A Few Showers & Thunderstorms Are Possible Thursday Afternoon & Thursday Evening Across Western & Central Mass

For The Rest Of This Afternoon & Tonight: A mixture of sunshine and clouds can be expected throughout the rest of this afternoon. Temperatures will be in the mid and upper 70s. Dew point temperatures will be in the upper 50s. Winds will be West to Southwest at 5 to 10 mph.

Partly cloudy skies can be expected throughout tonight. Low temperatures will be around 60 Degrees. Winds will be Southwest at 5 to 10 mph.

Thursday: A frontal system is expected to push across the eastern Great Lakes region during Thursday. Out ahead of this front, it is expected that a surface trough of low pressure will move through our area during Thursday afternoon and Thursday evening. The passage of this surface trough of low pressure may lead to the development of a few showers and thunderstorms during Thursday afternoon and Thursday evening.

A mixture of sunshine and clouds can be expected throughout the day on Thursday. It appears that some showers and thunderstorms will affect mainly Western Mass during the mid and late afternoon hours of Thursday. A few of these thunderstorms may push into Central Mass during Thursday evening, but I think the area that has the higher chance of seeing thunderstorms will be across Western Mass, especially near and west of I-91. In addition, torrential downpours and lightning will accompany any of the thunderstorms that occur during mid and late afternoon Thursday and Thursday evening.

High temperatures Thursday will be in the upper 70s to low 80s. Dew point temperatures will be in the low to mid 60s. Winds will be Southwest at 10 to 20 mph.

Low temperatures Thursday night will be between 60 and 65 Degrees. Winds will be Southwest at 10 to 15 mph.

Friday: That frontal system is expected to push through the region during the day on Friday.

A mixture of some sunshine and lots of clouds can be expected throughout the day on Friday. A few showers and thunderstorms are possible during the afternoon hours. It appears that a majority of the shower and thunderstorm activity that does occur will happen across Central Mass.

High temperatures will be in the upper 70s to low 80s. Dew point temperatures will be in the mid and upper 60s. Winds will be West to Southwest at around 10 mph.

This Weekend: An area of high pressure is expected to control the weather throughout this weekend.

Saturday looks sunny to partly sunny with high temperatures around 80 Degrees. Dew point temperatures will be in the mid 50s.

Sunday looks partly sunny with high temperatures near 85 Degrees. Dew point temperatures will be around 60 Degrees.

Dry Weather Is Expected For A Large Chunk Of This Week Across Western & Central Mass

For The Rest Of This Afternoon & Tonight: A cold front is now located just to our east & in its wake, we now have generally sunny to partly sunny skies across the entire area.

I do expect to see a partly sunny rest of this afternoon across all of Western and Central Mass. While most areas will probably stay dry, I do think that there will be a few widely scattered showers and thunderstorms late this afternoon and early this evening.

Temperatures during the rest of this afternoon will be in the upper 70s to around 80 Degrees. Dew point temperatures will be in the mid to upper 50s. Winds will be Southwest at 10 to 20 mph.

Partly cloudy skies are expected throughout tonight. Low temperatures will be between 55 and 60 Degrees. Winds will be West at 5 to 10 mph.

Tuesday Through Wednesday: An area of high pressure is expected to control the weather throughout Tuesday and Wednesday.

Tuesday will be partly sunny with high temperatures around 75 Degrees. Dew point temperatures will be in the mid and upper 50s. Winds will be West at 10 to 15 mph.

Clear skies are expected on Tuesday night with low temperatures around 55 Degrees. Winds will be West at around 10 mph.

Wednesday looks partly sunny with high temperatures between 75 and 80 Degrees. Dew point temperatures will be in the upper 50s. Winds will be West at 10 to 15 mph.

Thursday Through Friday: That high pressure system will push off to the east during Thursday. At the same time this is occurring, it is expected that a frontal system will push its way eastward from the Great Lakes region. That front is expected to cross our area during Thursday night and Friday morning.

Thursday looks partly sunny for most of the day, however, skies will become cloudy by late in the day. In addition, some scattered showers are possible towards evening. High temperatures will be between 80 and 85 Degrees. Dew point temperatures will be in the low to mid 60s.

Scattered showers are expected throughout Thursday night. Some of these showers may last into Friday morning before coming to an end. Some sunshine may return to the area by Friday afternoon. Unfortunately, the clouds & showers Thursday night may impact the viewing of the expected almost total lunar eclipse (maximum eclipse is at 12:12 am Thursday night). Low temperatures Thursday night will be between 60 and 65 Degrees. High temperatures Friday will be around 80 Degrees. Dew point temperatures during Friday will be in the middle 60s.

Weekend Weather Outlook: At this point, it appears that an area of high pressure may build into the area during the weekend.

Saturday looks partly sunny with high temperatures between 80 and 85 Degrees. Dew point temperatures will be in the low 60s.

Sunday also looks partly sunny with high temperatures near 80 Degrees. Dew point temperatures will be around 60 Degrees.

Late Sunday Morning Weather Update For Western & Central Mass

An area of widespread showers with heavy downpours are making its way across Central and Western Mass. The back edge of these showers are now moving into the Pioneer Valley.

It is expected that these showers will come to an end across all of Western Mass by midday and then come to an end across Central Mass by between 1 and 2 pm this afternoon.

This means that it is going to rain hard at times across a large part of Central Mass for the next 2-3 hours.

Once these showers move out of the area by early this afternoon, I do think that we may see some peeks of sunshine during the mid and late afternoon hours of today. That being said, I don't think that we'll be completely done with seeing shower and thunderstorm activity.

I do think that we may see a few thunderstorms from about mid-afternoon until about early this evening. I do think that the thunderstorm coverage will be very widely scattered & because of this, many areas probably wont see any thunderstorm activity during this afternoon and this evening.

Additionally, it is possible that a couple of the thunderstorms from mid-afternoon until early this afternoon could be on the strong side and be capable of producing some locally gusty winds, heavy downpours, small hail and lightning.

I will be keeping an eye on things in terms of thunderstorm development and will have updates for you as needed.