A Few Strong To Severe Thunderstorms Are Possible Saturday Evening Across Western & Central Mass

For Tonight: Partly cloudy skies are expected throughout tonight. Low temperatures will be near 60 Degrees. Winds will be West at around 10 mph.

Saturday: Most, if not all of the daylight hours of Saturday are expected to be dry across the area. More clouds than sunshine can be expected throughout the day with high temperatures of around 85 Degrees. Winds will be West to Southwest at 10 to 20 mph.

A Few Strong To Severe Thunderstorms Are Possible Saturday Evening: Increasing heat and humidity during the day on Saturday will lead to the development of a moderately unstable air mass by Saturday evening. At the same time this is occurring, an area of increasing wind shear values will move into our area by Saturday evening. Additionally, a cold front is expected to sweep through the area during Saturday evening. The combination of all of these factors will lead to an environment that is favorable for a few strong to severe thunderstorms to occur across all of Western and Central Mass during Saturday evening.

Current indications seem to point towards thunderstorms first affecting Western Mass beginning by 8 pm and lasting until about midnight.

As for Central Mass, thunderstorms are expected to begin affecting Central Mass by about 9-10 pm. These thunderstorms will last until about midnight.

A few of the thunderstorms during Saturday evening will be on the strong to severe side & will be capable of producing up to 60 mph wind gusts. Torrential downpours and frequent lightning will also accompany the thunderstorms during Saturday evening.

All thunderstorms will push to our east by just after midnight Saturday night.

Sunday: We are expected to start Sunday with dry conditions under a mixture of some sunshine and lots of clouds. This will allow temperatures to rise to near 80 Degrees by midday under somewhat humid conditions with dew point temperatures in the low 60s.

Turning to Sunday afternoon, it is expected that an upper level weather disturbance will cross the region during the afternoon. A pool of cold air aloft will accompany this weather disturbance leading to an atmosphere that’s somewhat unstable.

This all means that widespread showers and thunderstorms will develop across all of Western and Central Mass between 12 pm and 2 pm. These widespread showers and thunderstorms will affect the entire area throughout the early and mid-afternoon hours before coming to an end by late afternoon. A couple of the thunderstorms may be on the strong side and be capable of produce small hail and gusty winds.

Monday & Tuesday: Some much drier weather is expected for both Monday and Tuesday.

Partly sunny skies are expected on Monday with high temperatures near 75 Degrees.

Tuesday looks sunny with high temperatures between 75 and 80 Degrees.

Dry & Very Warm Weather Is Expected To Continue Through Friday Across Western & Central Mass

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

Lots of sunshine can be expected throughout this afternoon. Temperatures will be around 85 Degrees. Winds will be West at around 10 mph.

Tonight will be clear with low temperatures between 55 and 60 Degrees. Winds will be West at 10 to 15 mph.

Friday: A very warm to hot day is expected on Friday. Fortunately, the humidity levels look to be very tolerable with dew point temperatures expected to be in the low to mid 50s.

Skies throughout the day on Friday will be sunny. High temperatures will be between 85 and 90 Degrees. Winds will be West at 10 to 15 mph.

Saturday: A cold front is expected to push southeastward across southern Ontario and southern Quebec province into northern New England during the day on Saturday. This front is then expected to potentially push into Southern New England by Saturday evening.

Skies are expected to start out sunny to partly sunny during the morning. An increase in clouds are then expected during Saturday afternoon. In addition, there is the possibility for some scattered showers and thunderstorms by late Saturday afternoon and Saturday evening. A couple of the thunderstorms could be on the strong side and be capable of producing gusty winds and locally torrential downpours.

High temperatures Saturday will be near 85 Degrees. It will be a little more humid as compared to Friday with dew point temperatures in the low to mid 60s. Winds will be West to Southwest at 10 to 20 mph.

Sunday: It appears that the frontal system will stall over southern New England. At the same time this is occurring, a weak low pressure will form off of the Cape. This will lead to a unsettled day in terms of weather for Sunday.

Cloudy skies are expected on Sunday and there will be on and off showers throughout the day. It’s also possible that there could be a thunderstorm or two around during the afternoon. High temperatures will be near 75 Degrees.

Monday & Tuesday: Some much drier weather is expected for both Monday and Tuesday.

Partly sunny skies are expected on Monday with high temperatures near 75 Degrees.

Tuesday looks sunny with high temperatures between 75 and 80 Degrees.

Very Warm Weather Expected By Later This Week Into The First Half Of This Weekend Across Western & Central Mass

For Tonight: Quiet weather is expected throughout the rest of this week across all of Western and Central Mass as a large high pressure system sits over us. This will lead to a stretch of dry weather that’ll last through Friday and probably even through Saturday.

Partly cloudy skies are expected throughout tonight with low temperatures near 50 Degrees. Winds will be North to Northwest at around 10 mph.

Wednesday: Sunny skies are expected throughout the day on Wednesday with high temperatures near 80 Degrees. Winds will be West to Northwest at around 10 mph.

Thursday & Friday: Some very warm temperatures under lots of sunshine and dry weather are expected for both Thursday and Friday. Fortunately though, it will not be humid at all with dew point temperatures expected to be in the low to mid 50s both days.

Thursday will be sunny with high temperatures near 85 Degrees. Winds will be West at 10 to 15 mph.

Friday looks sunny with high temperatures between 85 and 90 Degrees.

This Weekend: An area of high pressure is expected to push to our east during Saturday with a frontal system pushing into our area for Sunday. This means that first half of this weekend will be fine with no weather problems at all. The second half of this weekend, however, looks wet and cooler.

Saturday will be partly sunny and hot with high temperatures near 90 Degrees.

Sunday looks cloudy and there will be on and off showers throughout the day. High temperatures will be between 70 and 75 Degrees.

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