Smoke From Wildfires In Canada Will Affect The Weather This Afternoon Through Wednesday

Even though there's expected to be lots of sunshine to start the day across the region, smoke from some big wildfires across southwestern Nova Scotia, Canada will push westward into Central Mass this afternoon and then eventually Western Mass later this afternoon.

The amount of smoke is something that will need to be watched closely as it could affect not only visibility, but also could become an air quality issue as well.

Current indications point towards smoke from those wildfires moving westward into Central Mass first near and south of the Mass Pike during the first half of this afternoon and then overspreading areas of Central Mass that are north of the Mass Pike during late this afternoon.

This smoke will then overspread Western Mass during the very late afternoon and early evening hours of today.

In addition, the smoke could become fairly dense in the atmosphere around sunset today across the entire region. This may lead to not only a really vibrant sunset, but it could also lead to lowered visibility and a very smoky smell with air quality issues possible. These reduced visibilities and air quality issues look to continue across the entire area throughout tonight. Those of you with health issues in terms of breathing, including asthma, emphysema and COPD need to take great care from late this afternoon through tonight with the smoke in the atmosphere. Stay inside if you can.

The smoke is expected to persist through the day on Wednesday across all of Western and Central Mass. This will lead to very hazy skies and the possibility of reduced visibilities and air quality issues.

High temperatures today will be between 70 and 75 Degrees. Low temperatures tonight will be near 45 Degrees. High temperatures Wednesday will be around 80 Degrees.

Very Dry Weather With Increasing Temperatures Throughout This Week Across Western & Central Mass

For The Rest Of This Afternoon: A sunny rest of the afternoon is expected across the region. Temperatures will be between 70 and 75 Degrees. Winds will be East to Northeast at 10 to 20 mph. Tonight: Clear skies are expected for tonight with low temperatures between 40 and 45 Degrees. Winds will be East to Northeast at 7 to 15 mph. Tuesday: An area of high pressure will move a little to the east during the day on Tuesday. This will lead to a southeasterly wind flow to be in place across the region. In addition, smoke from the large wildfires across Nova Scotia, Canada will drift over the area during the day on Tuesday. This will lead to a hazy, milky look to the sky, even though there will be plenty of sunshine around. High temperatures will be between 70 and 75 Degrees. Winds will be East to Southeast at 5 to 10 mph. Wednesday Through Friday: There is no appreciable rainfall in sight across the region as a big high pressure system sits over the region. In addition, some very warm to downright hot temperatures are expected for Thursday and Friday. Wednesday will be sunny with high temperatures near 80 Degrees. Thursday looks sunny to partly sunny with high temperatures between 85 and 90 Degrees. Friday looks sunny to partly sunny with high temperatures near 90 Degrees. Looking Beyond This: Appreciable rainfall is going to be hard to find across the region for at least the next week as we remain under a big high pressure ridge. The exception may be on Friday night and Saturday morning when a frontal system pushes through bringing with it a few showers. Other than that, the first 7 to 10 days or so of June looks very dry with daytime high temperatures in the 75 to 80 Degree range and nighttime low temperatures in the 50 to 55 Degree range.

Very Nice Weather Is Expected This Memorial Day Weekend Across Western & Central Mass

For Tonight: Clear skies are expected for tonight with low temperatures between 40 and 45 Degrees. Winds will be Southwest at 5 to 10 mph. Saturday: An area of high pressure is expected to control the weather throughout Saturday. In fact, this high pressure will control the weather throughout the Memorial Day weekend with no weather problems expected. Sunny skies are expected on Saturday with high temperatures near 75 Degrees. Winds will be Northwest at 5 to 10 mph. Sunday: A spectacularly nice day is expected on Sunday with lots of sunshine expected and high temperatures between 80 and 85 Degrees. Winds will be Southwest at 5 to 10 mph. Memorial Day: Yet another very nice day is expected on Memorial Day with lots of sunshine expected. High temperatures will be near 75 Degrees. Tuesday: A sunny to partly sunny day is expected on Tuesday with high temperatures near 75 Degrees. Wednesday Through Friday: It looks like we’ll exit May and enter June with a round of some very warm temperatures, along with a continuation of very dry conditions. Wednesday looks sunny to partly sunny with high temperatures near 85 Degrees. Thursday and Friday both look partly sunny with high temperatures between 85 and 90 Degrees.