Very Little Or No Snow Is Expected On Sunday Across Western & Central Mass; All Looks Quiet In Terms Of Weather Next Week

For Tonight & Saturday: Clear skies with bitter cold temperatures are expected throughout tonight. Low temperatures will be between Zero and 5 below zero. Winds will be West to Northwest at 10 to 20 mph. Wind chill temperatures will be near 20 below zero tonight.

Saturday looks to be a sunny to partly sunny day with high temperatures around 15 Degrees. Winds will be Northwest at 6 to 12 mph.

Sunday: It appears that an intense low pressure system will stay too far east of our area to give us really any snow on Sunday across all of Western and Central Mass.

Skies during the day on Sunday will feature varying amounts of clouds. In addition, all of Western Mass and a majority of Central Mass will likely see no snow at all during Sunday. The exception to this will be across far southeastern parts of Worcester County where some snow showers are possible during Sunday afternoon.

High temperatures will be near 25 Degrees. Winds will be North at 15 to 20 mph.

Next Week’s Weather Outlook: As a whole, next week looks quiet in terms of weather across the entire area.

Monday looks sunny with high temperatures between 30 and 35 Degrees.

Tuesday looks sunny with high temperatures near 30 Degrees.

Wednesday is expected to be partly sunny with high temperatures near 30 Degrees.

Thursday looks partly sunny with high temperatures near 30 Degrees.

Friday is expected to be partly sunny with high temperatures between 30 and 35 Degrees.

Sunday’s Storm Looks To Be A Miss For Western Mass & To Bring A Very Glancing Blow Across Central Mass

For Tonight & Friday: Bitterly cold temperatures are expected from tonight through Friday & Friday night across the entire area as a blast of Arctic air invades.

Clear skies are expected tonight with low temperatures between Zero and 5 below zero. Winds will be West to Northwest at 10 to 20 mph with gusts to 30 mph. Wind chill temperatures will be around 20 below zero.

Friday is expected to be sunny to partly sunny with high temperatures between 5 and 10 Degrees. Winds will be West to Northwest at 15 to 20 mph with gusts to 30 mph. Wind chill temperatures will be around 20 below zero in the morning and around 10 below zero in the afternoon.

Clear skies are expected on Friday night with low temperatures between Zero and 5 below zero. Winds will be Northwest at 10 to 20 mph. Wind chill temperatures will be around 20 below zero.

Saturday: Another cold day is expected on Saturday under partly sunny skies. High temperatures will be around 15 Degrees.

Sunday’s Storm Looks To Be A Miss For Western Mass & To Bring A Very Glancing Blow Across Central Mass: I continue to closely monitor the expected development of a low pressure system that’ll move from offshore of the North Carolina coast on Saturday to well south and east of Nantucket on Sunday. The track of this storm system looks to be far enough offshore to spare all of Western and Central Mass a significant winter storm on Sunday. It seems instead that this storm system may be a complete miss for Western Mass, but may be a glancing blow for Central Mass leading to some light snow on Sunday afternoon & Sunday evening.

While not likely at this time, I will be keeping an eye on the very slight possibility for this storm system to track much closer to our area than what is being forecast right now. Should this occur, (again, I think this seems highly unlikely right now) it would mean snow would occur across all of Western and Central Mass leading to several inches of wind-blown snow. Again, I want to strongly emphasize that I’m not expecting this to occur, but it’s something that I wanted to mention, just in case.

Finally, be very wary when scrolling social media. There continues to be some in the weather community that are still trying to needlessly hype this storm & wind everyone up into a frenzy. Ignore those posts!! Why? Because oftentimes these posts only cherry pick the scariest weather model just for the views, clicks & shares. I can tell you that a lot of time goes into me making a weather forecast that gives you a calm & measured analysis that actually has some integrity. I will always value my integrity over trying to make money with clickbait posts.

