Rain Showers Expected Friday Afternoon & Friday Night Across Western & Central Mass

For Tonight: Any leftover clouds early this evening will give way to clear to partly cloudy skies during the overnight hours of tonight. Low temperatures will be between 20 and 25 Degrees. Winds will be Southwest at 5 to 10 mph. Thursday & Thursday Night: An area of high pressure will control the weather during the day on Thursday bringing with it lots of sunshine throughout the day. High temperatures will be near 45 Degrees. Winds will be Southwest at 5 to 10 mph. Clear to partly cloudy skies are expected for Thursday night with low temperatures near 35 Degrees. Winds will be Southwest at 10 to 20 mph. Friday & Friday Night: A frontal system is expected to push through the area during Friday afternoon and Friday night bringing with it the likelihood of rain shower activity. Friday will start out with clouds increasing across the area. Widespread rain showers are then expected throughout Friday afternoon and Friday night. High temperatures Friday will be between 45 and 50 Degrees. Low temperatures Friday night will be between 35 and 40 Degrees. This Weekend: That frontal system will be pushing off to the east during Saturday, however, I think that there will be some instability left over across the area. This means that Saturday looks like it’ll feature a mixture of sunshine and clouds and there will be some scattered rain showers around during the afternoon. High temperatures will be near 45 Degrees. Sunday looks cloudy as we will be in-between weather systems. High temperatures will be near 45 Degrees. A Storm To Really Keep An Eye On For Early Next Week: I think that we are going to have to really keep an eye on the weather for Monday as weather forecast guidance are pointing towards a low pressure system moving near Southern New England. There are a lot of questions as to where this storm system may track and what the temperatures will be like during Monday. We are probably going to have the moisture and energy to produce precipitation on Monday and Monday night. The question becomes whether sub-freezing air will be pulled southward or not. If it’s not, then this would end up being a mostly all rain event. On the other hand, if that cold air is pulled into the area, then we’d be looking at snow with several inches of accumulation definitely possible. At this point, I definitely think precipitation starts as rain on Monday and then possibly mixes with and maybe even changes to snow later Monday afternoon and Monday night. It’s definitely a storm to keep close tabs on.