Two Soaking Rainfalls Are Expected Across Western & Central Mass – The First Tonight & The Second Late Saturday Night Through Sunday

For The Rest Of This Afternoon Through Tonight: An area of low pressure now located over the eastern Carolinas is expected to track across Southern New England later tonight. This storm system will combine with a stationary front that’s now positioned across the region to really wring out the water across the region. This means that a soaking rainfall is expected tonight across the entire area.

Rain will overspread the area beginning near and south of the Mass Pike by about 4 pm and then reaching the Route 2 corridor by about 6 pm.

Rain, which will be heavy at times, is expected throughout the night tonight. It appears that the heaviest rain can be expected between about 10-11 pm and about 3-4 am or so.

Rainfall totals tonight are expected to average between 1 and 2 inches across the entire area.

Temperatures the rest of this afternoon will be near 50 Degrees. Low temperatures tonight will be between 40 and 45 Degrees. Winds during the rest of this afternoon will be South at 5 to 10 mph. Winds tonight will be East to Northeast at 10 to 20 mph.

Thursday: Thursday is looking like a raw and miserable day with low clouds, areas of fog and drizzle and on and off shower activity throughout the day.

Temperatures during Thursday will be between 40 and 45 Degrees. Winds will be Northeast at 15 to 25 mph. The combination of temperatures in the low 40s and the gusty northeast winds will make it feel very raw with wind chill temperatures in the 30s.

Friday: Friday still looks like it’ll be a nice day with partly sunny skies and high temperatures between 45 and 50 Degrees. Winds will be North at 10 to 20 mph.

Saturday: Saturday looks to be a dry day, although, it’ll likely feature increasing clouds throughout the day. High temperatures will be near 45 Degrees.

Another Heavy Rainfall Is Expected Late Saturday Night Through Sunday: Our next soaking rainfall looks to affect the area from later Saturday night through the day on Sunday.

Rain will once again overspread the entire area just before midnight Saturday night. The rain will then be heavy at times from after midnight Saturday night right through a large part of the day on Sunday. The rain will come to an end by late Sunday afternoon or early Sunday evening.

Rainfall amounts Saturday night through Sunday will likely average between 1 and 2 inches. This additional rainfall coming so close to tonight’s heavy rainfall is probably going to lead to the potential for street, highway and urban flooding. In addition, small stream, creek and river flooding is certainly a possibility and is something that’ll need to be watched.

Temperatures on Saturday night will be between 35 and 40 Degrees. High temperatures will be between 45 and 50 Degrees.

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Lots Of Wet Weather Is Expected The Rest Of This Week Through The Weekend Across Western & Central Mass

For Tonight: An area of high pressure will push off to the east during tonight while an area of low pressure moves due north along the Mid-Atlantic coast.

Skies will become completely cloudy by midnight tonight with cloudy skies then expected during the after midnight hours of tonight. Low temperatures will be between 35 and 40 Degrees. Winds will be Northeast at 5 to 10 mph.

Tuesday & Tuesday Night: That low pressure system is expected to track from the northern Mid-Atlantic states during the morning and across Southern New England during the afternoon.

On and off rain, which should be generally light in intensity is expected to overspread the region from south to north between 8 am and 11 am Tuesday morning. Occasional light rain then looks to continue through all of Tuesday afternoon and all of Tuesday evening.

Light rain then comes to an end by midnight Tuesday night.

Total rainfall amounts from Tuesday through Tuesday evening will average between one quarter of an inch (0.25”) and one half of an inch (0.50”).

High temperatures Tuesday will be near 45 Degrees. Temperatures on Tuesday night will remain around 45 Degrees. Winds Tuesday will be Northeast at 5 to 10 mph. Winds Tuesday night will be South at 5 to 10 mph.

Wednesday Through Thursday: A heavier rainfall is looking likely across the entire area during Wednesday night and Thursday as a coastal storm system tracks across Southern New England.

Rain will once again overspread the entire area during Wednesday afternoon with rain, heavy at times, expected throughout Wednesday night and much of Thursday.

Current indications seem to point towards rainfall totals will be between 1 and 2 inches across the entire area.

High temperatures Wednesday will be near 55 Degrees. Low temperatures Wednesday night will be between 40 and 45 Degrees. High temperatures Thursday will be between 45 and 50 Degrees.

Friday: Friday looks to be an actual nice day with partly sunny skies expected. High temperatures will be between 45 and 50 Degrees.

This Coming Weekend: Yet another low pressure system crossing our area may bring yet another heavy rainfall event from Saturday afternoon right through all of Sunday. Possible rainfall amounts of another 1 to 2 inches are a possibility.

High temperatures Saturday will be between 40 and 45 Degrees. Low temperatures Saturday night will be between 35 and 40 Degrees. High temperatures Sunday will be near 45 Degrees.