Anyways, Here Is My Forecast For Sunday & Sunday Night: Some light snow looks possible across Central Mass during Sunday afternoon and Sunday evening. Meanwhile, it appears that the shield of snow will probably not reach Western Mass & thus cloudy skies are expected with no snow.

As for possible snow amounts, they will range from nothing across Western Mass to 1 to 3 inches of snow accumulation across Central Mass during Sunday afternoon and Sunday evening.

High temperatures Sunday will be near 20 Degrees. Low temperatures Sunday night will be between 5 and 10 Degrees. Winds will be North to Northeast at 15 to 20 mph throughout Sunday and Sunday night.

It goes without saying that I continue to keep very close tabs on this storm & will have more updates for you over the next couple of days.

An Intense Coastal Storm Looks To Be Either A Glancing Blow Or A Near Miss For Western & Central Mass On Sunday

For Tonight & Thursday: Varying amounts of cloud cover can be expected throughout tonight. Low temperatures will be around 5 Degrees. Winds will be West to Northwest at 6 to 12 mph.

Thursday looks to feature a mixture of sunshine and clouds. High temperatures will be between 15 and 20 Degrees. Winds will be West to Northwest at 10 to 20 mph.

Thursday Night & Friday: Yet another shot of Arctic air will push into the area during Thursday night and Friday bringing the possibility of below zero low temperatures on both Thursday night and Friday night.

Thursday night looks clear to partly cloudy with low temperatures between Zero and 5 below zero. Winds will be West to Northwest at 10 to 20 mph. Wind chill temperatures on Thursday night will be around 20 below zero.

Friday is expected to be sunny to partly sunny and quite cold with high temperatures between 10 and 15 Degrees. Winds will be West to Northwest at 15 to 20 mph. Wind chill temperatures during Friday will be 10 to 20 below zero during the morning and around 5 below zero during the afternoon.

Friday night is expected to be clear to partly cloudy with low temperatures between Zero and 5 below zero. Winds will be West to Northwest at 10 to 20 mph. Wind chill temperatures on Friday night will be around 20 below zero.

Saturday: Cold but sunny weather is expected on Saturday with high temperatures around 15 Degrees.

Intense Coastal Storm Looks To Be Either A Glancing Blow Or A Near Miss On Sunday: First things first, I do not think a direct hit is likely from an intense coastal storm system on Sunday across Western & Central Mass (famous last words). Instead, I’m leaning towards either this being a glancing blow or a near miss (a glancing blow seems very slightly more possible than a near miss).

An area of low pressure system is expected to form off of the North Carolina coast on Saturday and Saturday night. This storm system is then expected to rapidly strengthen and become an intense storm as it heads northeastward during the day on Sunday.

The exact track of this storm system in relation to our area remains uncertain. Where this storm system tracks is critical in figuring out what sorts of impacts this storm will have on our weather here across Western and Central Mass. Even slight shifts in the track of the storm can have large changes in the overall weather on Sunday.

Looking at the latest weather forecast guidance reveals that there has been some trends towards a slightly further offshore storm track. This bolsters my confidence in that this will either be a near miss with no snow at all occurring or a glancing blow which would lead to some snow accumulation across the entire area on Sunday.

Here Are My Thoughts: I currently think that this low pressure system will pass just south and east of Nantucket during the day on Sunday. This sort of track will spare all of Western & Central Mass from widespread significant impacts in terms of snow & wind.

Instead, I think that this track may end up being just close enough to bring some snow to Central Mass with either snow showers or no snow at all across Western Mass during the day on Sunday.

As for snow amounts, should this storm bring a glancing blow to the area, it would mean snow amounts that range from nearly nothing across Western Mass to something like 1 to 3 inches or 2 to 4 inches of snow accumulation across Central Mass.

Bottom line is that while all options are still on the table from a complete miss to a direct hit, I’m leaning much more towards it being a glancing blow. That being said, we are still 4 days away from this storm affecting our weather & any small changes in the track of the storm would lead to big changes in the forecast for Sunday.

It goes without saying that I’m watching this storm extremely closely & will have more updates for you in the coming days.