Rain Is Expected From Late Thursday Night Through Much Of The Day On Friday Across Western & Central Mass

For Tonight: Skies are expected to start out clear to partly cloudy this evening, but will become cloudy during the after midnight hours of tonight. Some areas of fog and drizzle will also move in by sunrise Thursday morning.

Low temperatures tonight will be between 35 and 40 Degrees. Winds will be Southeast at 5 to 10 mph.

Thursday: A fairly dreary day is expected on Thursday as an east to southeast wind flow imports lots of clouds, areas of fog and drizzle into the region throughout the day on Thursday.

High temperatures will be near 55 Degrees. Winds will be Southeast at 5 to 10 mph.

Thursday Night Through Friday: A frontal system is still expected to push through the area during late Thursday night into the day on Friday. As it does so, an area of low pressure will form along this front somewhere just south of the south coast of New England by early Friday morning. It is now looking like this low pressure system probably will not be able to pull down enough cold air on its western side to cause a widespread change from rain to snow on Friday morning. Instead, all precipitation on Thursday night and Friday will probably be in the form of all rain.

It now looks like rain will begin across the entire area during the after midnight hours of Thursday night. The rain is then expected to continue through all of Friday morning before it gradually tapers off and ends during Friday afternoon.

Total rainfall amounts from late Thursday night into the day on Friday are expected to average between one half of an inch (0.50”) and three quarters of an inch (0.75”).

Low temperatures Thursday night will be near 35 Degrees. High temperatures Friday will be between 40 and 45 Degrees.

Winds on Thursday night will be Southeast at 5 to 10 mph before midnight and North to Northeast at 7 to 15 mph after midnight. Winds on Friday will be North to Northwest at 15 to 20 mph with gusts to 35 mph.

This Weekend: A weak secondary frontal system is expected to push through the area during Saturday afternoon and Saturday evening with high pressure building in during the day on Sunday.

Saturday looks to feature a mixture of sunshine and clouds with some scattered showers during the afternoon and evening. High temperatures will be near 55 Degrees.

Sunday is expected to be sunny with high temperatures near 45 Degrees.

Early Next Week: Yet another frontal system and its associated low pressure is expected to move through the area during Monday afternoon and Monday night. While mostly all rain is expected with this weather system from Monday afternoon through Monday night, it’s possible that the precipitation may start as snow on Monday afternoon and Monday evening across the northern Worcester Hills and the Berkshires. Any snow on Monday afternoon and Monday evening should change to all rain during the overnight hours of Monday night.

Rain is then expected to come to an end by early Tuesday morning with skies remaining cloudy throughout the day on Tuesday.

High temperatures Monday will be between 35 and 40 Degrees. Low temperatures Monday night will be near 35 Degrees. High temperatures Tuesday will be near 50 Degrees.

Rain Thursday Night May Change To Either A Rain-Snow Mix Or Perhaps Some Wet Snow On Friday

For Tonight & Tuesday: Cloudy skies are expected throughout tonight as that frontal system slowly moves away. In addition, areas of drizzle are expected to continue during the first half of tonight. Low temperatures will be between 30 and 35 Degrees. Winds will be North to Northwest at 10 to 20 mph.

Tuesday is expected to be a sunny day with high temperatures between 55 and 60 Degrees. Winds will be North to Northwest at 7 to 15 mph.

Wednesday Through Thursday: Wednesday also looks like it’ll be a nice day with lots of sunshine expected. High temperatures will be near 60 Degrees. Winds will be Southeast at 5 to 10 mph.

Skies will become cloudy during the day on Thursday as a frontal system approaches the region. High temperatures will be between 55 and 60 Degrees.

Thursday Night Through Friday: That frontal system is expected to slowly move through the area during Thursday night and Friday. As it does so, it appears that an area of low pressure system will form along this front near the south coast of New England late Thursday night. The development of this low pressure system could make things really interesting across the region as it will try to pull down colder air on its western side as it moves through the area. This will lead to the potential scenario of rain to occur at first during Thursday night that tries to change to wet snow during Friday morning. The track and strength of this low pressure system will be crucial in determining how quickly the rain changes to snow on Friday morning and whether the snow persists into Friday afternoon or not.

At this point, I’m thinking that we’ll have rain begin across the entire area during Thursday evening with the rain continuing through the after midnight hours of Thursday night. Low temperatures Thursday night will be near 35 Degrees.

The forecast for Friday morning is an uncertain one, for now, due to questions on whether the rain will actually change to snow and if it does so, how quickly will it occur.

For now, I think that we’ll see rain probably change to wet snow across the Berkshires and across the northern Worcester Hills during the morning hours of Friday. Elsewhere across the region, it’s quite possible that the rain will change to a mix of rain and wet snow during Friday morning. The exception to this will be right in the Connecticut River Valley of Western Mass where the precipitation stays as all rain.

During Friday afternoon, some wet snow may continue across the Berkshires and across the northern Worcester Hills with a rain-snow mix possible elsewhere across the region. Again, the exception to this looks to be across the Connecticut River Valley where just rain continues during Friday afternoon.

Areas that do see wet snow on Friday such as across the Berkshires and the northern Worcester Hills may see snow accumulations of 1 to 2 inches or so. Elsewhere across the region, less than one inch of slushy snowfall is possible on Friday with no snow accumulations anticipated across the Connecticut River Valley.

As I previously mentioned, the forecast for Friday is quite uncertain and changes to the forecast are certainly likely as we receive more data over the next few days.

High temperatures Friday will be near 35 Degrees.

Heavy Rain Is Expected From About Midnight Tonight Until About Midday On Monday

A strong frontal system now pushing into the eastern parts of the Great Lakes is expected to slowly move through our area later tonight into the day on Monday. This front will bring with it a period of heavy rain to the entire area from about midnight tonight until about midday on Monday.

Cloudy skies are expected throughout the rest of this afternoon. In addition, expect there will be some areas of drizzle at times. Temperatures will remain between 58 and 63 Degrees. Winds will be South at 15 to 25 mph with gusts to 35 mph.

As we get into this evening, expect there to be some scattered showers around, however, the steady heavy rain will hold off until about midnight.

Heavy rain will overspread the entire area by around midnight tonight and then continue throughout the after midnight hours of tonight. Heavy rain is then expected to continue through all of Monday morning before it tapers off to some scattered showers around midday Monday. Scattered showers are then expected to continue throughout Monday afternoon before all precipitation ends later Monday afternoon.

Total rainfall amounts from tonight through Monday will average between one and one half inches (1.50") and two inches (2.00").

In addition to the heavy rain tonight, it is also expected to be windy throughout tonight with South winds of 15 to 25 mph with gusts to 35 mph.

Mild temperatures are expected tonight with low temperatures of 50 to 55 Degrees. Temperatures on Monday will be steady near 55 Degrees.