About 6 Inches Of Wet Snow Still Looks Possible From Late Saturday Night Through Much Of Sunday Across Western & Central Mass

For The Rest Of This Afternoon: More clouds than sunshine looks likely throughout the rest of this afternoon. Temperatures will be between 35 and 40 Degrees. Winds will be West at 5 to 10 mph.

Tonight: A frontal system is expected to approach the area tonight leading to a continuation of cloudy skies throughout tonight. Low temperatures will be between 25 and 30 Degrees. Winds will be West at 5 to 10 mph.

Thursday: That frontal system will push through the area during the morning, which will help to pull in some colder weather by late in the day.

The passage of the front may lead to some scattered snow showers to occur during the morning hours. Any of the snow showers may deposit a quick dusting as they move through.

During the afternoon hours, expect gradual clearing with falling temperatures.

Temperatures on Thursday will be near 40 Degrees around midday and then fall through the 30s during the afternoon.

Winds will be West at 10 to 20 mph.

Friday & Saturday: An area of high pressure will push into the region during Friday and Saturday.

Friday looks to be a sunny to partly sunny day with high temperatures between 30 and 35 Degrees.

Saturday will start out sunny to partly sunny, but clouds will be on the increase during the afternoon. High temperatures will be near 35 Degrees.

Around 6 Inches Of Wet Snow Still Looks Quite Possible From Late Saturday Night Through Much Of Sunday: Even though there continues to be quite a bit of uncertainty in the forecast for the late weekend storm, I do think that it remains quite possible that a widespread 6 inch snowfall may occur across the entire area.

An area of low pressure looks to form over the southeastern United States late Friday night into Saturday. This low pressure system is then anticipated to track up the East Coast of the United States by late Saturday and this is when the uncertainty in the forecast increases.

The big uncertainty in the forecast lies with both the strength and the exact track of this storm system. Right now, the energy and moisture with this storm is still located offshore of the West Coast of the United States and weather forecast guidance oftentimes misses things when systems are still located over the oceans where reporting stations are very sparse & exact data is hard to come by. I do think that we’ll start to see more consensus in the forecast with a higher amount of confidence by tonight and certainly as we get into Thursday and Friday as those weather systems move across the United States.

Here Are My Thoughts As Of Right Now: It still looks like snow will overspread the entire area by about midnight Saturday night and then continue throughout the rest of the night Saturday night. Snow is then expected to continue through a large part of the day on Sunday before it comes to an end early Sunday evening.

In addition to the snow, there could also be some pretty gusty east to northeast winds that gust up to 30 to 40 mph at times late Saturday night and Sunday morning. This could blow around the snow at times leading to the visibility being further reduced at times. This looks to be a wet snow and because of this, drifting snow does not look likely.

As far as possible snow accumulations: I still think that around 6 inches or so of snow accumulation seems most possible at this time. As I already mentioned, this looks to be a very wet, sticky and heavy snow and will be tough to plow and shovel.

I am watching this storm closely and I will be frequently refining and updating the forecast in the coming days.

Temperatures on Saturday night will be between 25 and 30 Degrees. Temperatures during Sunday will be between 30 and 35 Degrees.

A Significant Snowfall Of At Least 6 Inches Is Possible Late Saturday Night Into Much Of Sunday Across Western & Central Mass

For The Rest Of This Afternoon: Lots of sunshine can be expected for the remaining part of this afternoon. Temperatures will be around 35 Degrees or so. Winds will be West at 10 to 20 mph.

Tonight: That high pressure system will remain in control of the weather throughout tonight.

Skies will be clear to partly cloudy with low temperatures near 25 Degrees. Winds will be West at 5 to 10 mph.

Wednesday: Another day with ample amounts of sunshine looks likely throughout Wednesday. High temperatures will be between 40 and 45 Degrees. Winds will be West at 5 to 10 mph.

Wednesday Night & Thursday: An area of low pressure is expected to track well to the east of New England during Thursday. This storm will be way too far east to bring our area any appreciable amounts of snow or rain. At the same time this is occurring, it appears that a frontal system will push through the area during Thursday afternoon.

Skies on Wednesday night will start out partly cloudy during the evening, but will become cloudy after midnight. Low temperatures will be between 25 and 30 Degrees. Winds will be West at 5 to 10 mph.

Thursday will be cloudy throughout the day. In addition, some scattered snow showers are expected during the mid and late afternoon hours as that front pushes through. High temperatures will be near 35 Degrees. Winds will be West at 10 to 20 mph.

