A Much Drier Week Is Expected Across Western & Central Mass

For This Afternoon: An area of high pressure will control the weather this afternoon with lots of sunshine expected. Temperatures will be near 75 Degrees. Winds will be West at 10 to 20 mph. Tonight: An area of low pressure is expected to cross the region later tonight bringing with it a round of rainfall. Skies will become cloudy this evening with widespread showers overspreading the entire area between 10 pm and midnight. Widespread showers are then expected to continue through the after midnight hours of tonight before coming to an end by dawn Monday morning. Total rainfall amounts tonight will average around one quarter of an inch or so. Low temperatures will be between 50 and 55 Degrees. Winds will be West at 5 to 10 mph. Monday: Any early morning clouds will give way to increasing amounts of sunshine by mid to late morning. Lots of sunshine is then expected during the afternoon hours. High temperatures will be between 70 and 75 Degrees. Winds will be Northwest at 10 to 20 mph. Tuesday: An area of low pressure is expected to track to the south of New England during Tuesday. This low pressure system should pass far enough south of the area to prevent any rain from affecting the area. Instead, we should see a mixture of sunshine and clouds during the day on Tuesday with high temperatures near 65 Degrees. Winds will be North at 5 to 10 mph. Wednesday Through Friday: A stretch of dry weather is expected for the middle and later parts of this coming week as a big high pressure system settles over the area. Wednesday is expected to be sunny to partly sunny with high temperatures between 65 and 70 Degrees. Thursday looks sunny with high temperatures near 75 Degrees. Friday is expected to be partly sunny with high temperatures between 75 and 80 Degrees. Outlook For Next Weekend: Current indications point to that dry weather should persist through next weekend. Saturday looks partly sunny with high temperatures between 75 and 80 Degrees. Next Sunday looks partly sunny with high temperatures between 70 and 75 Degrees.

Showers & Isolated Thunderstorms With Small Hail Will Continue Through This Afternoon

For This Afternoon: An area of showers with isolated thunderstorms are now pushing northward into the area at the time of this writing. This means that fairly widespread showers can be expected throughout this afternoon. In addition, there’s the possibility for an isolated thunderstorm or two. Any of the really heavier showers or thunderstorms may produce some small hail. Temperatures this afternoon will be around 50 Degrees. Winds will be South at 10 to 20 mph. Tonight: Any remaining showers will come to an end this evening with some partial clearing possible during the overnight hours. Low temperatures will be between 40 and 45 Degrees. Winds will be South at 5 to 10 mph. Wednesday: A very pesky upper level low pressure system will control the weather during Wednesday. This means that another round of scattered showers can be expected from about mid to late morning through the afternoon hours of Wednesday. An isolated afternoon thunderstorm or two is also a possibility. High temperatures will be near 55 Degrees. Winds will be Southeast at 5 to 10 mph. Thursday Through Friday: That upper level low pressure system will gradually move away during Thursday and Friday. It’ll still be close enough to produce some shower activity on both Thursday afternoon and Friday afternoon. Thursday looks cloudy with some scattered afternoon showers. High temperatures will be near 50 Degrees. Winds will be Northeast at 10 to 20 mph. Friday also looks cloudy with some scattered afternoon showers. High temperatures will be near 55 Degrees.

Heavy Rain With Isolated Thunderstorms Late This Afternoon Through Tonight

Radar imagery as of mid-afternoon indicated that an area of heavy rain is pushing northward across southern Connecticut and southern Rhode Island. It is expected that heavy rain will rapidly overspread the entire area from south to north starting across areas near and south of the Mass Pike by 4 pm and then reaching areas near Route 2 by 5 pm. Heavy rain is then expected to continue right into a majority of tonight. That said, the heaviest rainfall appears that it’ll occur between 7 pm and midnight or so. In addition to this, there’s expected to be enough unstable air around so that some isolated thunderstorms are likely. Any thunderstorms that do occur this evening will produce extremely heavy rainfall and localized flooding. Rain is expected to gradually come to an end between 4 am and 6 am Monday morning. Rainfall totals from late this afternoon through tonight will range between 1 and 2 inches with localized amounts of up to 3 inches possible. Reports from southern Connecticut and southern Rhode Island indicate that torrential rainfall is now occurring there leading to very poor travel conditions. This means that I want you to be aware that extremely poor travel conditions are likely once the rain begins across the area during the 5-6 pm hour due to very heavy rain. These very poor travel conditions are likely to continue through tonight due to very poor travel conditions caused by heavy rain, road flooding and low visibilities.