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.

2:30 pm Wednesday Afternoon Weather Update For Western & Central Mass

Bands of heavy rain continue to pivot north and northwestward across the region at the time of this post. In-between these bands of heavy rain, breaks in the clouds have developed revealing some sunshine for a short-time. There are a couple of bands of heavy rain that I do want to mention:

The first band of very heavy rain stretches just to the west of I-91 from Agawam, Feeding Hills and Westfield northward through Southampton and Williamsburg. This band of very heavy rain is moving almost due north & perhaps a little to the northwest. Because of this, many of the hilltowns just west of I-91 are likely to see very heavy rain for at least the next hour, if not longer. This means that flooding of roads, low-lying areas and areas of poor drainage is highly likely. I will be watching this band of very heavy rain closely, in case it pivots into the I-91 corridor.

A second area of moderate to heavy rain is currently set up from near Wilbraham and Monson northward through Belchertown, Pelham, Petersham and Athol. This moderate to heavy rain is likely to continue across the eastern hilltowns of Western Mass for about the next hour or so as it pivots to the northwest.

Heavy rain is also currently occurring all around the Worcester Metro, as well as along I-190, I-290, I-395 and Route 146. Additional heavy rain is now pivoting northwestward from northeastern Connecticut and will reach areas from Sturbridge and Southbridge to Charlton within the next 15 minutes or so & then push into the Worcester Hills west of the city of Worcester in about 30-45 minutes from now. This heavy rain is likely to produce ponding of water on roads and highways, as well as flooding of low-lying areas & areas of poor drainage.

More updates will be posted as needed.