1 To 3 Inches Of Snow Is Expected From Late Tuesday Afternoon Through Tuesday Evening Across Western & Central Mass

For The Rest Of This Afternoon & Tonight: Lots of sunshine can be expected throughout the rest of this afternoon. Temperatures will be around 25 Degrees. Winds will be Northwest at 15 to 20 mph.

Skies will start out clear this evening, however, varying amounts of cloud cover can then be expected during the after midnight hours. Low temperatures will be between 10 and 15 Degrees. Winds will be West to Northwest at 7 to 14 mph.

1 To 3 Inches Of Snow Is Expected From Late Tuesday Afternoon Through Tuesday Evening: An area of low pressure is expected to track across central and northern New England during Tuesday night. While a majority of the snow with this system will fall across Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont, it does appears that some snow will occur across Western and Central Mass during late Tuesday afternoon and Tuesday evening.

Light snow looks to overspread the entire area during late Tuesday afternoon. The snow is then expected to continue through Tuesday evening before it comes to an end around midnight on Tuesday night.

Snow accumulations of 1 to 3 inches or so can be expected across the entire area. These amounts look to be closer to 1 to 2 inches for areas near and south of the Mass Pike & closer to 2 to 3 inches of snow accumulation for areas well north of the Mass Pike, especially in the northern Worcester Hills.

High temperatures Tuesday will be around 30 Degrees. Low temperatures Tuesday night will be near 25 Degrees.

Winds on Tuesday will be West to Northwest at 5 to 10 mph in the morning and Southwest at 6 to 12 mph in the afternoon. Winds on Tuesday night will be Southwest at 10 to 15 mph before midnight and West at 10 to 20 mph after midnight.

Wednesday Through Friday: Varying amounts of cloud cover can be expected throughout the day on Wednesday. High temperatures will be around 35 Degrees. Winds will be West at 15 to 20 mph.

Thursday is expected to be partly sunny with high temperatures between 30 and 35 Degrees.

Friday looks sunny to partly sunny with high temperatures near 30 Degrees.

Some Sort Of A Storm Is Possible During Presidents Day Weekend: The weather during the upcoming Presidents’ Day weekend is going to hinge on what happens with a low pressure system that is expected to track northeastward from the southern and southeastern United States. Right now, there is a high amount of uncertainty as to where this storm will track in relation to our area. This means that the forecast for the weekend has a high degree of uncertainty & could be everything from dry weather with no precipitation at all to a messy mixture of snow, ice and rain to perhaps another snowstorm for the entire area. Any storm that may impact us would occur beginning Sunday afternoon and lasting through Sunday night and Presidents Day.

Looking at the latest weather forecast guidance, as typical for a 5 to 6 day forecast, they show some very different scenarios.

For instance, some of the weather forecast guidance such as the GFS model and the Canadian model show a storm track that takes this low pressure system well south of the area leading to no impacts at all on our area.

Some of the other weather forecast guidance have shown a more inland storm track which would lead to a messy mix of snow, ice and rain from Sunday afternoon through next Monday.

And yet other weather forecast guidance such as the European model are forecasting a low pressure system that tracks along the south coast of New England to near Nantucket. This type of track would lead to a classic heavy snowstorm from Sunday afternoon through next Monday.

Given how uncertain the forecast is for late this coming weekend, there isn’t much more to say except that I urge you to be at least aware that a storm system may affect the weather from Sunday afternoon through Sunday night and next Monday with either all snow or a messy mixture of snow, ice and rain. That said, there is also a very real chance that this storm may just miss us leading us with no precipitation at all.

No matter what happens with this possible storm for Presidents’ Day weekend, I will be keeping close tabs on it.

Very Cold Wind Chill Temperatures Continue Through Tonight Across Western & Central Mass (Issued: Early Sunday Afternoon 2/8/2026)

For The Rest Of This Afternoon & Tonight: Last night and this morning has just been brutal in terms of both temperatures & especially wind chill temperatures. The low temperature this morning here in Sturbridge was minus 5 with the lowest wind chill temperature of minus 27. Brrrr.

