For Tonight: An area of low pressure now located to the southeast of Long Island will move to the northwest towards Southern New England tonight in response to an upper level low pressure system located over Pennsylvania.
This will lead to rain to continue across the entire area throughout tonight.
In addition, it will be windy with East winds of 12 to 24 mph with gusts to 35 mph.
Finally, it will also be quite chilly tonight with temperatures between 35 and 40 Degrees.
All-in-all, a wet, raw and cold night is expected across the entire area.
As we get into the late night hours of tonight, it appears likely that some colder air aloft will work into the area from southwest to northeast. This means that it might get cold enough for the rain to change to some wet snow in the Berkshires during the very late night hours of tonight. An inch or two of slushy snow accumulation is possible in the Berkshires. Elsewhere, it should be a cold rain throughout tonight.
Friday & Friday Night: It is expected that we will be affected by that upper level low pressure system throughout Friday and Friday night. This will lead to waves of on and off rain to continue, especially during late Friday afternoon and Friday night.
During Friday morning, skies will be cloudy and it looks like there will be a break in the rain across Central Mass. Across Western Mass, some periods of rain will continue in the Pioneer Valley with wet snow expected across the Berkshires. Again, there’s the possibility of 1 to 2 inches of slushy snow in the Berkshires.
During Friday afternoon, the precipitation looks to end across the entire area. By late in the afternoon, however, another piece of atmospheric energy will push from south to north towards our area. This means that there will be an increase in scattered rain shower activity during the late afternoon hours of Friday.
High temperatures Friday will be near 45 Degrees. Winds will be South at 10 to 20 mph in the morning and Southeast at 10 to 20 mph in the afternoon.
Turning to Friday night, that piece of atmospheric energy will cross the region. This means that on and off rain will continue across the region. Which areas of Western and Central Mass sees the steadiest rain remains to be seen. Some weather forecast guidance seems to point towards the steadiest rain occurring across Central Mass and as far west as I-91. Other weather forecast guidance shows the steadiest rain occurring over northern Worcester County as well as across the upper Pioneer Valley.
Also, some wet snow may occur in the northern Worcester Hills and the Berkshires during the late night hours of Friday night with little, if any snow accumulation expected.
Low temperatures Friday night will be near 35 Degrees. Winds will be North to Northeast at 8 to 16 mph.
Saturday: Depending on the track of that piece of atmospheric energy, it’s possible that rain will continue during Saturday morning, mostly across Central Mass.
The upper level low pressure system will then begin to move northeastward towards Atlantic Canada during Saturday afternoon. This means that the rain will be done by afternoon, but skies will still be cloudy during the afternoon.
High temperatures will be near 45 Degrees. Winds will be Northwest at 10 to 20 mph with gusts to 30-35 mph.
Sunday: The weather looks to improve during Sunday as an area of high pressure begins to build into the area.
Skies on Sunday will be partly sunny with high temperatures near 45 Degrees.
Monday: Skies will be sunny during Monday with high temperatures between 45 and 50 Degrees.
Tuesday: A frontal system is expected to move across the area during Tuesday.
This means that skies on Tuesday will be cloudy and there will be some scattered showers around. High temperatures will be between 50 and 55 Degrees.
Wednesday: A nice day for Thanksgiving travel looks likely on Wednesday with sunny to partly sunny skies expected. High temperatures will be between 40 and 45 Degrees.
Thanksgiving Weekend Outlook: I am already being asked by some of you about the possibility of a Thanksgiving weekend snowstorm. Even though the idea of a snowstorm next weekend would be certainly exciting, it’s something that is way too soon to even talk about. The reason why is because a 7 to 10 day snowfall forecast is extremely uncertain and a snowfall forecast like this is almost impossible and likely to be wrong.
What I can say with certainty is that the weather pattern starting next weekend and continuing into December looks colder than average for temperature and it also looks potentially stormy. Whether this translates into a snowstorm or if it ends up being a cold rain or something in-between remains to be seen. One thing it does look is quite interesting and pretty exciting for those of us who are meteorologists.
For now, this is what I’m thinking in terms of weather for Thanksgiving weekend:
Thanksgiving Day currently looks dry, but cold with high temperatures between 37 and 42 Degrees.
Friday looks like there might be a very cold rain. Also, it’s possible there might be some snow mixed in with the rain in the Berkshires and the Worcester Hills. High temperatures will be near 40 Degrees.
Saturday looks cloudy, cold and windy with some scattered snow flurries possible. High temperatures will be near 35 Degrees.
Next Sunday looks partly sunny with high temperatures near 35 Degrees.
Thank you