means that sunny skies can be expected on Friday with high temperatures will be near 35 Degrees. Winds will be West to Northwest at around 10 mph.

A weak frontal system looks to cross the region during Friday night and Saturday morning. Even though this frontal system will be moisture starved, there may be just enough moisture associated with it to produce some isolated snow showers during the late night hours of Friday night into Saturday morning. Any accumulations of snow will be a dusting, at most.

Once that frontal system passes during Saturday morning, skies will become partly sunny during Saturday afternoon.

Low temperatures Friday night will be near 20 Degrees. High temperatures Saturday will be around 35 Degrees.

Watching A Storm For Sunday Night & Monday, But At This Point, It Should Miss Our Area: An area of low pressure is expected to track off of the North Carolina coast by Sunday night & then head off of the East Coast of the US by later Sunday night and Monday. Where this low pressure tracks in relation to our area remains somewhat uncertain & because of this, the impacts on our area remain a little uncertain.

That being said, it seems that the consensus in the weather forecast guidance is for the low pressure to pass well south of New England. Should this occur, then no impacts or very little impacts on our area would result.

Even though it seems that most of the weather guidance are showing a out to sea track, remember that this is still 4 to 5 day forecast & shifts in the storm track can certainly occur between now and then.

My thinking right now is that the northern and southern parts of the jet stream probably will not link up. Because of this, the west-southwest to east-northeast flow of the southern part of the jet stream should probably carry this storm well south of our area. This means that we probably will end up with no snow or at most, perhaps some light snow Sunday night into Monday that leaves a light accumulation of snow.

Keep checking back though for later updates to make sure the forecast hasn’t changed.

1 To 3 Inches Of Snow Accumulation Is Expected From Late This Afternoon Through This Evening Across Western & Central Mass (Issued: Midday Tuesday 2/10/2026)

Snow is expected to overspread Western Mass by about 4-5 pm this afternoon. The snow is then expected to begin across Central Mass by about 5-6 pm this evening.

Once the snow begins, it is expected to continue on and off through all of this evening.

While most of the time, the snow intensity will be light late this afternoon and this evening, there is expected to be a period where the snow will fall at a moderate to possibly heavy intensity between about 10 pm and 1 am.

The snow is expected to come to an end by 1-2 am Wednesday morning.

As For Snow Amounts: For Western Mass: It appears that snow amounts of 1 to 2 inches look most likely across Western Mass during late this afternoon and this evening. There may be up to 3 inches of snow accumulation in the hilltowns of Western Mass.

For Central Mass: Snow totals of 2 to 3 inches can be expected across all of Central Mass during late this afternoon and this evening.

Overall, this does not look like a big deal in terms of snow amounts, however, roads will still probably be slick starting around 4-5 pm in Western Mass and starting around 5-6 pm across Central Mass. These slick road conditions will likely continue through this evening across the entire area. Because of this, use caution if you have to be out and about during late this afternoon and this evening.