Very Warm Weather Expected By Later This Week Into The First Half Of This Weekend Across Western & Central Mass

For Tonight: Quiet weather is expected throughout the rest of this week across all of Western and Central Mass as a large high pressure system sits over us. This will lead to a stretch of dry weather that’ll last through Friday and probably even through Saturday.

Partly cloudy skies are expected throughout tonight with low temperatures near 50 Degrees. Winds will be North to Northwest at around 10 mph.

Wednesday: Sunny skies are expected throughout the day on Wednesday with high temperatures near 80 Degrees. Winds will be West to Northwest at around 10 mph.

Thursday & Friday: Some very warm temperatures under lots of sunshine and dry weather are expected for both Thursday and Friday. Fortunately though, it will not be humid at all with dew point temperatures expected to be in the low to mid 50s both days.

Thursday will be sunny with high temperatures near 85 Degrees. Winds will be West at 10 to 15 mph.

Friday looks sunny with high temperatures between 85 and 90 Degrees.

This Weekend: An area of high pressure is expected to push to our east during Saturday with a frontal system pushing into our area for Sunday. This means that first half of this weekend will be fine with no weather problems at all. The second half of this weekend, however, looks wet and cooler.

Saturday will be partly sunny and hot with high temperatures near 90 Degrees.

Sunday looks cloudy and there will be on and off showers throughout the day. High temperatures will be between 70 and 75 Degrees.

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A Chilly, Windy & Showery Saturday Is Expected Across Western & Central Mass

For The Rest Of This Afternoon: More clouds than sunshine can be expected throughout the rest of this afternoon. Some scattered showers are expected to affect the region starting during the mid and late afternoon hours.

Temperatures this afternoon will be in the upper 60s to lower 70s. Winds will be West at 10 to 20 mph.

Tonight: Showers are expected to become much more widespread during this evening as a robust area of low pressure and its associated frontal system pushes southward from northern New England. This weather system is quite potent and because of that, I expect that there could be some isolated thunderstorms during this evening.

The showers are expected to end for a while during the after midnight hours as we wait for the second wave of showers that can be expected during the day on Saturday.

Low temperatures will be near 40 Degrees. Winds will be West to Southwest at 10 to 20 mph with gusts to 30 mph before midnight and Northwest at 15 to 20 mph with gusts to 30 mph after midnight.

Saturday: That robust low pressure system is expected to rotate through our area during the day on Saturday. This storm system will bring with it some very chilly temperatures for this time of year, along with windy and showery conditions all day Saturday.

First for Saturday morning - Widespread showers are expected throughout the morning on Saturday. There is the possibility for some snow showers to occur in the higher elevations of the Worcester Hills and the Berkshires during Saturday morning as the air is going to be quite chilly. Temperatures during Saturday morning will range from the upper 30s in the higher elevations of the Worcester Hills and the Berkshires to the low 40s across the rest of Western and Central Mass. It will also be windy during Saturday morning with North winds of 15 to 25 mph with gusts to 35 to 40 mph. This means that wind chill temperatures during Saturday morning will be around 30 Degrees.

Turning to Saturday afternoon – Most of the widespread shower activity should come to an end by early afternoon. That being said, there should be sufficient amounts of instability in the atmosphere to produce some scattered shower activity from time to time during Saturday afternoon. Temperatures during Saturday afternoon will reach the upper 40s to low 50s. It will also be windy throughout Saturday afternoon with North winds of 15 to 25 mph with gusts to 35 to 40 mph.

Sunday: A mixture of sunshine and clouds can be expected on Sunday. High temperatures will be near 70 Degrees. Winds will be West to Northwest at 10 to 15 mph.

Monday: Another low pressure system is expected to affect our weather during the day on Monday.

Skies during the day on Monday will be cloudy. In addition, there will be widespread showers throughout the day, along with the possibility of some isolated afternoon thunderstorms. Depending on the amount of instability in the atmosphere, there’s the possibility that any isolated thunderstorms could produce some small hail.

High temperatures will be near 70 Degrees.

Tuesday: A piece of atmospheric energy may break off from that low pressure system during Tuesday.

This means that Tuesday will be cloudy and there may be some scattered showers around from time to time. High temperatures will be near 60 Degrees.

Saturday Looks To Be A Downright Chilly Day With On & Off Showers Across Western & Central Mass

For The Rest Of This Afternoon & Tonight: An upper level disturbance will continue pushing southward across the region during the remaining parts of this afternoon. This disturbance will bring a continuation of the scattered shower activity that’s occurring. Some of the showers may produce some short-lived localized heavy downpours, especially across Central Mass.

Temperatures during the rest of this afternoon will be in the upper 60s to lower 70s. Winds will be North to Northwest at 10 to 20 mph.

Any leftover showers will end by sunset today & partly cloudy skies can be expected throughout tonight. Low temperatures will be between 45 and 50 Degrees. Winds will be North to Northwest at 10 to 15 mph.

Friday & Friday Night: An area of low pressure and its frontal system is expected to move nearly due south from Quebec province into northern New England during the day on Friday. That low pressure system and its frontal system will then push into southern New England during Friday night.

Friday looks to feature a mixture of some sunshine and lots of clouds. Some scattered showers are expected by late afternoon, especially across the northern Worcester Hills and the northern Berkshires. High temperatures will be near 70 Degrees. Winds will be West to Northwest at 10 to 15 mph.

Widespread showers are expected throughout Friday night as that frontal system pushes into the area. Low temperatures will be near 40 Degrees. Winds will be West to Northwest at 15 to 20 mph with gusts to 30 mph.

Saturday: A downright chilly day is expected on Saturday as there will be some pretty cold air for this time of year behind that front. In fact, the air looks so cold that it will likely snow in the higher elevations of the Green Mountains of Vermont, the White Mountains of New Hampshire and the western Maine mountains. Over 6 inches of snow accumulation is quite possible on the mountaintops of the Presidential range of New Hampshire. Anyone planning on hiking in the mountains of Vermont, New Hampshire or Maine on Saturday will probably want to rethink those plans as winter weather conditions are likely.

For our area here in Western and Central Mass, it will be cloudy and downright chilly throughout the day. In addition, there will be scattered showers across the region throughout the day. I do want to mention that it’s not out of the realm of possibility that some of the highest elevations of the northern Worcester Hills and the northern Berkshires may see some scattered snow showers at times during the day on Saturday. Yeah, it’s going to be that cold on Saturday.

High temperatures Saturday will be between 44 and 49 Degrees. Winds will be North at 15 to 25 mph with gusts to 35 mph. Wind chill temperatures on Saturday will be in the middle 30s.

Sunday: Compared to Saturday, Sunday looks to be a downright very nice day with partly sunny skies expected. High temperatures will be around 70 Degrees.