Continued Sunshine Wednesday Will Be Followed By A Few Possible Showers Thursday Across Western & Central Mass

For Tonight: Quiet weather is expected tonight with clear skies expected. Low temperatures will be between 36 and 41 Degrees. Winds will be North to Northwest at 5 to 10 mph.

Wednesday & Wednesday Night: An area of high pressure will be located right over our area during Wednesday before a frontal system approaches the area from the Ohio Valley on Wednesday night.

Lots of sunshine can be expected during Wednesday morning with an increase in high clouds anticipated during Wednesday afternoon. High temperatures will be near 60 Degrees. Winds will be North to Northwest at 5 to 10 mph in the morning and South to Southwest at 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon.

That frontal system will continue to push eastward on Wednesday night, however, it will run up against a big high pressure system. This means that showers pushing eastward towards our area may be deflected towards the north during Wednesday night. Overall, I anticipate skies will be cloudy on Wednesday night and there may be some scattered showers across Western Mass and isolated showers across Central Mass during the after midnight hours. Low temperatures will be near 40 Degrees. Winds will be South to Southeast at 5 to 10 mph.

Thursday: A cloudy day is expected on Thursday with some scattered showers possible across Western Mass and a couple of very isolated showers possible across Central Mass. High temperatures will be between 48 and 53 Degrees. Winds will be East to Southeast at 5 to 10 mph.

Friday & Friday Night: Generally cloudy skies are expected on Friday and Friday night and it appears that a round of some scattered showers are expected during Friday night.

High temperatures Friday will be near 50 Degrees. Low temperatures Friday night will be near 40 Degrees.

This Weekend: A slow moving frontal system will lead to some scattered showers to continue on Saturday morning before ending during Saturday afternoon. High temperatures Saturday will be between 55 and 60 Degrees.

Sunday looks sunny to partly sunny with high temperatures near 55 Degrees.

Unsettled Weather Is Expected Right Through This Weekend Across Western & Central Mass

For Tonight: A few scattered showers are expected this evening, especially across Western Mass. These showers will lift to the north by midnight and we will be left with cloudy skies and some areas of drizzle during the after midnight hours of tonight.

Low temperatures will be near 45 Degrees. Winds will be Northeast at 5 to 10 mph.

Thursday: Another round of showers are expected across the entire area from about mid-morning until about mid-afternoon. High temperatures will be between 55 and 60 Degrees. Winds will be East at 5 to 10 mph.

Thursday Night: A robust cold front will be slowly approaching the area from the eastern Great Lakes region.

Some scattered showers are expected during Thursday evening with much more widespread showers and possibly a rumble or two of thunder expected during the after midnight hours of Thursday night. It should be noted that an area of heavy rain and isolated thunderstorms are anticipated to move into Western Mass by about 5-6 am Thursday morning.

It is also expected to become windy during the after midnight hours of Thursday night.

Low temperatures will be between 50 and 55 Degrees. Winds will be South to Southeast at 10 to 20 mph before midnight and South at 15 to 25 mph with gusts to 40 mph after midnight.

Friday: A very wet and windy Friday morning can be expected across the entire area as a strong cold front makes its way through the region.

An area of heavy rain and isolated thunderstorms are anticipated to make their way through Western Mass between 5-6 am and 8-9 am Friday morning. This area of heavy rain and isolated thunderstorms are then expected to affect Central Mass between about 6-7 am and about 10 am Friday morning.

Once this heavy rain moves away by late Friday morning we will be left with isolated showers throughout Friday afternoon.

High temperatures will be between 60 and 65 Degrees. Winds will be South at 20 to 30 mph with gusts to 40-45 mph in the morning and Southwest at 15 to 25 mph with gusts to 35-40 mph in the afternoon.

This Weekend: Unsettled weather is expected to persist through this weekend.

Saturday looks cloudy skies with some isolated showers around. It’ll also be windy on Saturday with a west to northwest wind of 15 to 25 mph with gusts to 35 mph. High temperatures will be between 50 and 55 Degrees.

Sunday looks cloudy with some isolated showers during the afternoon. High temperatures will be near 55 Degrees.

Latest Forecast For Monday’s Solar Eclipse Across Western & Central Mass

For Tonight: Any leftover clouds will gradually dissipate a little after sunset this evening with clear skies expected during the overnight hours of tonight.

Low temperatures will be near 35 Degrees. Winds will be West to Northwest at 5 to 10 mph.

Forecast For Monday’s Solar Eclipse: There are some changes with the forecast for tomorrow’s solar eclipse.

First for our area, it appears that while skies will start out bright and sunny, some high thin clouds will push into the area during the afternoon. These thin cirrus clouds shouldn’t be thick enough to obscure the sun during the eclipse, so it still looks hopeful. As for the eclipse itself, while we will not see full 100 percent totality here in Western & Central Mass, we will see anywhere between 92% and 94% totality with the peak of the eclipse occurring between 3:25 pm and 3:30 pm.

High temperatures will be between 60 and 65 Degrees. Winds will be West to Northwest at 5 to 10 mph.

Those of you traveling north or west to see totality should know that the weather forecast has changed some across northern New Hampshire, northern Vermont and northern New York State. It’s looking like high clouds will be moving into the area during the afternoon with the thickest of the high clouds across northern New York with thinner high clouds across northern Vermont and northern New Hampshire. My recommendation, if you are able to, is to be prepared to travel further east at the last moment as the weather looks more favorable towards northern New Hampshire than northern New York State.

As far as northern Maine, the weather continues to look very favorable to see the total eclipse of the sun. Plenty of sunshine looks likely across northern Maine.

As far as western New York State and northwestern Pennsylvania, the weather does not look favorable, unfortunately, with the potential for completely cloudy skies.

A couple of other things – There is nothing dangerous about being outside during the eclipse. Eclipses are not dangerous. Looking directly at the sun without protective glasses is dangerous, so as long as you use either protective glasses or a piece of welder’s glass, you’re good.

Also, there is nothing dangerous about having your pets outdoors during the eclipse. They are not at all interested in looking at the sun and it’ll be just like a normal day to them.

Tuesday: An area of high pressure is expected to control the weather throughout Tuesday with partly sunny skies expected. High temperatures will range from between 55 and 60 Degrees across Central Mass to near 70 Degrees across Western Mass. Winds will be East to Northeast at 5 to 10 mph.

Wednesday: A warm front is expected to push through the area during the afternoon.

This means that Wednesday looks cloudy and there will be some showers during the afternoon. High temperatures will be between 50 and 55 Degrees.

Thursday Through Friday: The end of this coming week looks wet as a robust area of low pressure heads northeast into the eastern Great Lakes region.

Rain looks to overspread the entire area during Thursday afternoon with rain, heavy at times, expected to continue through all of Thursday night and Friday.

High temperatures Thursday will be near 55 Degrees. Temperatures Thursday night will be near 50 Degrees. High temperatures Friday will be near 60 Degrees.