Rain, Heavy At Times, Is Expected Tonight Across Western & Central Mass

For Tonight: An area of low pressure is expected to strengthen as it moves northeastward and crosses Southern New England late tonight. This storm system will bring a round of heavy rain throughout tonight across the entire area. Rain is expected to overspread all of Western and Central Mass around the 7 to 8 pm time frame this evening and then continue throughout all of tonight. The rain will be heavy at times, especially between midnight and 4 am. The rain is expected to come to an end by sunrise Monday morning with total rainfall amounts tonight of around one inch expected. Low temperatures will be near 35 Degrees. Winds will be East at 10 to 20 mph with gusts to 30 mph. Monday: That low pressure system will push into northern New England by first thing Monday morning and this will lead to a mostly dry day on Monday. Any leftover showers will end by 7-8 am Monday morning with skies becoming sunny to partly sunny by afternoon. High temperatures will be between 45 and 50 Degrees. Winds will be West at 10 to 20 mph with gusts to 30 mph. Monday Night: Clear to partly cloudy skies are expected with low temperatures near 25 Degrees. Winds will be West at 10 to 20 mph. Tuesday Through Wednesday: A cold front is expected to push through the area during the day on Tuesday ushering in some of the coldest air we have seen thus far this season for later Tuesday, Tuesday night and Wednesday. Tuesday looks partly sunny and there may be an isolated snow flurry or two during the afternoon. High temperatures will be near 35 Degrees. Winds will be West at 10 to 20 mph with gusts to 30 mph. Tuesday night is expected to be clear to partly cloudy with low temperatures near 20 Degrees. Winds will be West to Northwest at 10 to 20 mph with gusts to 30 mph. Wind chill temperatures will be around Zero during Tuesday night. Wednesday is expected to be partly sunny with high temperatures between 30 and 35 Degrees. Winds will be West to Northwest at 10 to 20 mph. Thursday Through Friday: A sunny day is expected on Thursday with high temperatures between 40 and 45 Degrees. Friday looks partly sunny with high temperatures between 45 and 50 Degrees. Next Weekend: At this point, it looks like much of next weekend looks dry. The exception looks to be first thing Saturday morning when some leftover rain from Friday night will be coming to an end. This means that rain ends during Saturday morning with skies becoming sunny by Saturday afternoon. High temperatures will be between 40 and 45 Degrees. Next Sunday looks sunny with high temperatures near 40 Degrees.