Areas Of Fog & Below Freezing Temperatures Will Lead To The Threat For Black Ice Tonight Across Western & Central Mass (Issued: Late Thursday Afternoon 1/8/2026)

Another Icy Night Is Expected Tonight With The Threat For Black Ice: An area of high pressure is expected to push to the east during tonight. Skies will be clear to partly cloudy, however, I do think that there will be areas of fog across the region throughout tonight.

The combination of below freezing temperatures, areas of fog and the freezing of snow melt and slush will lead to the threat for black ice during tonight. This black ice threat looks to persist into Friday morning.

I urge you to use caution tonight and Friday morning if you are out and about. Untreated roads will be slick in spots. Decks, stairs, driveways, walkways and parking lots will likely be icy tonight. Because of this, watch that first step when going outside tonight or on Friday morning.

It does appear that the black ice threat should end by mid-morning Friday as temperatures rise above freezing.

Low temperatures tonight will be between 25 and 30 Degrees. Winds will be West to Northwest at 5 to 10 mph.

Friday Afternoon & Friday Night: A southwesterly wind flow looks to set up during Friday afternoon and Friday night. Because of this, temperatures will rise to between 44 and 49 Degrees during Friday afternoon and only fall back to between 35 and 40 Degrees during Friday night. This will lead to a substantial amount of snow melt across the region.

In addition to this, a warm front is expected to push through the region during Friday night. This warm front will likely bring with it some rain showers during Friday evening.

So, Friday afternoon looks cloudy with high temperatures between 44 and 49 Degrees. Winds will be South to Southwest at 10 to 20 mph.

Friday night will be cloudy and there will be some rain shower activity during the evening. Low temperatures will be between 35 and 40 Degrees. Winds will be Southwest at 15 to 20 mph with gusts to 30-35 mph before midnight and West at 15 to 20 mph with gusts to 30-35 mph after midnight.

Saturday Through Sunday: An area of low pressure is expected to track northeastward from the Mid-Atlantic states during Saturday afternoon and then cross Southern New England during Saturday night. This low pressure system is expected to bring rain to the entire area throughout Saturday night.

Saturday looks to start out partly sunny, however, skies will quickly become cloudy by afternoon. Some rain looks to begin overspreading the area by Saturday evening. High temperatures will be around 45 Degrees. Winds will be West at 5 to 10 mph in the morning and East at 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon.

Rain is expected throughout Saturday night. At this point, it appears that rainfall amounts of between one half (0.50”) of an inch and three quarters (0.75”) of an inch can be expected on Saturday night. Low temperatures will be between 35 and 40 Degrees. Winds will be East to Northeast at 6 to 12 mph.

Sunday looks cloudy throughout the day with temperatures in the upper 30s to low 40s.

Sunday Night & Monday: A cold front is expected to push across the area during Sunday evening. This front may have enough forcing and moisture to produce some isolated snow showers during Sunday evening.

Once that front passes, temperatures will quickly fall during the after midnight hours reaching to between 20 and 25 Degrees by late Sunday night. This means that any remaining standing water or moisture will freeze by sunrise Monday morning leading to some slippery conditions for the Monday morning commute.

Monday looks to be a sunny to partly sunny day with high temperatures around 35 Degrees.