The First Widespread Accumulating Snow Of The Season Is Expected Wednesday Night Into Thursday Morning Across Western & Central Mass

For Tonight: Clear skies are expected throughout tonight with low temperatures near 20 Degrees. Winds will be Northwest at 5 to 10 mph.

Tuesday Through Wednesday: An area of high pressure will control the weather from Tuesday right through Wednesday.

Tuesday will be sunny with high temperatures between 33 and 38 Degrees. Winds will be West to Northwest at 7 to 15 mph.

Tuesday night looks clear to partly cloudy with low temperatures near 20 Degrees. Winds will be West to Northwest at 5 to 10 mph.

Wednesday will start out sunny, however, skies will become cloudy during the afternoon as a frontal system and its associated low pressure system approaches us from the west. High temperatures will be between 35 and 40 Degrees. Winds will be West at 5 to 10 mph in the morning and Southwest at 10 to 20 mph in the afternoon.

Snow Is Expected Wednesday Night Into The First Part Of Thursday Morning: A frontal system and its associated area of low pressure moving across the area will bring the first widespread accumulating snow of the season.

Snow is expected to overspread the entire area between about 8 and 10 pm Wednesday evening. The snow will then continue throughout the rest of the night on Wednesday night into the first part of Thursday morning before tapering off to scattered snow showers during the mid and late morning hours of Thursday. Scattered snow showers will then continue through the early and mid-afternoon hours before coming to an end.

Our snowfall forecast map for Wednesday night into Thursday morning is attached to this post. We are going to have to really watch the northern Worcester Hills and areas near and north of Route 2 for the potential of 4 to 6 inches of snow as weather forecast guidance seems to be trending towards a more moderate snowfall for this area.

Low temperatures Wednesday night will be between 25 and 30 Degrees. High temperatures Thursday will be near 35 Degrees.

Also, it is expected to become windy by Thursday afternoon with wind gusts of up to 40-45 mph expected.

Friday Through Sunday: Quite the cold late week and weekend period is expected across the entire area as a strong northwesterly flow of cold air infiltrates the region.

Friday is expected to be sunny, windy and cold with high temperatures between 25 and 30 Degrees. Northwest winds are likely to gust up to 40 mph at times with wind chill temperatures in the teens all day long.

Friday night looks clear with low temperatures of 15 to 20 Degrees.

Saturday looks partly sunny, windy and cold with the possibility of some isolated snow flurries during the afternoon. High temperatures will be between 25 and 30 Degrees. Wind chill temperatures on Saturday may be in the teens all day long.

Saturday night looks cloudy and there may be some scattered snow showers around during the evening as a piece of atmospheric energy moves through the area. Low temperatures will be near 15 Degrees.

Sunday is expected to be sunny, windy and continued cold. High temperatures will be near 30 Degrees. Wind chill temperatures Sunday look to be in the teens all day long.

Some Snow Is Expected Wednesday Night Into Thursday Morning Across Western & Central Mass

For Tonight: A mixture of clouds and stars are expected this evening and an isolated snow flurry cannot be ruled out either. Skies will become clear after midnight tonight. Low temperatures will be near 20 Degrees. Winds will be West at 8 to 16 mph.

Monday: Lots of sunshine can be expected throughout Monday with high temperatures between 33 and 38 Degrees. Winds will be West to Northwest at 7 to 14 mph.

Monday Night: Clear to partly cloudy skies are expected on Monday night with low temperatures between 20 and 25 Degrees. Winds will be West to Northwest at 5 to 10 mph.

Tuesday Through Wednesday: A cold high pressure system will remain in place across the region from Tuesday through Wednesday.

Tuesday looks partly sunny with high temperatures near 35 Degrees. Winds will be West to Northwest at 10 to 15 mph.

Tuesday night looks clear to partly cloudy with low temperatures between 21 and 27 Degrees. Winds will be West at 7 to 14 mph.

Wednesday is expected to feature partly sunny skies through early afternoon. Skies then become cloudy during the mid and late afternoon hours as a low pressure system approaches the region. High temperatures will be near 35 Degrees.

Some Accumulating Snow Expected For Wednesday Night Into Thursday Morning: A frontal system and its associated area of low pressure is expected to push across the region during Wednesday night before exiting to the east during the day on Thursday. While the temperatures will definitely be cold enough to support snow, the entire system lacks much in the way of moisture. Because of this, snow amounts with this weather system look to be on the light side, but it’ll be enough to put a little bit of a snow cover down across the entire area.

