Weekend Weather Forecast For Western & Central Mass

For The Rest Of This Afternoon & Tonight: Lots of clouds can be expected throughout the rest of this afternoon. Temperatures will only be between 30 and 35 Degrees. Winds will be Northeast at 6 to 12 mph.

Cloudy skies are expected throughout tonight. It should be noted that the combination of residual moisture and below freezing temperatures will lead to areas of black ice across the entire area throughout tonight. Low temperatures will be between 25 and 30 Degrees. Winds will be Northeast at 5 to 10 mph before midnight and Southwest at 5 to 10 mph after midnight.

This Weekend: A southwesterly wind flow will be in place across the region throughout this weekend. This southwesterly wind flow will pull in some milder air into the region, especially on Sunday.

Saturday looks cloudy with high temperatures between 45 and 50 Degrees. Winds will be Southwest at 5 to 10 mph in the morning and Southwest at 10 to 20 mph with gusts to 30 mph in the afternoon.

A frontal boundary is expected to cross the region during Saturday night. I do expect to see some scattered rain showers accompany the front during the overnight hours of Saturday night. Low temperatures will be around 40 Degrees. Winds will be Southwest at 10 to 20 mph with gusts to 30 mph.

Some leftover scattered showers can be expected during Sunday morning. Skies will then gradually become partly sunny during Sunday afternoon. High temperatures will be around 55 Degrees. Winds will be West at 10 to 15 mph.

Next Week’s Weather Outlook: Monday and Tuesday both look quite mild & this will lead to a pretty quick snowmelt across the region (here comes mud season). This, in turn, is likely to lead to some pretty fast rises on the area rivers and streams. Because of this, we are going to have to keep an eye on the potential for river ice jams and the possibility of river and stream flooding during next week.

Monday looks sunny with high temperatures between 60 and 65 Degrees.

Tuesday looks partly sunny with high temperatures between 60 and 65 Degrees.

A cold front looks to cross the region during Wednesday. Because of this, I expect widespread showers throughout the day on Wednesday with high temperatures between 45 and 50 Degrees.

Thursday will start out with some leftover scattered showers, but skies look to become partly sunny by afternoon. High temperatures will be between 40 and 45 Degrees.

Next Friday looks partly sunny with high temperatures near 45 Degrees.