Good evening! I'm Aaron Jolly. And welcome to the Massachusetts Weather Podcast for Wednesday, February 25th.

Folks, that 12 degrees wake up call this morning? Brutal. The good news is we've clawed back to 36 degrees. The not so good news.. Tonight gets interesting.

A quick little snow maker slides through between 8 P.M. and 2 A.M. The Berkshires have front row seats. About a coin flip chance out there, with snow squalls that could drop a quick inch. Push east toward Worcester and the odds dip a bit. Along the coast? Boston, you're mostly watching this one go by. Warmer ocean air might even flip those flakes to rain near the shore.

Lows tonight tell the story of who gets what. The Berkshires drop to 23 degrees. Central Mass settles near 25. The coast hangs on to 29 degrees, just mild enough to keep things slushy.

Now Thursday morning. You open the curtains and sunshine hits you in the face. Highs push near 40 degrees under blue sky. That's a February gift. And I'd take it.

The week ahead has a real plot twist baked in. Friday stays sunny near 38 degrees. Saturday steals the show, climbing to 45, maybe 48 degrees. Warm enough to unzip the jacket and pretend spring is real. Then Sunday.. A cold front crashes the party with snow showers. And Monday? Arctic air drops highs into the mid 20s with overnight lows in the single digits. Winter's encore performance. Not ready for applause on that one.

One bright spot that nobody can take away from us. We're gaining almost three minutes of daylight every single day. Sunrise at 6:27, sunset at 5:29. The spring equinox is just three weeks out.

Charge up that phone tonight and keep a scraper in the car if you're west of Worcester.

That's your forecast — we'll be back tomorrow.