This Weekend Still Looks To Be A Washout Due To Rainy & Windy Weather Across Western & Central Mass

For Tonight & Thursday: A big high pressure system is expected to control the weather throughout tonight and Thursday.

Clear to partly cloudy skies are expected throughout tonight. Low temperatures will be between 42 and 46 Degrees. Winds will be Northeast at 10 to 15 mph.

Thursday looks to be a partly sunny day with high temperatures around 65 Degrees. Winds will be Northeast at 10 to 20 mph with gusts to 30 mph.

A Rainy & Windy Weekend Is Expected: A strong low pressure system is expected to head northward over the next couple of days. This low pressure system is expected to stall somewhere between the south coast of New England and just offshore of the Cape throughout this weekend. The stalling of this strong low pressure system is expected to mean a prolonged period of rainy and windy weather across the entire area throughout this weekend. How heavy the rain will be and how windy it will get is going to depend on how close this low pressure system gets to our area. This is something that is still somewhat uncertain & because of this, the exact forecast for this weekend remains somewhat uncertain.

The various weather forecast guidance seem to be clustered in two potential scenario outcomes:

The first scenario is for the strong low pressure system to stall near the south coast of New England and then loop around near Long Island during this weekend before heading eastward away from our area by early next week. This first scenario would lead to rain, which would be heavy at times, starting by Friday night and then continuing through all of this weekend before it gradually comes to an end sometime on Monday. In addition, northeast winds of 20-30 mph with gusts of up to 40-50 mph would be common throughout all of this weekend. In this first scenario, widespread rain totals of 2 to 4 inches would be common across all of Western and Central Mass this weekend.

A second scenario would include the strong low pressure system staying a bit further east and tracking slowly to the east of the Cape during this weekend. This second scenario would lead to some periods of light to moderate rain to occur beginning by Saturday morning and then continuing through the entire weekend. It should be noted that in this second scenario, it would not rain all of the time & the rain would remain mostly light in intensity. Rain totals in this second scenario would range from one quarter of an inch (0.25”) to one half of an inch (0.50”) across Western Mass to one half of an inch (0.50”) to one inch across Central Mass. Additionally, northeast winds of 15 to 25 mph with gusts of up to 35 mph would be common throughout this weekend across all of Western and Central Mass.

So, as you can see, two very different scenarios lead to two very different weekends in terms of weather across the entire area. Obviously, this makes for a very difficult and somewhat uncertain forecast.

Based on everything that I’ve looked at in terms of weather data, the final outcome of this weekend’s weather will probably be somewhere in the middle of the two scenarios I went over with you.

With That, Here Is My Forecast For This Weekend For All Of Western & Central Mass:

Friday may end up being dry, but cloudy and windy all day long. High temperatures will be around 65 Degrees. Winds will be Northeast at 20 to 30 mph with gusts of up to 40 mph at times.

Rain is expected to overspread the entire area some during the late night hours of Friday night. Low temperatures Friday night will be between 45 and 50 Degrees. Northeast winds of 20 to 30 mph with gusts of up to 40 mph are expected.

Rain is expected all day Saturday across all of Western and Central Mass and the rain may be heavy at times. It will also continue to be windy with northeast winds of 20 to 30 mph with gusts of up to 40 mph. High temperatures will be around 60 Degrees.

It appears that rain will continue throughout all of Saturday night and Sunday across all of Western & Central Mass and the rain could be heavy at times. Additionally, it will continue to be windy throughout Saturday night and Sunday with northeast winds of 20 to 30 mph with gusts of up to 40 mph. Low temperatures Saturday night will be around 45 Degrees. High temperatures will be around 60 Degrees.

At this point, it appears that the rain will gradually come to an end during the day on Monday with sunshine returning by Tuesday and Wednesday.

Forecast Rain Totals: At this point, I think that rain totals may range from around one inch across Western Mass to somewhere between 1 and 2 inches of total rainfall with locally higher amounts across Central Mass.

