Light Snow Continues This Afternoon, Especially Across Central Mass

Radar imagery and weather reports indicate that light snow continues to fall across the entire area as of the time of this post.

Light snow is expected to continue across the entire area for much of, if not all of this afternoon, especially across areas of Western Mass that are near and east of I-91 as well as across all of Central Mass.

The snow looks to come to an end across the entire area during the 4-6 pm time frame.

Additional snow amounts of a dusting to perhaps another half inch of snow accumulation can be expected across most areas of Central Mass. Little additional snow accumulation is expected across Western Mass this afternoon.

Sunday still looks like a sunny day with high temperatures near 35 Degrees.

No weather problems are anticipated during next week with Monday being the mildest day of the week and temperatures then falling back into the mid to upper 20s for high temperatures for Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. Friday looks to warm back up into the low to mid 30s.

Skies throughout next week should be mainly partly cloudy with no storms at all expected.

Update On Saturday’s Morning Light Snowfall Across Western & Central Mass

For Tonight: Skies are expected to become cloudy by midnight tonight with cloudy skies then expected during the after midnight hours of tonight. Low temperatures will be between 20 and 25 Degrees. Winds will be North at 5 to 10 mph.

Saturday: An area of low pressure is expected to move off of the Mid-Atlantic coastline during Saturday morning and then track far enough south of our area to not be an impact on our weather. Instead, it appears that a smaller storm system will move across the area during Saturday morning.

Light snow is expected to overspread Western Mass by 4-5 am Saturday morning and then overspread Central Mass by 5-6 am Saturday morning.

Light snow is then expected to continue for several hours during Saturday morning across Western Mass and throughout the entire morning across Central Mass.

The steady light snow then looks to come to an end by 10-11 am Saturday morning across Western Mass and then by 12-1 pm across Central Mass.

Turning to Saturday afternoon, skies look to remain cloudy across the entire area with all snow have ended across the entire area.

Snowfall amounts during Saturday morning will range from around one inch across all of Western Mass and across areas near and south of the Mass Pike across Central Mass to 1 to 2 inches of snow accumulation across areas of Central Mass that are north of the Mass Pike.

High temperatures Saturday will be near 30 Degrees. Winds will be North to Northwest at 5 to 10 mph.

Some Light Snow Can Be Expected During Saturday Morning Across Western & Central Mass

For Tonight: Clear to partly cloudy skies can be expected throughout tonight. In addition, it will continue to be windy throughout tonight. Low temperatures will be near 15 Degrees. Winds will be Northwest at 20 to 30 mph with gusts to 45 mph. Wind chill temperatures tonight will be between Zero and 5 below zero.

Friday: While it will continue to be windy during the morning, it appears that the winds will start decreasing during the afternoon. Sunny skies are expected throughout the day on Friday. High temperatures will be near 35 Degrees. Winds will be West to Northwest at 15 to 20 mph with gusts to 30-35 mph in the morning and West to Northwest at 8 to 16 mph during the afternoon.

Friday Night & Saturday: An area of low pressure is expected to move off of the Mid-Atlantic coastline by Saturday morning and then track far enough south of our area to not be an impact on our weather. Instead, it appears that a smaller storm system moving eastward from the Great Lakes region will pass through the area on Saturday morning giving us some light snow.

Friday night will start out clear to partly cloudy during the early evening hours, but then skies will become cloudy by midnight. Cloudy skies are then expected during the after midnight hours. Low temperatures will be between 20 and 25 Degrees. Winds will be Northwest at around 5 mph.

Turning to Saturday, it appears that some light snow can be expected to begin across the region by about 7-8 am or so in the morning and then continue throughout the morning. The light snow looks to then come to an end by early afternoon Saturday.

Around one inch or so of snow accumulation can be expected during Saturday morning across the area.

High temperatures Saturday will be between 30 and 35 Degrees. Winds will be North to Northwest at 5 to 10 mph.

Sunday & Monday: An area of high pressure will cross the region from Sunday through Monday.

Sunday looks sunny to partly sunny with high temperatures between 35 and 40 Degrees.

Monday is expected to feature a mixture of some sunshine and lots of clouds with high temperatures between 35 and 40 Degrees.

Tuesday Through Wednesday: A frontal system is expected to cross the region during the day Tuesday. This front will bring with it another shot of colder air behind it.

Tuesday will be cloudy and there will be some scattered snow showers during the late morning into the afternoon hours. High temperatures will be between 30 and 35 Degrees.

Wednesday looks sunny to partly sunny with high temperatures between 25 and 30 Degrees.