Turning Hot & Humid On Thursday With Afternoon & Evening Thunderstorms Expected Wednesday, Thursday & Friday Across Western & Central Mass

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NOW FOR THE LATEST FORECAST FOR WESTERN & CENTRAL MASS:

For The Rest Of This Afternoon & Tonight: An area of high pressure is expected to be positioned to the south of Long Island throughout the rest of this afternoon and tonight.

Lots of sunshine can be expected throughout this afternoon with temperatures around 80 Degrees & comfortable humidity levels. Winds will be West to Southwest at 10 to 20 mph.

Clear to partly cloudy skies can be expected throughout tonight. Low temperatures will be between 55 and 60 Degrees. Winds will be West to Southwest at 10 to 15 mph.

Wednesday Through Friday: That high pressure system is expected to push to the east of New England during Wednesday. This will set up a very warm to hot and humid air mass to push into our area during the second half of this week. This very warm to hot and humid air mass will also create enough of a unstable air mass to produce afternoon and evening scattered showers and thunderstorms on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.

Wednesday is expected to start out partly sunny during the morning & then become cloudy during the afternoon. Some scattered pop-up showers and thunderstorms are possible during the late afternoon and evening hours. It will be humid with dew point temperatures rising into the mid 60s by afternoon. High temperatures will be between 80 and 85 Degrees. Winds will be Southwest at 10 to 20 mph.

Thursday looks to feature a mixture of sunshine and clouds throughout the day. It will be hot and quite humid. Additionally, there may be some pop up scattered showers and thunderstorms around during the late afternoon and evening hours. High temperatures will be near 90 Degrees. Dew point temperatures during Thursday will be between 65 and 70 Degrees. Winds will be West at around 10 mph.

Friday looks to feature a mixture of some sunshine and lots of clouds & it will be hot and humid. In addition, it is expected that a cold front will push through the area late in the day. This will lead to the possibility of scattered showers and thunderstorms across the area mostly during the evening. A couple of the thunderstorms Friday evening could be on the strong side & contain some gusty winds. High temperatures will be between 85 and 90 Degrees. Dew point temperatures Friday will be in the middle 60s.

This Weekend: An area of high pressure is expected to build over our area during this weekend. This should lead to a dry weekend across the area.

Saturday looks to be partly sunny with high temperatures between 80 and 85 Degrees.

Sunday looks sunny to partly sunny with high temperatures near 80 Degrees.

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A Few Strong To Severe Thunderstorms Are Still Possible This Evening Across Western & Central Mass (Posted Midday Saturday 6/6/2026)

A warm and humid afternoon under a mixture of some sunshine and lots of clouds are expected across all of Western and Central Mass. Temperatures during this afternoon will be in the low to middle 80s. Winds will be Southwest at 10 to 20 mph.

A cold front is expected to push through the entire area during this evening. This cold front will be pushing into an atmosphere that's unstable due to the warm temperatures and the humid conditions. Additionally, there is expected to be some wind shear available across the region. This combination will lead to a line of thunderstorms, a few of which will be strong to severe, to move through all of Western and Central Mass during this evening.

Current indications seem to point towards a line of thunderstorms to push into Western Mass by about 7 pm this evening. These thunderstorms will cross Western Mass between 7 pm and 10 pm.

For Central Mass, it looks as though this line of thunderstorms will enter western and northern parts of Worcester County by about 8 pm this evening. These thunderstorms will then cross Central Mass between 8 pm and 11 pm.

As I previously mentioned, I do think that a few of the thunderstorms will be on the strong to severe side and be capable of producing up to 60 mph wind gusts. Torrential downpours and frequent lightning are also expected to accompany the thunderstorms that move through this evening.

All thunderstorms will push to the east and be out of our area by just after 11 pm this evening.

It goes without saying that I will be keeping close tabs on this evening's thunderstorm threat & will have more updates as needed.