Rest Of The Weekend Weather Forecast For Western & Central Mass

For The Rest Of This Afternoon: An area of high pressure is expected to bring lots of sunshine for the rest of this afternoon with temperatures around 85 Degrees. That said, there is expected to be a continuation of the milky, hazy look to the sky, which is being caused by smoke from wild fires across the Western United States. Winds will be Northwest at 5 to 10 mph. Tonight & Sunday: That high pressure system will push to the east during tonight and Sunday with increasing moisture expected during the day on Sunday. Skies tonight will be clear to partly cloudy with low temperatures between 60 and 65 Degrees. Winds will be West at 5 to 10 mph. Sunday will start out partly sunny, but clouds will be on the increase during the afternoon. In addition, it looks like there will be some scattered showers during the afternoon thanks to the increase of moisture from the southwest. High temperatures will be near 80 Degrees. Winds will be West to Southwest at 5 to 10 mph. Sunday Night & Monday: A wave of low pressure is expected to move to the south of New England during the day on Monday. This means that cloudy skies with some scattered shower activity is expected on Sunday night. Low temperatures will be between 60 and 65 Degrees. Winds will be West to Southwest at 5 to 10 mph. Monday will probably start out cloudy, but will become partly sunny during the afternoon. High temperatures will be between 75 and 80 Degrees. Winds will be Southwest at 5 to 10 mph. Monday Night & Tuesday: A frontal system is expected to approach from the west during Monday night and then move through the area during Tuesday. Skies on Monday night will once again become cloudy and there will probably be some scattered showers after midnight. Low temperatures will be near 65 Degrees. Widespread showers with scattered thunderstorms are expected on Tuesday as that frontal system pushes through the region. While locally very heavy downpours will be the main threat with any thunderstorm activity, we will have to keep an eye on the possibility for a strong thunderstorm or two during the afternoon. The reason for this is due to the possibility for some robust low-level wind shear to combine with modest amounts of unstable air that could help to produce some stronger thunderstorms. That said, I think the risk for strong to severe thunderstorms is rather low. High temperatures Tuesday will be between 75 and 80 Degrees. Wednesday Through Friday: An area of high pressure will build into the area beginning on Wednesday and will control the weather for Thursday and Friday. Wednesday looks partly sunny with high temperatures between 75 and 80 Degrees. Thursday and Friday are both expected to be sunny with high temperatures around 75 Degrees.