Widespread Showers Are Expected Tonight Into Early Saturday Morning; Tuesday Looks COLD Across Western & Central Mass

For The Rest Of This Afternoon: An area of high pressure is expected to move offshore during this afternoon as a frontal system rapidly approaches from the west.

Skies throughout the rest of this afternoon will start out partly sunny early this afternoon & become cloudy by late afternoon. Temperatures will be near 50 Degrees. Winds will be South to Southwest at 10 to 20 mph with gusts to 30 mph.

Tonight: That frontal boundary is expected to push across the region during tonight bringing with it widespread showers.

It appears that widespread showers will overspread all of Western and Central Mass between 8 pm and 10 pm this evening. These widespread showers will continue through a large part of tonight before coming to an end between 3 am and 6 am Saturday morning. That said, some showers may hang on across southern and southeastern Worcester County through at least sunrise Saturday morning.

Low temperatures will be between 40 and 45 Degrees. Winds will be Southwest at 10 to 20 mph with gusts to 30 mph.

Saturday: A majority of the showers will be done by sunrise Saturday morning across much of the area. The only possible exception to this may be across far southern and southeastern parts of Worcester County (I-395 & Route 146 corridors) where some lingering isolated showers may hang on through mid-morning.

By Saturday afternoon, skies are expected to become partly sunny. High temperatures will be near 60 Degrees. Winds will be West to Northwest at 10 to 15 mph.

Sunday & Sunday Night: An area of low pressure is expected to track through the eastern Great Lakes region during Sunday afternoon and Sunday night. At the same time this is occurring, a secondary low pressure system is expected to form near coastal parts of Southern New England late Sunday & track towards the Maine coast on Sunday night.

Cloudy skies are expected throughout the day on Sunday. Rain will begin across the entire area by mid to late afternoon with the rain continuing through all of Sunday night.

High temperatures Sunday will be near 50 Degrees. Low temperatures Sunday night will be between 40 and 45 Degrees. Winds during the day Sunday will be East to Southeast at 5 to 10 mph. Winds on Sunday night will be Northeast at 5 to 10 mph.

Monday: Monday looks to start out with rain continuing throughout the morning. The rain should be done by midday Monday with cloudy skies expected during Monday afternoon.

High temperatures will be near 50 Degrees.

It Looks COLD On Tuesday: A deep upper level trough will dig into the eastern United States leading to the likelihood of a Tuesday that feels very much like winter.

A mixture of sunshine and clouds can be expected throughout the day on Tuesday & it will be windy. In addition, there’s the possibility of an isolated snow flurry or two during the afternoon hours. This slight chance of a snow flurry or two is due to the very cold air mass aloft & streamers of Lake Effect snow squalls moving eastward from the eastern Great Lakes & possibly reaching our area in the form of a snow flurry or two.

High temperatures Tuesday will be between 35 and 40 Degrees.

Wednesday Through Next Friday: While temperatures may be a slight bit milder for the second half of next week, the overall weather pattern looks rather chilly across the region right through the end of next week.

Wednesday is expected to be cloudy with a passing isolated shower or two during the afternoon. High temperatures will be near 50 Degrees.

Thursday looks partly sunny with high temperatures between 40 and 45 Degrees.

Next Friday looks partly sunny with high temperatures near 40 Degrees.