Generally Dry Weather Is Expected This Weekend Across Western & Central Mass; Wet Weather Is Then Expected Late Sunday Night & All Day Monday

For This Afternoon: Even though a weak high pressure system is trying to build into the region, there is expected to be leftover instability from the low pressure system that brought us all of that heavy rain.

This means that a mixture of sunshine and clouds can be expected throughout this afternoon. In addition, there will be some scattered showers & isolated thunderstorms around.

Temperatures will be around 80 Degrees. Dew point temperatures will be between 60 and 65 Degrees. Winds will be West to Northwest at around 10 mph.

Tonight: Clear to partly cloudy skies are expected throughout tonight. Low temperatures will be near 60 Degrees. Winds will be West at 5 to 10 mph.

Saturday Through Sunday: An area of high pressure is expected to control the weather throughout the day on Saturday. This means that partly sunny skies can be expected throughout the day on Saturday. High temperatures will be around 85 Degrees. Dew point temperatures will be around 65 Degrees. Winds will be Southwest at around 10 mph.

Saturday night looks partly cloudy with low temperatures between 60 and 65 Degrees. Winds will be Southwest at around 10 mph.

A frontal system is expected to begin to approach the region during the day on Sunday. At this point, it appears that all of the rain with the front will hold off from affecting our area until Sunday night. Because of this, I expect a cloudy, but dry day on Sunday. High temperatures will be around 80 Degrees. Dew point temperatures will be between 65 and 70 Degrees. Winds will be South to Southwest at 10 to 15 mph.

Sunday Night Through Tuesday: A frontal system is expected to slowly cross the area during late Sunday night and especially during Monday. Plenty of moisture will be pulled northward ahead of this front & this likely will lead to widespread showers and scattered thunderstorms with heavy downpours to occur across all of Western and Central Mass from late Sunday night through all day Monday. While late Sunday night and Monday look wet, it does not look as though we will see the excessive amounts of rain like we just saw with our last storm system.

Sunday night will be cloudy & some widespread showers will overspread the entire area by very late Sunday night. Low temperatures will be near 65 Degrees.

Widespread showers and scattered thunderstorms are expected throughout the day on Monday. Heavy downpours can be expected with some of the heavier showers and thunderstorms. High temperatures Monday will be near 75 Degrees. Dew point temperatures will be around 70 Degrees.

Showers look to persist into Monday night & we will have to keep an eye on the speed of the frontal boundary. The reason for this is that if this front should slow down any as it crosses the region, it could extend the showers with heavy downpours well into Tuesday. For now though, it appears that the front should clear the region by Tuesday leading to increasing sunshine during the day on Tuesday. Low temperatures Monday night will be near 60 Degrees. High temperatures Tuesday will be around 80 Degrees.

As of right now, total rainfall amounts from late Sunday night through Monday & into Monday evening will average around one inch or so across all of Western and Central Mass.

Early Thursday Morning Weather Update For Western & Central Mass

Fairly widespread shower activity, some of it moderate to heavy in intensity, are pushing their way from east to west across Western and Central Mass at the time of this post. I expect to see a continuation of these widespread showers moving from east to west across the entire area for the rest of the night through sunrise this morning.

During the day TODAY, expect on and off shower activity throughout the day. These showers likely will move from northeast to southwest on the backside of a low pressure system that will be positioned in the Gulf of Maine. A few of these showers are likely to be heavy in intensity & produce short-lived heavy downpours. High temperatures today will be between 70 and 75 Degrees. Dew point temperatures will be in the low to mid 60s. Winds will be North at 10 to 15 mph.

Those showers will be out of here by FRIDAY & because of this, I expect to see a mixture of sunshine and clouds throughout the day on Friday. High temperatures will be around 80 Degrees. Dew point temperatures will be in the low to mid 60s. Winds will be West to Northwest at around 10 mph.

SATURDAY looks partly sunny with high temperatures around 85 Degrees. Dew point temperatures will be in the mid 60s. Winds will be Southwest at around 10 mph.

SUNDAY looks to start out partly sunny, but clouds will be on the increase during the afternoon as a frontal system begins to approach the area from the west. High temperatures Sunday will be between 80 and 85 Degrees. Dew point temperatures will be near 65 Degrees.

That frontal boundary looks to push through the area during Sunday night and Monday bringing with it a round of widespread showers across all of Western and Central Mass. These showers look most likely during the day on Monday and during Monday night.

5:15 pm Wednesday Afternoon Weather Update For Western & Central Mass

Very heavy rain currently extends in an area from Hampden & Monson northward through Ludlow, Palmer, Bondsville, Ware, Pelham and Shutesbury. This very heavy rain is moving almost due north with perhaps a slight northeastward path.

Because of the nearly due north track this very heavy rain is taking, it is expected to continue raining very hard across Hampden, Monson, Ludlow and Palmer for at least the next 30 minutes. Further north, very heavy rain is expected to continue in and around Belchertown, Ware, Pelham, Shutesbury and Orange for at least the next hour. This very heavy rain is likely to lead to flooding of roads and highways, as well as flooding of low-lying areas and areas of poor drainage.

Moderate to heavy rain is likely to continue falling from Sturbridge and Southbridge to Charlton and northward into the Worcester Hills to the west and northwest of the city of Worcester for at least the next 45 minutes to one hour.