Counties across Massachusetts could see up to 10 inches of snow on Sunday, according to the National Weather Service.
The bread, milk and eggs could be flying off the shelves at Market Basket this weekend. Local meteorologists are predicting “plowable snowfall” from Sunday night into Monday morning, as a nor’easter is expected to dump 3 to 6 inches of snow across the region.
An arctic blast is set to bring wind chill temperatures as low as single digits below zero in Massachusetts. Meteorologists tell us how to prepare.
A report from the National Weather Service was issued on Monday at 5:05 p.m. for snow squalls and showers until 6 p.m. for Franklin, Hampshire and Hampden counties.
The odds are low, but there’s still a risk for a whopper of a nor’easter to pound New England this weekend, according to local meteorologists.
A NWS forecaster said Massachusetts will see at most two inches of snowfall from the storm this weekend. Most parts of the state, including Worcester, Boston and the South Shore, are expected to get less than an inch of snow.
On Saturday at 2:33 p.m. the National Weather Service issued a winter storm warning valid from Sunday 1 p.m. until Monday 7 a.m. for Northern Worcester and Southern Worcester as well as Franklin, Middlesex,
A coastal storm system approaching New England Sunday afternoon is forecast to drop 3 to 6 inches of snow across the Boston area through early Monday, with higher accumulations of around 4 to 8 inches expected the farther inland you go. A few isolated areas, especially from Springfield to the Berkshires, could see nearly a foot stack up.
Much of the U.S. from the Rockies into the Northern Plains will see colder than normal temperatures starting Sunday into the coming week, including forecasted wind chills down to minus 40 degrees F (minus 40 degrees C) or colder in the Dakotas and northern Minnesota, National Weather Service Meteorologist Marc Chenard said.
Forecasters have increased the amount of snow expected to fall across Massachusetts as a fast-moving system moves through Sunday evening into Monday morning. Parts of Massachusetts could now see 6-12 inches of snow as a result of the storm.
The NWS has issued storm and extreme cold warnings this weekend as powerful Arctic winds plunge temperatures nationwide.