Oppressively Humid Weather Is Expected During The Second Half Of This Week Into This Weekend Across Western & Central Mass

For This Afternoon & Tonight: An area of high pressure is expected to control the weather throughout this afternoon and tonight.

Lots of sunshine can be expected throughout this afternoon. Temperatures will be in the middle 80s. Dew point temperatures will be in the mid to upper 50s. Winds will be West at around 10 mph.

Clear skies are expected throughout tonight with low temperatures near 60 Degrees. Winds will be West at around 10 mph.

Wednesday: Conditions are expected to become much more humid on Wednesday as a high pressure system shifts off of the East Coast & sets up a southerly wind flow over our area.

Sunny skies are expected throughout the day on Wednesday with high temperatures between 84 and 89 Degrees. Dew point temperatures will be in the low 60s in the morning and in the mid 60s during the afternoon. Winds will be Southwest at around 10 mph.

Thursday & Friday: Oppressive amounts of humidity are expected on both Thursday and Friday as a high pressure system anchors itself over the western Atlantic. This high pressure system will set up a prolonged southerly wind flow across the region causing dew point temperatures to rise into the 70s leading to some oppressive humidity levels.

Thursday looks to feature a mixture of sunshine and clouds throughout the day. It will be warm and oppressively humid. In addition, it is possible that there could be a very isolated pop up shower or thunderstorm during the evening. Most areas probably will stay dry throughout Thursday. High temperatures will be between 83 and 88 Degrees. Dew point temperatures will be between 70 and 75 Degrees. Winds will be Southwest at around 10 mph.

Friday is expected to feature a mixture of sun and clouds. It will be very warm and oppressively humid. An upper-level weather disturbance will cross the region by late in the day & it will run into this very warm and very humid air mass. This looks to lead to some scattered showers and thunderstorms to occur during the very late afternoon and the evening hours. A couple of these thunderstorms could be on the strong to even severe side & be capable of producing gusty winds, torrential downpours and lightning. High temperatures will be near 90 Degrees. Dew point temperatures will be in the mid 70s.

This Weekend: Warm and humid conditions are expected to persist through this weekend as that western Atlantic high pressure system produces a southwesterly wind flow.

Saturday looks partly sunny, warm and humid. In addition, there is the possibility for some scattered afternoon and evening showers and thunderstorms. A couple of these thunderstorms could be on the strong side. High temperatures will be between 85 and 90 Degrees. Dew point temperatures will be around 70 Degrees.

Sunday is expected to be sunny, very warm and humid with high temperatures near 90 Degrees. Dew point temperatures will be between 65 and 70 Degrees.

4:45 pm Monday Afternoon Weather Update For Western & Central Mass

A broken line of heavy downpours & perhaps a rumble or two of thunder are quickly making its way eastward from the eastern hilltowns of the Pioneer Valley into western parts of Worcester County.

This line of heavy downpours, gusty winds & perhaps a couple of rumbles of thunder will quickly cross Central Mass over the next hour or so & will be out of our area by 6-6:30 pm or so.

This means that these heavy downpours with gusty winds & a rumble or two of thunder will continue pushing into the western Worcester Hills between now and 5:15 pm & should reach as far east as the Worcester Metro, the I-190 and I-395 corridors by about 5:30 pm. Areas further east towards I-290, I-495 and Route 146 will be affected by these heavy downpours by about 5:45 pm or so.

All of these showers will move out of all of Central Mass by about 6-6:30 pm or so.

Late Monday Morning Weather Update For Western & Central Mass

The worst of the torrential downpours that produced quite a bit in the way of flooding during the morning commute across Western and Central Mass has pushed out of the area at the time of this post.

We do have some showers that are lingering across southern and central parts of Worcester County, but the intensity of the rain is less than what we saw earlier this morning.

This morning's heavy downpours was just round 1 & now we are just waiting for round 2, which will come in the form of a line of showers and thunderstorms between 2 pm and 6 pm today.

I do think that there will be some additional shower activity across the region over the next couple of hours or so & this is not part of the line of showers & thunderstorms that are expected. These showers over the next couple of hours will produce locally heavy downpours.

A line of showers and thunderstorms are now developing to the west of Albany, New York. These showers and thunderstorms are moving to the east at a forward speed of about 25-30 mph.

It is anticipated that this line of showers and thunderstorms should reach the Berkshires by about 2 pm & then reach the Pioneer Valley of Western Mass by about 3 pm or so this afternoon. These showers and thunderstorms are then expected to reach the western Worcester Hills by about 4 pm & then move through all of Central Mass during the 4 pm to 6 pm time frame.

All showers and thunderstorms will move out of the entire area by about 7 pm or so this evening.

It is possible that a couple of the thunderstorms could be on the strong side & be capable of producing wind gusts of up to 40-50 mph, torrential downpours and lightning.