Light snow will overspread the entire area between about 7 and 10 pm Wednesday evening. The light snow is then expected to continue throughout the overnight hours of Wednesday night into the first part of Thursday morning. Current indications seem to suggest that the light snow will taper off to scattered snow showers by mid-morning Thursday. Some scattered snow showers will then continue into the early afternoon hours of Thursday before coming to an end.

As for snow totals, I’m thinking something like 1 to 2 inches for the Pioneer Valley of Western Mass as well as for areas near and south of the Mass Pike. For areas north of the Mass Pike, snow totals of 2 to 3 inches are a possibility for Wednesday night into Thursday morning. One area that I’m going to be watching closely for higher snow amounts are the northern Worcester Hills and areas near and north of Route 2. It’s possible that 3 to 4 inches or so of snow could accumulate across these areas.

Low temperatures Wednesday night will be between 25 and 30 Degrees. High temperatures Thursday will be near 35 Degrees.

Friday Through Next Sunday: A strong northwesterly flow of cold air is expected to drag down some of the coldest temperatures so far this season.

Friday is expected to be sunny, windy and cold with high temperatures near 30 Degrees. Wind chill temperatures may be in the teens all day Friday.

Saturday looks partly sunny, windy and cold with the possibility of some isolated snow flurries during the afternoon. High temperatures will be between 25 and 30 Degrees. Wind chill temperatures on Saturday may be in the teens all day long.

Next Sunday looks sunny, windy and quite cold. High temperatures will be between 20 and 25 Degrees. Wind chill temperatures during next Sunday could be between 5 and 10 Degrees.

Rain On Thanksgiving Will Be Followed By The Coldest Start To A December Since 2017 Across Western & Central Mass

For Tonight: Skies will become cloudy by midnight tonight as an area of low pressure approaches from the west.

Precipitation in the form of rain will begin across Western Mass by sunrise Thursday morning. The exception looks to be across the Berkshires where the precipitation will be in the form of snow when it begins around sunrise Thursday morning.

Low temperatures will be between 30 and 35 Degrees. Winds will be Southwest at 5 to 10 mph.

Thanksgiving Day: That low pressure system is expected to track right across Southern New England during Thanksgiving Day bringing with it a cold rain across a majority of the area.

Rain will be falling over Western Mass by sunrise Thursday morning with the rain beginning across Central Mass by about 8-9 am Thursday morning.

Rain is then expected to fall throughout the rest of the day on Thanksgiving across a majority of the area. The exception looks to be during the morning across the Berkshires and the far northern Worcester Hills where some snow is expected during the morning. Even here, the snow looks to change to rain during the afternoon. Any snow accumulations will be about an inch over the far northern Worcester Hills and about 1 to 3 inches of snowfall over the Berkshires mostly during the morning.

The rain will come to an end across the entire area between about 7 pm and 9 pm Thursday evening.

Rainfall totals of between one half of an inch (0.50”) and three quarters of an inch (0.75”) can be expected with the rain on Thanksgiving.

High temperatures on Thanksgiving will range from near 35 Degrees in the Berkshires and the northern Worcester Hills to near 40 Degrees across areas near and south of the Mass Pike. Winds will be East at 8 to 16 mph.

Bottom line is that it will be a cold, raw and wet day on Thanksgiving.

Friday: Once that low pressure system pulls away from the area, it will begin to pull down the coldest air so far this season into the area.

A mixture of sunshine and clouds can be expected on Friday. High temperatures Friday will be between 40 and 45 Degrees. Winds will be West at 10 to 20 mph.

Saturday Through Sunday: A reinforcing shot of cold air is expected to push into the region during the day on Saturday. This means that Sunday will be the colder of the two days this weekend.

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

Sunday looks partly sunny with high temperatures between 30 and 35 Degrees.

The Coldest Start To A December Since 2017 Is Still Expected: It’s still expected that the first half of December will be quite cold with below average to even well below average temperatures expected. This still looks to be the coldest start to a December since 2017.

The question continues to be whether or not any storms will take advantage of this cold air and give us snow during the first half of December. I do still like our chances for the possibility of at least a couple of chances at some accumulating snow. The dates I’m eyeing for accumulating snow are perhaps a light snowfall on December 5th and maybe a light to moderate snowfall sometime between December 9th and December 11th. Should this occur, it would mean we would certainly have some snow on the ground for the first part of the holiday season.