NEBA Weather Service

Springfield, MA

Forecast Issued Fri Feb 17 2012 at 3:00pm EST

Generally Fair Weekend as Major Storm Misses Us to the South

Current Conditions:

    Partly Sunny     Temperature: 49ºF     Dewpoint: 24ºF     Pressure: 29”.88     Winds:  West at 15mph

Synopsis:

Weak high pressure is in place providing a calm and mild day today.  A weak disturbance will pass through the region later this afternoon and may produce a scattered snow flurry.  Otherwise, skies will clear tonight.  Tomorrow will feature mostly sunny skies and mild temperatures as high pressure slides to the south.  Another weak disturbance will cross the region Saturday night and may produce some steady light snow for a time.  We will see a return to fair skies but cooler temperatures on Sunday as a major coastal storm passes well to our south.  Fair weather will prevail for the early part of the work week until a storm system brings mainly rain with some wet snow mixed in for Wednesday into Thursday.  Friday will feature snow showers followed by the possibility of a more significant snow event for Saturday.

Forecast:

This afternoon:  Partly sunny, pleasant and mild with a high temperature near fifty degrees.

Tonight:  Chance of a flurry early, followed by clearing skies.  Low temperatures in the mid-twenties.

Tomorrow:  Mostly sunny early, followed by a few clouds.  High temperatures in the upper forties.

Tomorrow night:  Cloudy with the chance of light snow.  Accumulations of less than one inch.  Low temperatures in the upper twenties.

Sunday:  Clearing skies early, then sunny and pleasant.  Cooler with a high temperature near forty degrees.

Sunday night:  Mainly clear with a low temperature near twenty degrees.

Monday:  Mostly sunny, breezy and colder with a high temperature in the upper thirties.

Monday night:  Clear with diminishing winds.  Low temperature near twenty degrees.

Tuesday:  Continued fair and milder with a high temperature in the lower forties.

Wednesday:  Cloudy with the chance of showers.  High temperatures in the upper forties.

Thursday:  Cloudy with rain, heavy at times. High temperatures in the mid-forties.