Friday & Saturday: An area of high pressure will push into the region during Friday and Saturday.

Friday looks to be a sunny to partly sunny day with high temperatures near 35 Degrees.

Saturday will be partly sunny with increasing clouds expected by late in the day. High temperatures will be near 35 Degrees.

A Significant Snowfall Of At Least 6 Inches Is Possible Late Saturday Night Into Much Of Sunday: It looks like we may be in for our first significant snowfall of the season by late this weekend.

An area of low pressure is expected to develop over the far northern Gulf of Mexico late Friday night into Saturday and then track up the East Coast of the United States late Saturday into Saturday night. As I mentioned yesterday, the exact track of this storm is going to be very important in figuring out how much snow accumulates across the area late Saturday night into Sunday.

At this point, there remains a considerable amount of uncertainty as to the exact details of this storm, but there is more than enough evidence to suggest a coastal storm will affect our area with probably enough snow to plow from late Saturday night into much of Sunday.

Here Are My Thoughts As Of Right Now: Snow will overspread the entire area by about midnight Saturday night and then continue through the predawn hours of Sunday morning. Snow is then expected to continue throughout all of Sunday morning before it tapers off and ends during Sunday afternoon.

In addition to the snow, there could also be some pretty gusty east to northeast winds that gust up to 30 to 40 mph at times. This could blow around the snow leading to the visibility being further reduced at times. This looks to be a wet snow and because of this, drifting snow does not look likely.

As far as possible snow accumulations: I think that at least 6 inches of snow accumulation (and possibly more than that) looks quite possible by the time this storm is done. As I already mentioned, this looks to be a very wet, sticky and heavy snow. While it’ll be great for snowball fights and making snowmen and snow women, it’ll be a tough storm to plow and shovel.

I am watching this storm closely and I will be frequently refining and updating the forecast in the coming days.

Temperatures on Saturday night will be between 25 and 30 Degrees. Temperatures during Sunday will be between 30 and 35 Degrees.

Snow Is A Possibility On Sunday Across Western & Central Mass

For This Afternoon: A weak high pressure system will continue to build into the area leading to a mixture of sunshine and clouds to occur this afternoon. Temperatures will be between 35 and 40 Degrees. Winds will be Northwest at 5 to 10 mph.

Tonight & Tuesday: That high pressure system will remain in control of the weather throughout tonight and Tuesday.

Clear to partly cloudy skies are expected tonight with low temperatures between 20 and 25 Degrees. Winds will be Northwest at 5 to 10 mph.

A sunny day is expected on Tuesday with high temperatures near 40 Degrees. Winds will be West at 5 to 10 mph.

Wednesday: A sunny to partly sunny day is expected for Wednesday with high temperatures between 40 and 45 Degrees. Winds will be West at 10 to 20 mph.

Thursday: An area of low pressure is expected to track well to the east of New England during Thursday. This storm will be way too far east to bring our area any appreciable amounts of snow or rain.

Instead, it appears that Thursday will be cloudy and there may be some scattered snow showers from late morning through the afternoon hours. High temperatures will be between 35 and 40 Degrees.

Friday & Saturday: An area of high pressure will build into the area throughout Friday and Saturday.

This means that both Friday and Saturday will be sunny to partly sunny. High temperatures Friday will be between 30 and 35 Degrees. High temperatures Saturday will be between 35 and 40 Degrees.

Snow Is A Possibility On Sunday: An area of low pressure is expected to develop over the Gulf of Mexico during the day on Saturday and then track to the northeast. The exact track of this storm system is going to be crucial in determining what sort of impacts we will see here across Western and Central Mass.

As usually the case for a storm that’s still 6 days away, there are no agreement among the weather forecast guidance. Some of the guidance such as the GFS model has trended towards a track well to the south of our area leaving us with little or no snow. Other weather forecast guidance such as the latest Canadian model forecasts a much closer track that takes this storm near the south coast of New England leading to a pretty significant snowfall across the area during the day on Sunday.

At this point, I think this storm system may come just close enough to bring our entire area at least some snow throughout the day on Sunday.

As far as possible snow accumulations, it’s way too soon to really pinpoint any exact forecast snow amounts, but I do think that the potential is there for a widespread 2 to 5 inch snowfall.

This is something that I’ll be refining in the coming days and should it appear this storm could come closer to our area, then snow amounts would need to be increased. Alternatively, if this storm does track further offshore, then much less snow would become possible.

Temperatures during Sunday will be between 30 and 35 Degrees and because of this, it appears that this will likely be a very wet snow.