Wet Weather Is Expected For Saturday Night & Sunday Morning Across Western & Central Mass

For Tonight: Clear to partly cloudy skies this evening will give way to cloudy skies after midnight tonight. Low temperatures will be between 40 and 45 Degrees. Winds will be Southeast at 5 to 10 mph. Saturday: A frontal system will slowly approach the region during the day on Saturday. Cloudy skies are expected throughout the day on Saturday. In addition, some isolated showers can be expected mainly across Western Mass during the afternoon. High temperatures will be between 60 and 65 Degrees. Winds will be East at 10 to 20 mph. Saturday Night & Sunday: That frontal system will continue to push eastward reaching far western Mass by sunrise Sunday morning. That front will then push through the entire region during Sunday morning. Isolated showers are expected during Saturday evening with widespread showers overspreading the region during the after midnight hours of Saturday night. Some of the showers after midnight Saturday night will produce locally heavy rainfall. Widespread showers with locally heavy rainfall is then expected throughout Sunday morning. Shower activity is then expected to come to an end, first across Western Mass by midday Sunday and then across Central Mass during the early afternoon hours of Sunday. Rainfall totals from late Saturday night through Sunday morning will average between one inch and one and one half inches. This is, obviously, going to be extremely beneficial since it’s been so dry lately. Low temperatures Saturday night will be between 45 and 50 Degrees. High temperatures Sunday will be between 55 and 60 Degrees. Winds Saturday night will be East at 10 to 20 mph. Winds on Sunday will be Southeast at 10 to 20 mph with gusts to 30 mph. Next Week’s Weather Outlook: Next week looks fairly unsettled. While it doesn’t look like a total washout by any means, there will be many more chances of rainfall than what we’ve seen recently. Monday looks cloudy and there will be scattered showers around. High temperatures will be near 55 Degrees. Tuesday is expected to be cloudy and there may be some isolated showers around. High temperatures will be between 50 and 55 Degrees. Wednesday looks partly sunny with high temperatures between 55 and 60 Degrees. Thursday is expected to be cloudy with isolated showers. High temperatures will be near 55 Degrees. Next Friday looks partly sunny with high temperatures between 55 and 60 Degrees.

Much More April-Like Weather Is Expected This Coming Week For Western & Central Mass

For Tonight: An easterly wind flow is expected to be in place across the region tonight. This means that low clouds with areas of drizzle and fog can be expected throughout tonight. In addition, there’s likely to be some very isolated showers around, especially after midnight tonight. Low temperatures will be between 45 and 50 Degrees. Winds will be East at 5 to 10 mph. Monday: Low clouds with areas of fog and drizzle is likely throughout the day on Monday due to a persistent easterly wind flow. In addition to this, there’s likely to be some fairly widespread showers around throughout the morning right into the first half of the afternoon as a frontal boundary pushes eastward across the region. Current indications are that this frontal boundary will cross Western Mass around midday and then cross Central Mass during the early and mid-afternoon hours. High temperatures will be near 55 Degrees. Winds will be East at 8 to 16 mph. Tuesday: That frontal boundary will be slow to push offshore during Tuesday. At the same time, there’s likely to be an upper level low pressure system that will be centered over central Quebec province. I do think that the upper level low pressure system should introduce enough cold air aloft to produce instability across the region during Tuesday. This means that there will be a mixture of some sunshine and lots of clouds during the day on Tuesday. In addition, there will be some scattered showers around during the afternoon. Given the cold air aloft, some of the heavier showers could produce some very small hail. High temperatures will be between 53 and 58 Degrees. Winds will be Southwest at 10 to 20 mph. Wednesday: That upper level low pressure system over Quebec province will gradually lift out of the area during Wednesday. There’s likely to be enough instability from that weather feature to produce another day with a mixture of some sunshine and lots of clouds. High temperatures will be near 55 Degrees. Winds will be West at 10 to 20 mph. Thursday & Friday: An area of high pressure will try to build into the area for late this coming week. This means that Thursday will be partly sunny with high temperatures near 65 Degrees. Friday looks partly sunny with high temperatures between 65 and 70 Degrees. Next Weekend: It looks like a fairly robust frontal system will push through the region Saturday afternoon or Saturday night. Saturday looks cloudy with showers expected during the afternoon. The showers then look to continue through Saturday night and Sunday morning. The shower activity looks to come to an end during Sunday afternoon. High temperatures Saturday will be near 60 Degrees. High temperatures next Sunday will be near 60 Degrees.

Extremely High Fire Danger For Tuesday & Wednesday With Very Warm Temperatures End Of This Week

For Tonight: Clear to partly cloudy skies are expected tonight with low temperatures between 35 and 40 Degrees. Winds will be West at 5 to 10 mph. Extremely High Fire Danger Expected Tuesday: I have a significant concern of the threat for brush fires that’ll be able to not only start easily, but also to be able to spread rapidly. The reason for this is due to the combination of very low relative humidity levels, very gusty west winds and very dry ground conditions. Skies on Tuesday will be sunny to partly sunny with high temperatures between 70 and 75 Degrees. Winds will be West at 10 to 20 mph with gusts to 30-35 mph. Extremely High Fire Danger Expected Once Again On Wednesday: Extremely high fire danger is expected once again during Wednesday as the combination of very low relative humidity levels, gusty northwest winds and very dry ground conditions will lead to both the easy ignition of brush fires and the rapid spread of brush fires. Skies on Wednesday will be partly sunny with high temperatures between 70 and 75 Degrees. Winds will be Northwest at 10 to 20 mph with gusts to 30-35 mph. Thursday Through Friday: A big high pressure system will remain in place over the region for Thursday through Friday. This will lead to not only a continuation of lots of sunshine, but also the introduction of some very warm temperatures. Thursday looks sunny to partly sunny with high temperatures near 80 Degrees. Friday is expected to also be sunny to partly sunny with high temperatures approaching 85 Degrees. I also think that the fire danger on Friday could be extremely high once again due to the possibility of low humidity and gusty winds.