Very High Fire Danger Values Are Expected To Continue Throughout This Upcoming Week Across Western & Central Mass

For Tonight: An area of high pressure is expected to control the weather throughout tonight.

Skies are expected to be clear to partly cloudy before midnight and more clouds than clear skies after midnight. Low temperatures will be between 30 and 35 Degrees. Winds will be West to Northwest at 5 to 10 mph.

Monday: Another day of lots of sunshine and very low relative humidity values will lead to very high fire danger values across the entire area.

High temperatures will be between 45 and 50 Degrees. Winds will be North to Northwest at 5 to 10 mph.

Monday Night: Skies are expected to start out clear to partly cloudy during the evening with cloudy skies expected after midnight. Low temperatures will be near 30 Degrees. Winds will be Southeast at 5 to 10 mph.

Tuesday: Cloudy skies are expected on Tuesday as a weak warm front moves in from the west. High temperatures will be near 50 Degrees. Winds will be South to Southeast at 7 to 15 mph.

Tuesday Night: That warm front is expected to push through the area during Tuesday night.

While this warm front is likely to produce some scattered showers across the area during the nighttime hours, it will not be enough to make any difference in the brush fire danger or our very dry conditions.

Temperatures on Tuesday night will remain between 50 and 55 Degrees. Winds will be South at 8 to 16 mph.

Wednesday: Once that warm front pushes through, it’ll help to introduce some warm temperatures during Wednesday. These warm temperatures combined with the very dry ground conditions and expected gusty southwest winds will lead to a very high danger for brush fires across the area throughout Wednesday.

High temperatures will be between 70 and 75 Degrees.

Halloween: A quite warm, dry and partly sunny Halloween is expected across the entire area. In addition, there will be gusty southwest winds throughout the day. All of these conditions will lead to another day of very high brush fire danger.

High temperatures will be between 75 and 80 Degrees.

Thursday Night: A cold front is expected to push through the area late Thursday night.

This will lead to cloudy skies throughout Thursday night along with some scattered showers possible well after midnight. Any rain will be extremely light and unfortunately, will not make a dent in our very dry conditions. Also, any rain on Thursday night will likely occur well after Trick Or Treating Thursday evening.

Low temperatures will be between 55 and 60 Degrees.

Friday: Any leftover scattered showers will come to an end during the morning with skies becoming partly sunny during the afternoon.

High temperatures will be near 60 Degrees.

Very High To Extremely High Fire Danger This Weekend Across Western & Central Mass

The combination of very dry ground conditions, northwest winds that will gust up to 30-35 mph, low relative humidity values and lots of sunshine will lead to a very high to extremely high fire danger throughout all of Today and also throughout all of Sunday across the entire area.

My recommendation to you is to avoid any activities that could lead to a quickly moving and quickly spreading brush fire or wildfire. These include having bonfires, using chainsaws or power tools in high grass or in dry leaves, idling your vehicle in tall grass or on dry leaves, improperly discarding cigarettes and dumping ash in leaves or high grass.

Given the expected conditions today and Sunday, any fires that do start will be able to quickly spread and this is why the fire danger is so extremely high.

Very High Fire Danger Expected This Weekend Across Western & Central Mass

For Tonight: A “dry” cold front is expected to push through the area late tonight.

While there will be no showers at all with the front, it will cause skies to become cloudy during the late night hours after a clear start to the night.

Low temperatures will be between 40 and 45 Degrees. Winds will be Southwest at 5 to 10 mph before midnight and West to Northwest at 7 to 14 mph after midnight.

Very High Fire Danger For Saturday: The combination of lots of sunshine, very dry ground conditions, gusty winds and low relative humidity values will lead to a very high danger for brush fires and wildfires throughout Saturday. Any outdoor burning is highly discouraged due to the very high fire danger conditions.

High temperatures will be between 60 and 65 Degrees. Winds will be West to Northwest at 10 to 20 mph with gusts to 30-35 mph.

Saturday Night: Clear to partly cloudy skies are expected throughout Saturday night with low temperatures near 35 Degrees. Winds will be Northwest at 10 to 20 mph with gusts to 30 mph.

Very High Fire Danger Expected On Sunday As Well: Lots of sunshine can be expected on Sunday along with a continuation of gusty Northwest winds. This means that the fire danger on Sunday will be very high and any outdoor burning is highly discouraged.

High temperatures Sunday will be between 50 and 55 Degrees. Winds will be Northwest at 8 to 16 mph with gusts to 25-30 mph.

Next Week’s Weather Outlook: Very little, if any rainfall is anticipated throughout next week leading to a continuation of very dry ground conditions, low relatively humidity levels and a high to very high fire danger.

Monday looks sunny with high temperatures near 50 Degrees.

Tuesday is expected to be partly sunny with high temperatures near 55 Degrees.

A warm up in temperatures is expected for Wednesday and Halloween under partly sunny skies. High temperatures Wednesday will be between 70 and 75 Degrees. High temperatures on Halloween will be between 75 and 80 Degrees. It should be noted that temperatures on Halloween could be in the top 5 warmest Halloweens on record.

Turning to next Friday, it appears that skies will be sunny to partly sunny with high temperatures between 65 and 70 Degrees.