A week that began with a heat wave is about to end with more improved conditions across Massachusetts, but the first hurricane of the season could upend that next week.
Friday night should kick off the weekend with a seasonable “fantastic start” as humidity levels drop and highs reach the high 80s and, along the coast, the high 70s, according to the National Weather Service. Overnight lows should drop to the high 50s and low 60s.
Most of the region continues to be nice on Saturday, with dry conditions and highs in the mid-80s, though the west could see some brief isolated showers, forecasters said. Springfield should see sunny skies, while Pittsfield and Great Barrington could receive some showers between 3 and 5 p.m.
Seasonable conditions could change by Sunday, as a system accompanied by a cold front could increase temperatures and bring the humidity back, forecasters said. Temperatures should be in the mid-80s and close to 90 degrees, but humidity could leave it feeling more like the low to mid-90s.
By the afternoon, scattered rain and thunderstorm chances return, but these chances remain low as of Friday, according to meteorologists. Forecasters have not ruled out instability potentially fueling scattered thunderstorms to the west.
Pittsfield could see a tenth of an inch of rain, while Springfield, Amherst and Great Barrington could see less than that, forecasters said. Central Massachusetts could see scattered rain and thunderstorms later Sunday, too, with Auburn, Warren, Millbury and Grafton also seeing potentially less than a tenth of an inch.
A cold front should enter the region overnight between Sunday and Monday, bringing cooler air to the region next week, forecasters said. Nighttime lows should be below normal, in the 70s. Systems could also bring rain, though forecasters do not have a consensus on the timing for when it could come between Wednesday and Thursday.
Significant rain is not likely for now, but remnants of Hurricane Erin moving north/northwestward could bring precipitation to New England late next week, forecasters said. Impacts could be limited to offshore rip currents, but for now it’s “something to keep watching, forecasters wrote.
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