Showers Late Tonight Through Wednesday Morning Will Give Way To Frosts & Freezes Thursday Night & Then A Possible Fall Nor’Easter Sunday Through Monday

For Tonight: A rather strong cold front is expected to push through the region between late tonight and Wednesday morning.

Skies will become cloudy by this evening & widespread showers will first overspread Western Mass between about 2 am and 4 am. These widespread showers will then overspread Central Mass around 4-5 am or so Wednesday morning.

Low temperatures will be near 55 Degrees. Winds will be Southwest at 10 to 20 mph with gusts to 30 mph.

Wednesday: Widespread showers, some of them heavy in intensity, are expected across the entire area throughout the morning as that cold front moves through.

The showers look to come to an end around midday across Western Mass and then come to an end across Central Mass by about 1-2 pm. Once the showers end, skies will quickly become partly sunny by mid to late afternoon.

Total rainfall amounts of around one half of an inch (0.50”) looks likely across the entire area. Most of this rain should occur between about 7 am and 11 am Wednesday morning.

High temperatures will be between 60 and 65 Degrees. Winds will be North to Northwest at 10 to 15 mph.

Wednesday Night: A strong high pressure system is expected to build into the region beginning on Wednesday night.

Clear skies can be expected throughout Wednesday night with low temperatures between 35 and 40 Degrees.

Thursday Through Friday: That high pressure system will be in full control of the weather throughout Thursday and Friday bringing with it some much cooler temperatures. In addition, it looks likely that this high pressure system will also bring a widespread frost and freeze to much of the area on Thursday night.

Thursday looks sunny with high temperatures between 50 and 55 Degrees. Winds will be North to Northwest at 10 to 20 mph.

Clear skies and lighter winds will lead to temperatures to fall quickly reaching 30 to 35 Degrees by the late night hours. In fact, some of the normally colder locations will probably drop into the upper 20s. This means that a widespread frost and freeze looks very likely & thus will end the growing season across Western and Central Mass.

Friday looks sunny with high temperatures between 55 and 60 Degrees.

Saturday: That high pressure system will remain in control of the weather throughout the day on Saturday.

Skies during the day on Saturday will be sunny with high temperatures near 65 Degrees.

Sunday Through Monday: The weather forecast becomes a lot more uncertain during Sunday and Monday as a pretty strong coastal storm tries to move up the East Coast. The big question becomes how far north will this storm system track, which is very important in determining whether we see any rain and gusty winds or not during Sunday and Monday.

Some of the weather models show this storm system moving far enough north to bring rain and windy conditions beginning late Sunday afternoon and Sunday evening and continuing through Monday.

Other as reliable weather models show the low pressure system being stopped from moving northward by that high pressure system. This would lead to all of the rain and windy conditions to be confined to the Mid-Atlantic states and the Carolinas and no rain at all here in Western and Central Mass.

At this point, I’m leaning towards the idea that this coastal storm will bring at least some impacts in terms of rain and gusty winds, probably from Sunday night through Monday. That being said, this is not a certainty at all & it is just as possible that things remain dry right through Sunday and Monday.

For now, Sunday and Monday look like this:

Sunday looks cloudy with high temperatures near 60 Degrees.

Some rain looks possible throughout Sunday night and all of Monday. In addition, it might also be windy with easterly winds of 15 to 25 mph with some higher gusts. Low temperatures Sunday night will be near 45 Degrees. High temperatures Monday will be near 55 Degrees.