Western Mass Weather for February 21, 2019

BLACK ICE EXPECTED TONIGHT AND EARLY TOMORROW MORNING… WINDY UP IN THE BERKSHIRES, TACONICS, GREENS AND HILLTOWNS FOR TONIGHT… FAIR WEATHER FRIDAY AND SATURDAY WITH MIX TO RAIN MIDNIGHT SUNDAY THROUGH THE DAY ON SUNDAY… COLDER AND DRIER NEXT WEEK… (5:55pm Thursday)

Good evening everybody, I hope everyone had at least one nice thing happen to them today. Or maybe you had 10 nice things happen! Nice things are nice, which I know is mind-blowingly amazing news to read as the sun sneaks behind the horizon line once again.

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SUMMARY
–Black ice will form tonight following snow melt during the day. Lows will drop into the 20s overnight
–The valley will be breezy at times, but the Berkshires and hills will be downright windy with some gusts exceeding 35mph at times
–Wind chill readings could drop into the low teens at times
–For Friday, we should see high temps in the mid to upper 30s with plenty of sunshine and subsiding wind
–Lows Friday night will drop down to either side of 20 degrees, so more black ice is likely
–Saturday is another mostly sunny day as high pressures moves through the region and out of the way to make way for a very rainy Sunday
–Highs on Saturday should be in the 35-40 range again, with lows in the upper 20s as clouds build
–Mixed snow, sleet and freezing rain moves in after midnight and causes slick conditions to form by Sunday morning in a number of spots, especially north of the MassPike
–For Sunday, icing could hold on until mid to late morning in SVT, the western hilltowns and Berkshires/Litchfields/Taconics, but we will change to rain and warm into the low 40s on Sunday
–Sunday = a good soup-making day, as well as any indoor activities
–The Sunday night into Monday morning timeframe holds the potential for a very strong wind event as colder air moves into the region, so please stay tuned, as some isolated outages are possible
–Next week looks cold with highs in the 30s and lows near 20
–Some snow showers are possible by mid week, but a storm should miss to our south, but I will continue to watch it

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WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES CONTINUE UNTIL 10AM FOR SVT AND SWNH… AFTER SOME MORNING FREEZING DRIZZLE AND SLICK SPOTS, CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE AS WE DRY OUT, SUN UP, AND UNDERGO A MILDENING… A SWEET, FAIR WEATHER STRETCH LASTS THROUGH SATURDAY… MIXED PRECIP TO RAIN LATE SAT. NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY, THEN COLDER AND FAIR EARLY NEXT WEEK… (8:05am Thursday)

Good morning everybody, as posted earlier, some serious motor vehicle accidents have transpired this morning (and last night), and with patchy freezing drizzle around for the next hour or two, you’ll need to exercise caution on the road ways. At least there’s no more steady precipitation, that has all shipped out to the east.

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SUMMARY
–Freezing drizzle will quit, Winter Weather Advisories in VT and NH will expire at 10am, and we will dry out and rise into the low to mid 40s with some melting today
–Light south winds will turn west and gust to 20mph or so in the valley, and over 30mph in the high terrain lasting into this evening
–Black ice is expected tonight, as any snow melt will freeze with low temps dropping into the mid 20s
–Friday and Saturday are a pair of gorgeous, sunny days with highs either side of 40 degrees.
–Lows Friday night will be cold, down into the teens, so more black ice will be expected
–Clouds will build late Saturday, and as such, lows will only sit down into the upper 20s to low 30s
–A mix of snow, sleet and freezing rain moves in around midnight.
–We are then expected to turn to plain rain throughout much of Sunday with highs well into the 40s and lows near freezing
–Early next week looks fair and colder with highs in the 30s before another wintry storm system may approach by mid week

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By |2019-02-21T17:55:10-05:00February 21, 2019|Current Forecast|

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