Downed Trees & Power Outages?? The combination of winds that will frequently gust up to 40 mph for an extended period of time from Friday all the way through Sunday and trees that are fully leafed & will act like sails in the wind will probably lead to isolated to scattered downed trees & isolated to scattered power outages across all of Western and Central Mass throughout this weekend.

Bottom line is that I urge everyone to keep up-to-date with the latest forecasts as the forecasts will likely still change over the next day or two. Many more updates will be posted as needed.

Rain With Windy Conditions Are Still Possible From Friday Through This Weekend Across Western & Central Mass

For This Afternoon & Tonight: A big high pressure system will control the weather throughout this afternoon and tonight.

Sunny to partly sunny skies can be expected throughout this afternoon. Temperatures will be between 60 and 65 Degrees. Winds will be Northeast at 10 to 15 mph.

Clear skies can be expected throughout tonight. Low temperatures will be around 45 Degrees. Winds will be Northeast at around 10 mph.

Wednesday Through Thursday: That high pressure system will continue to control the weather throughout all of Wednesday and all of Thursday. Meanwhile, an area of low pressure is expected to take shape offshore of the North Carolina coast by late Wednesday. This low pressure system is expected to strengthen as it slowly moves northward reaching near the south coast of New England by this weekend. It is looking increasingly more likely that this strong storm system will produce rainy and windy conditions across all of Western and Central Mass beginning on Friday and lasting through this weekend. More on this later in this forecast….

Wednesday is expected to be partly sunny with high temperatures around 60 Degrees. Winds will be Northeast at 10 to 15 mph.

Wednesday night looks clear to partly cloudy with low temperatures between 40 and 45 Degrees. Winds will be Northeast at around 10 mph.

Thursday is expected to be sunny to partly sunny with high temperatures around 65 Degrees. Winds will be Northeast at 10 to 15 mph.

A Coastal Storm May Bring Rain & Windy Conditions From Friday Through This Weekend: It is looking increasingly more likely that a strong coastal storm will impact our area beginning on Friday and continuing through the weekend. These impacts will include rain, which may be heavy at times and windy conditions with wind gusts of over 40 mph possible at times. That being said, there is still some uncertainty as to where exactly this storm system will track relative to our area.

A look at the latest weather forecast guidance reveals that most weather guidance now shows this storm tracking northwestward reaching near the south coast of New England and the Cape by the weekend. This type of storm track would lead to a prolonged period of rain and windy conditions across all of Western and Central Mass from Friday through all of this weekend. That being said, there are still some weather guidance members such as the GFS model that shows a more offshore track, which would lead to little or no impacts for our area.

I do think that the weather forecast guidance like the GFS model showing the more offshore track is an outlier & instead, I’m leaning much more towards the idea that this low pressure system will be blocked by the big high pressure system over Quebec province & thus will sit and spin near the south coast of New England and near the Cape throughout this weekend.

Even though it is looking more likely that we’re going to be impacted by this storm, there is still quite a bit of uncertainty to the forecast. Because of this, the forecast for the weekend needs to be monitored extremely closely, especially where it looks like a wind-swept heavy rain will occur for at least a couple of days between Friday and Sunday.

So, Here Is My Forecast From Friday Through This Weekend:

Friday will be cloudy. In addition, I do think that rain will overspread the entire area during the afternoon. It will also be windy on Friday with northeast winds of 20 to 30 mph with gusts of up to 40 mph. High temperatures will be around 60 Degrees.

Rain is then expected throughout all of Friday night and it will be windy. Low temperatures will be between 45 and 50 Degrees. Northeast winds of 20 to 30 mph with gusts of up to 40 mph are expected.

Rain is expected all day Saturday and the rain may be heavy at times. It will also continue to be windy with northeast winds of 20 to 30 mph with gusts of up to 40 mph. High temperatures will be around 60 Degrees.

