Widespread Showers & A Few Thunderstorms Are Expected From Late Tonight Through Thursday Morning Across Western & Central Mass

Widespread Showers & A Few Thunderstorms Are Expected Late Tonight Through Thursday Morning: A warm front is expected to push through the region during later tonight and Thursday morning. It is expected that widespread showers and a few thunderstorms will accompany this front as it pushes through.

Widespread showers are expected to overspread Western Mass by about midnight tonight and then overspread Central Mass by about 1-2 am. The widespread showers are expected to continue through the late night hours of tonight and through all of Thursday. Additionally, a few thunderstorms can be expected from the predawn hours of Thursday morning through much of Thursday morning. While any thunderstorms are not expected to be strong or severe, they will be capable of producing locally heavy downpours.

This round of widespread showers will come to an end during the late morning hours of Thursday.

Scattered Showers & Thunderstorms Expected Thursday Afternoon & Thursday Evening: That warm front will push off to the east by late morning, which means that there may be a couple of hours where there is no shower activity at all & some peeks of sunshine may occur during the late morning and early afternoon hours of Thursday.

A cold front is expected to push through the area later in the afternoon Thursday. This means that there will be some scattered shower and thunderstorm activity across the entire area between about 2-3 pm and about 8 pm Thursday. At this point, it appears that strong or severe thunderstorms are not expected & instead any thunderstorms that do occur will probably just produce heavy downpours and some lightning.

All of the scattered shower and thunderstorm activity should come to an end just after 8 pm Thursday evening.

High temperatures Thursday afternoon will be around 80 Degrees. It will be quite humid throughout the day on Thursday with dew point temperatures of around 70 Degrees. Winds will be West at 10 to 15 mph.

Friday: A mixture of sunshine and clouds can be expected throughout the day on Friday. It is possible that there could be a very isolated afternoon shower, but a majority of the area should stay dry.

High temperatures will be around 80 Degrees. Dew point temperatures will be in the upper 50s to low 60s. Winds will be West at 10 to 15 mph.

Labor Day Weekend: An upper-level low pressure system is expected to affect our area on Saturday before high pressure builds into the region for Sunday and Labor Day.

Saturday looks to feature a mixture of sunshine and clouds. In addition, there could be a few showers around during the afternoon. High temperatures will be around 70 Degrees. Dew point temperatures will be in the mid and upper 50s.

Sunday is expected to be partly sunny with high temperatures between 70 and 75 Degrees. Dew point temperatures will be in the mid and upper 40s.

Labor Day looks quite nice with lots of sunshine expected. High temperatures will be around 75 Degrees. Dew point temperatures will be in the upper 40s to around 50 Degrees.

11:45 am Tuesday Morning Weather Update For Western & Central Mass

Just as the first wave of moderate to heavy rain has pushed out of the area, it appears that another round of showers with locally heavy rain is now pushing into far northwestern Mass.

This round of widespread showers, which will have areas of heavy rain, will push southeastward across all of Western and Central Mass over the next couple of hours.

This means that it'll begin raining hard again across most areas of Western and Central Mass within the next 30-45 minutes or so. This rain is then expected to last until about 1:30 pm across Western Mass and until about 2 pm or so across a majority of Central Mass.

In addition to the locally heavy rain, a rumble or two of thunder is also possible as these showers push through.

Upcoming Week’s Weather Forecast For Western & Central Mass

For Tonight: Cloudy skies are expected this evening. This will be followed by skies becoming partly cloudy during the after midnight hours of tonight.

Low temperatures will be between 55 and 60 Degrees. Winds will be West to Northwest at around 10 mph.

Monday & Monday Night: Partly sunny skies are expected throughout the day on Monday. High temperatures will be around 80 Degrees. Dew point temperatures will be in the upper 50s to low 60s. Winds will be North at 5 to 10 mph in the morning and Southwest at around 10 mph in the afternoon.

An area of low pressure is expected to track southeastward along a frontal boundary during Monday night. This means that cloudy skies can be expected throughout Monday night. In addition, scattered showers can be expected during Monday evening with widespread showers likely during the after midnight hours. Locally heavy rainfall is a possibility with the shower activity during the after midnight hours. Low temperatures will be between 55 and 60 Degrees. Winds will be South to Southwest at around 10 mph.

Tuesday Through Thursday: A period of unsettled weather is expected from Tuesday through Thursday as a frontal boundary stalls just to our west across New York State. This will place our area in-between a cooler air mass just to our northeast and a very warm and humid air mass just to our southwest.

What looks to potentially occur is that multiple areas of low pressure will ride southeastward along this stalled front leading to periods of showers to occur between Tuesday and Thursday. While it will not rain the entire time, there is likely to be several periods where it will be wet across the region.

Tuesday looks cloudy and there is likely to be on and off showers throughout the day. High temperatures will be around 70 Degrees. Dew point temperatures will be in the low 60s. Winds will be East at around 10 mph.

Wednesday looks cloudy & it appears that there will be a round of widespread showers during the afternoon and nighttime hours. High temperatures will be around 70 Degrees. Dew point temperatures will be in the low 60s.

Thursday looks to feature a mixture of sunshine and clouds throughout the day. In addition, there may be some scattered showers and thunderstorms during the afternoon and evening hours. High temperatures will be near 80 Degrees. Dew point temperatures will be in the mid to upper 60s.

Friday: An area of high pressure is expected to build back into the area for Friday.

Sunny to partly sunny skies are expected on Friday with high temperatures around 75 Degrees. Dew point temperatures will be in the upper 50s.