Heavy Rain & Windy Conditions Are Expected During Friday Morning Across Western & Central Mass (Issued: Early Thursday Afternoon 12/18/2025)

Heavy Rain & Windy Conditions Expected Friday Morning: A round of heavy rain is expected throughout Friday morning as a strong frontal system moves through the region. In addition to the heavy rain, I am also expecting this to be a wind-swept rain throughout Friday morning.

Rain is expected to overspread the entire area around sunrise Friday morning. Once the rain begins, it will fall at a heavy intensity at times throughout Friday morning. Also, don’t be surprised to hear a rumble or two of thunder when it is raining hard.

The rain may continue into part of early Friday afternoon, especially across Central Mass before it comes to an end everywhere by mid-afternoon Friday.

All-in-all, it looks like around one inch of total rainfall can be expected during Friday morning.

In addition to the rain, it is expected to be windy throughout Friday morning with South winds of 15 to 25 mph with gusts to 35-40 mph expected.

Temperatures during Friday morning will peak in the low 50s.

Falling Temperatures, Strong Winds & Scattered Snow Showers Late Friday Afternoon & Friday Evening: Once that strong cold front moves through, expect falling temperatures, strong westerly winds and even some scattered snow showers across the entire area by late Friday afternoon and Friday evening.

Temperatures will fall through the 40s by mid to late afternoon Friday and then into the 30s by Friday evening. Low temperatures by late Friday night will be around 20 Degrees.

West winds of 20 to 30 mph with gusts to 40-45 mph can be expected during late Friday afternoon and during Friday night.

In addition to all of this, some scattered snow showers may affect the area during Friday evening between about 7 pm and 10 pm. Any snow showers could produce a light dusting of snow in some areas.

This Weekend: Saturday looks to be a sunny to partly sunny day and it’ll be windy during the morning. High temperatures will be near 35 Degrees. Winds will be West at 15 to 20 mph in the morning and West to Southwest at around 10 mph in the afternoon.

A weak frontal system looks to pass through the area during Sunday. This means that skies will be cloudy throughout the day on Sunday & some scattered snow showers are possible from time to time. High temperatures will be between 35 and 40 Degrees.

Maybe Some Snow On Tuesday?? If we are going to have a White Christmas this year, Tuesday has the best opportunity to give us that very thing.

It appears that a frontal system will push through the area during the day on Tuesday. Depending on how much moisture accompanies this front, it could produce some light snow across the entire area during Tuesday morning into early Tuesday afternoon with amounts of perhaps 1 to 2 inches.

This is something that I am watching and I’ll have more updates as needed.

Rain & Windy Conditions Late Thursday Night & Friday Morning Are Expected Across Western & Central Mass (Issued: Wednesday Afternoon 12/17/2025)

For Tonight: Clear skies are expected throughout tonight. Low temperatures between 25 and 30 Degrees. Winds will be West at 10 to 20 mph with gusts to 30 mph before midnight and West at 10 to 15 mph after midnight.

Thursday: Skies are expected to start out sunny during the morning. Increasing clouds are then expected during the afternoon as a frontal system begins to approach our area.

High temperatures will be near 45 Degrees. Winds will be South at around 10 mph.

Thursday Night & Friday: A strong frontal system is expected to move though the area during Friday morning. Along and just out ahead of this front, there will be an area of rain that will be heavy at times that’ll affect the entire area from very late Thursday night through Friday morning. Additionally, it will become windy out ahead of the front with these windy conditions continuing behind the front.

Rain will overspread all of Western and Central Mass well after midnight Thursday night. The rain is then expected to continue through Friday morning & the rain will be heavy at times. It appears that the rain will quickly end during the early afternoon hours. All-in-all, it appears that rainfall totals of around one inch can be expected.

In addition to the heavy rain, it will also be windy during late Thursday night and all day Friday. During Thursday night, expect South winds of 10 to 20 mph before midnight and South winds of 15 to 25 mph with gusts to 35 mph after midnight. On Friday, expect South winds of 20 to 30 mph with gusts to 40-45 mph in the morning and West winds of 20 to 30 mph with gusts to 40-50 mph in the afternoon.