It appears that rain will continue throughout all of Saturday night and Sunday and the rain could be heavy at times. Additionally, it will continue to be windy throughout Saturday night and Sunday with northeast winds of 15 to 25 mph with gusts of up to 35-40 mph. Low temperatures Saturday night will be around 45 Degrees. High temperatures will be between 60 and 65 Degrees.

So, how much rain might occur with the weekend storm? Right now, I think that rain totals could range from around one inch across Western Mass to somewhere between 1 and 2 inches of total rainfall with locally higher amounts across Central Mass. Given the uncertainty with the exact track of the storm system, these rain totals may need to be adjusted in upcoming forecasts.

Bottom line is that I urge everyone to keep up-to-date with the latest forecasts as they will likely change in the coming days. Many more updates will be posted as needed.

A Coastal Storm May Bring Rain & Windy Conditions To Western & Central Mass From Friday Through This Weekend

For The Rest Of This Afternoon & Tonight: An area of high pressure is expected to control the weather throughout the rest of this afternoon and tonight.

Sunny to partly sunny skies are expected throughout the rest of this afternoon. Temperatures will be around 65 Degrees. Winds will be North to Northeast at 10 to 15 mph.

Partly cloudy skies are expected during this evening with cloudy skies expected during the after midnight hours. Low temperatures will be near 45 Degrees. Winds will be Northeast at around 10 mph.

Tuesday Through Thursday: A big high pressure system is expected to be anchored across Quebec province throughout this week. This will lead to a cool east to northeasterly wind to be in place across the region. Meanwhile, an area of low pressure is expected to take shape offshore of the North Carolina coast on Wednesday. The exact track of this low pressure system is going to be extremely important in determining what the weather is going to be like from Friday through this weekend. More on that later in this forecast.

Tuesday will start out cloudy, but skies will become partly sunny by afternoon. High temperatures will be around 60 Degrees. Winds will be Northeast at 10 to 15 mph.

Wednesday looks partly sunny with high temperatures around 60 Degrees. Winds will be Northeast at 10 to 15 mph.

Thursday is expected to be partly sunny with high temperatures between 60 and 65 Degrees.

A Coastal Storm May Bring Rain & Windy Conditions From Friday Through This Weekend: As I already mentioned, an area of low pressure is expected to develop offshore of the North Carolina coast during Wednesday. There is a considerable amount of uncertainty as to where exactly this low pressure system will track in relation to Southern New England.

There is a large range in possible outcomes depending on which weather forecast guidance you look at. These outcomes include a low pressure system that stays well offshore of the New England coast late this week and this weekend. In this scenario, we’d be left with a dry, but windy weekend across the entire area. Another possible outcome is for the low pressure system to track northwestward and even westward and move very close to the south coast of New England. In this scenario, we’d see rain, which could be heavy at times, from Friday through all of this weekend. In addition, it would be windy throughout the period from Friday through this weekend. This all means that the forecast for late this week and this weekend is highly uncertain, but it is a forecast that needs close monitoring given the possibility of a wind-swept heavy rain for at least a couple of days late this week and this weekend.

For now, this is what I’m thinking based on all of the available latest weather data:

Friday will be cloudy & it is probably going to rain throughout the day. In addition, it will be windy with northeast winds of 20 to 30 mph with higher gusts. High temperatures will be between 55 and 60 Degrees.

Rain is then expected to continue through Friday night and probably all day Saturday. In addition, it will continue to be windy with northeast winds of 20 to 30 mph with higher gusts. Low temperatures Friday night will be between 45 and 50 Degrees. High temperatures Saturday will be around 60 Degrees.

Sunday looks cloudy & there could be some intermittent periods of rain at times during the day. Sunday also looks windy with northeast winds of 15 to 25 mph with higher gusts. High temperatures will be around 60 Degrees.

Given the high amount of uncertainty with the late week and weekend forecast, I urge everyone to keep up-to-date with the latest forecasts as they will likely change in the coming days. Many more updates will be posted throughout the coming days.