Shower Activity Becomes More Widespread Late This Afternoon Into Tonight

For The Rest Of This Afternoon: All of Central Mass and areas of Western Mass outside of the Berkshires will remain in-between the widespread showers associated with an eastward moving cold front and heavy rain associated with what’s left of Tropical Storm Philippe. This means that cloudy skies with a few hit or miss showers look likely throughout the rest of this afternoon. Much more widespread showers should overspread Western Mass by late this afternoon with these widespread encroaching on the western Worcester Hills by sunset today. Temperatures the rest of this afternoon will be between 65 and 70 Degrees with humid conditions. Winds will be East at 5 to 10 mph. Tonight: A strong cold front is expected to push its way across the region this evening bringing with it widespread showers with locally heavy rainfall across all of Western and Central Mass throughout the first half of tonight. These showers should come to an end between midnight and 2 am across Western Mass and then come to an end between 1 am and 3 am across Central Mass. Skies then will clear out late tonight with a drastic change in the air mass from humid conditions to cool and very dry conditions after midnight tonight. Low temperatures will be between 45 and 50 Degrees. Winds will be North at 10 to 20 mph before midnight and West to Northwest at 10 to 20 mph with gusts to 30 mph after midnight. Sunday & Sunday Night: I should be able to finally pull out our air conditioners on Sunday as a cool, windy and very comfortable air mass continues to rush into the region. In fact, I think it’s quite safe for you to shut off your A/C units for the season. Skies on Sunday will start out sunny to partly sunny with a mixture of sunshine and clouds expected during the afternoon. A hit or miss isolated shower is possible during the afternoon, especially in the Berkshires and across the Worcester Hills. It will also be windy on Sunday. High temperatures will be near 60 Degrees. Winds will be West at 15 to 20 mph with gusts to 30 to 40 mph. Skies should become clear to partly cloudy during Sunday evening with clear skies expected after midnight Sunday night. Low temperatures will be between 40 and 45 Degrees. Winds will be West at 5 to 10 mph. Monday: Skies will start out sunny during Monday with an increase in clouds expected by late in the day. High temperatures will be between 55 and 60 Degrees. Winds will be West at 10 to 20 mph. Tuesday: A piece of atmospheric energy rotating around a big upper level low pressure system located near Hudson Bay will lead to the development of a weak low pressure system that tracks near the region during the day on Tuesday. This means that cloudy skies are expected on Tuesday with some scattered showers possible. High temperatures will be between 60 and 65 Degrees. Wednesday & Thursday: That big upper level low pressure system over southern Canada should gradually weaken by the middle part of next week. This means that while Wednesday and Thursday both should have a mixture of sunshine and clouds during the day, it should stay dry. High temperatures on both Wednesday and Thursday will be between 60 and 65 Degrees.