Temperatures during Thursday night will rise through the mid and upper 40s. Temperatures on Friday will start out in the low 50s during the morning and will fall through the 40s during the afternoon.

Friday Night: Windy and much colder weather is expected on Friday night. It’s possible that there could be a few scattered snow showers during the evening before skies clear out during the overnight hours.

Low temperatures will be near 20 Degrees. Winds will be West at 20 to 30 mph with gusts to 40-50 mph.

This Weekend: Saturday looks to be a sunny to partly sunny day and it’ll be windy. High temperatures will be near 35 Degrees.

A weak frontal system looks to pass through the area during Sunday. This means that skies will be cloudy throughout the day on Sunday & some scattered snow showers are possible from time to time. High temperatures will be between 35 and 40 Degrees.

First Look At Christmas Week: Monday looks sunny to partly sunny with high temperatures near 30 Degrees.

I’m going to be watching a frontal system for Tuesday and Tuesday night as it could bring the entire area a period of light snow sometime during Tuesday into Tuesday night. Should this occur, it would guarantee a White Christmas across the entire area, even though any snow accumulations would be light. High temperatures Tuesday will be between 30 and 35 Degrees.

Christmas Eve looks partly sunny with high temperatures between 30 and 35 Degrees.

A look at Christmas Day reveals that skies may end up partly sunny with high temperatures between 30 and 35 Degrees.

Beyond this, next Thursday night and next Friday, we might be watching a storm system that could bring mixed precipitation in the form of snow, freezing rain & rain. It’s way out there in time, so I don’t want to get more specific than that, except to say I am keeping an eye on it.

Cold Weather Continues Through Tuesday With Milder Weather Expected During The Second Half Of This Week Across Western & Central Mass (Issued: Midday Monday 12/15/2025)

For This Afternoon: Sunny skies are expected during early this afternoon with partly sunny skies expected during the mid and late afternoon hours.

Temperatures will be between 20 and 25 Degrees. Winds will be West to Northwest at 15 to 20 mph with gusts of up to 30 mph.

Tonight: Mostly cloudy skies are expected throughout tonight & it will be cold.

Low temperatures will be between 10 and 15 Degrees. Winds will be West at 10 to 15 mph.

Tuesday: An area of high pressure is expected to be positioned just to our south throughout the day on Tuesday.

Lots of sunshine can be expected throughout the day on Tuesday with high temperatures between 30 and 35 Degrees. Winds will be West at around 10 mph.

Tuesday Night: That high pressure system is expected to push to the east during Tuesday night.

Clear to partly cloudy skies are expected throughout Tuesday night with low temperatures between 20 and 25 Degrees. Winds will be Southwest at 15 to 20 mph.

Wednesday: A mixture of sunshine and clouds can be expected throughout the day on Wednesday. High temperatures will be between 40 and 45 Degrees. Winds will be Southwest at 15 to 25 mph.

Thursday: Partly sunny skies are expected throughout the day on Thursday. High temperatures will be around 45 Degrees.

Thursday Night & Friday: A pretty strong frontal system is expected to cross the area during late Thursday night and Friday morning. This front is likely to bring a round of rain, which will likely be heavy at times, during very late Thursday night through Friday morning. Some much colder air is expected to push into the area on the backside of that front.

Thursday night will be cloudy throughout the night. Rain will overspread the region during the predawn hours of Friday morning. It will also be windy throughout Thursday night. Temperatures will be between 40 and 45 Degrees.

Rain is expected throughout Friday morning and the rain may be heavy at times. The rain will rapidly end around midday Friday with some clearing skies expected during the afternoon. It is expected to be windy throughout the day on Friday. Temperatures will peak around 50 Degrees during the morning, but will fall through the 40s and into the upper 30s during the afternoon.

This Weekend: A sunny to partly sunny day is expected on Saturday with high temperatures between 30 and 35 Degrees.

Sunday looks cloudy and there may be some scattered snow showers during the day. High temperatures will be between 35 and 40 Degrees.

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