Skies throughout the rest of this afternoon will be sunny with temperatures between 10 and 15 Degrees. Winds will be Northwest at 15 to 25 mph with gusts to 35 mph. Wind chill temperatures will be between 5 below zero and 10 below zero.

Another very cold night in terms of wind chill temperatures are expected tonight under clear skies. Low temperatures will be around Zero. Winds will be Northwest at 15 to 20 mph with gusts to 30 mph. Wind chill temperatures will be around 20 below zero.

Monday: Lots of sunshine can be expected throughout the day on Monday. High temperatures will be around 25 Degrees. Winds will be Northwest at 15 to 20 mph.

1 To 2 Inches Of Snow Is Expected From Late Tuesday Afternoon Through Tuesday Evening: Another round of snow can be expected during late Tuesday afternoon and Tuesday evening as a low pressure system tracks southeastward across central and northern New England.

It appears that some light snow will overspread the entire area during the late afternoon hours of Tuesday and then continue through Tuesday evening. The snow looks to come to an end around midnight or so Tuesday night.

This does look to be a light snowfall with amounts of 1 to 2 inches expected. The amounts look to be closer to one inch for areas in the Pioneer Valley as well as across areas near and south of the Mass Pike. Amounts look to be closer to 2 inches across the northern Worcester Hills.

High temperatures Tuesday will be around 30 Degrees. Low temperatures Tuesday night will be near 25 Degrees. Winds on Tuesday will be West to Northwest at 6 to 12 mph in the morning and Southwest at 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon. Winds on Tuesday night will be Southwest at 6 to 12 mph before midnight and West at 10 to 20 mph after midnight.

Wednesday Through Friday: Temperatures look to return to about average for this time of year for the second half of this coming week. Pull out the t-shirts and shorts because it’s going to feel downright warm during the second half of this week as compared to the very cold temperatures that we’ve had of late.

Wednesday looks partly sunny with high temperatures near 35 Degrees.

Thursday is expected to be partly sunny with high temperatures between 30 and 35 Degrees.

Friday looks sunny to partly sunny with high temperatures near 30 Degrees.

Midnight Saturday Morning Weather Update For Western & Central Mass

The occasional snow flurries that have been occurring for several hours now across much of the area will become a steady snow within the next hour or two across all of Western & Central Mass.

Once it begins snowing, it is expected to continue snowing through all day Saturday before it ends by very late Saturday afternoon or very early Saturday evening.

The snow is expected to be generally light in intensity across all of Western Mass throughout late tonight through all day Saturday.

It is expected to be a different story across Central Mass where there's expected to be a period of moderate to heavy snow starting during the mid and late morning hours of Saturday and lasting until about mid-afternoon. Snowfall rates of upwards of one inch per hour can be expected during the late morning hours and during the first half of the afternoon hours of Saturday.

As I already mentioned, the snow looks to come to an end during the very late afternoon and early evening hours of Saturday.

I have updated the snowfall total map & have attached it to this post. As you can see, the snow amounts across Western Mass have remained the same, but I have increased the snow totals across Central Mass a little bit.

Snow covered and slippery road conditions can be expected from very late tonight through the day on Saturday across all of Western and Central Mass. Reduced visibilities in moderate to heavy snow from mid-morning Saturday until mid-afternoon Saturday will lead to hazardous travel conditions across Central Mass. Additionally, gusty winds during Saturday afternoon will produce blowing and drifting snow across the entire area & this will lead to localized areas of hazardous travel conditions due to low visibility.

Temperatures the rest of tonight will fall to between 15 and 20 Degrees. Temperatures on Saturday will initially rise to between 20 and 25 Degrees during the morning and then fall into the teens during the afternoon.

Winds the rest of tonight will become North at 5 to 10 mph by after midnight. Winds on Saturday will be North at 5 to 10 mph during the morning and North to Northwest at 15 to 25 mph with gusts to 35 mph in the afternoon. The gusty winds during Saturday afternoon will produce blowing and drifting snow.

More updates will be posted as needed.