A Widespread Frost Is Likely Tonight & Tuesday Morning Across Western & Central Mass

For This Afternoon: An area of high pressure will build into the region this afternoon. This means that skies will be partly sunny with temperatures around 55 Degrees. Winds will be Northwest at 8 to 16 mph. Tonight: That high pressure system will move right over the area tonight. This will lead to a clear night with a widespread frost likely across the entire area. In fact, some isolated areas may see a hard freeze tonight. Low temperatures will be between 32 and 37 Degrees. Winds will be Northwest at 5 to 10 mph. Tuesday: That high pressure system will give the entire area lots of sunshine throughout Tuesday with high temperatures near 60 Degrees. Winds will be Southwest at 5 to 10 mph. Wednesday Through Friday: This entire week looks fabulous with lots of sunshine expected. As we get into the second half of this week, temperatures are expected to warm up to readings that are above average for this time of year. Wednesday will be sunny to partly sunny with high temperatures between 65 and 70 Degrees. Winds will be Southwest at 5 to 10 mph. Thursday and Friday both look partly sunny with high temperatures between 70 and 75 Degrees. Weekend Weather Forecast: We may actually see a dry weekend with warm temperatures on Saturday and cooler temperatures on Sunday. The fly in the ointment is going to be a southeastward moving frontal system which looks to reach our area sometime on Sunday or Sunday night. Weather forecast guidance seems to suggest the front may hold off moving through until very late Sunday and Sunday night. If this happens, then we may end up with no rain at all on either Saturday or Sunday. Saturday looks sunny with high temperatures near 75 Degrees. Sunday is expected to start out sunny to partly sunny with some increase in clouds during the afternoon. At this point, scattered showers look to hold off until Sunday night. High temperatures Sunday will be between 65 and 70 Degrees. Next Week’s Weather Outlook (Hint – A Shot Of Some Pretty Chilly Air Moves In): That cold front will possibly pull in some of the coldest air so far this season across the entire area for the period from Halloween into the first few days of November. At the same time this is happening, we’re going to have to keep an eye on the possibility of a low pressure system moving east-northeastward into our area. At this time, it looks like high temperatures from Halloween through the first few days of November look to be in the mid 40s and low temperatures will be in the 30 to 35 Degree range. As for that possible low pressure system, current indications are that it may move through next Tuesday night (Halloween night) and next Wednesday. If this occurs, it could lead to some rain to occur across much of the area. The exception may be across the Berkshires and the far northern Worcester Hills where some wet snow may mix in with the rain at times. This is something that I’ll be keeping an eye on for all of you Trick-Or-Treaters.