For Tonight & Wednesday: An area of low pressure is expected to pass well south and east of Nantucket late tonight and Wednesday morning. The track of this low pressure system will be far enough east to not be a problem in terms of steady rain or snow for our area.
Skies tonight will feature varying amounts of clouds with low temperatures near 30 Degrees. Winds will be West to Northwest at 5 to 10 mph.
Wednesday is expected to start out partly sunny, but skies will be cloudy from the late morning hours right through the afternoon hours. In addition, a few rain and even snow showers can be expected during the afternoon into the early evening hours as a weak trough of low pressure crosses the region. High temperatures will range from the upper 30s to low 40s across the Worcester Hills and the Berkshires to 45 to 50 Degrees elsewhere across the area. Winds will be West to Northwest at 10 to 15 mph.
Wednesday Night: That weak trough of low pressure will exit to the east during the evening with an area of high pressure building into the region during the overnight hours.
This means that any leftover isolated rain or snow showers will come to an end during the early evening hours. This will be followed by clear skies throughout the overnight hours of Wednesday night. Low temperatures will be between 25 and 30 Degrees. Winds will be West to Northwest at 10 to 20 mph.
Thursday: An area of high pressure will control the weather throughout the day on Thursday.
Lots of sunshine can be expected throughout the day on Thursday with high temperatures between 47 and 52 Degrees. Winds will be West to Northwest at 10 to 20 mph.
It should be noted that the brush fire danger is likely to be on the high side due to a combination of low humidity levels, dry pre-leaf conditions and gusty winds.
Friday: High pressure will continue to control the weather throughout the day on Friday.
Partly sunny skies are expected on Friday with high temperatures between 50 and 55 Degrees. Winds will be West to Northwest at 10 to 20 mph.
The brush fire danger is likely to be on the high side once again throughout the day on Friday due to the combination of low humidity levels, gusty winds and dry pre-leaf conditions.
This Weekend: The weather for this weekend looks pretty active as a frontal boundary will be positioned across the region. This front will be the demarcation line between warm temperatures to the south of the front and some quite cold air located to the north of the front. Where this front sets up is going to be important in determining what sort of weather we see this weekend.
On one hand, if that front lifts well north of our area, it could lead to a very mild weekend (especially Saturday) with perhaps some scattered showers and thunderstorms from time to time. On the other hand, if that front is draped right across the region, we will be in for a pretty unsettled weekend with quite a bit in the way of on and off rain showers throughout the entire weekend. Another possibility is for the front to drop to our south and allow some of that cold air to invade the region. This would lead to precipitation in the form of both rain and snow to occur from time to time throughout the weekend.
At this point, I’m leaning towards a scenario where the front has a tough time lifting northward and remaining either over the area or just barely south of the area. This means that I do think that we are in for a pretty unsettled and miserable weekend in terms of weather.
Saturday looks cloudy and there will be on and off rain throughout the day. High temperatures will be near 50 Degrees.
While steady rain looks quite possible throughout the night on Saturday night, there is the possibility for a snow-rain mix to occur at times during the late night hours of Saturday night. Low temperatures will be near 35 Degrees.
Rain looks quite possible throughout the day on Sunday with high temperatures near 50 Degrees.
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