Meteorologists are predicting “plowable snowfall” across Massachusetts from Sunday night into Monday morning, as a nor’easter is expected to dump 3 to 6 inches of snow.
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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.
Massachusetts could see several inches of snow this weekend from a weather system passing over the region on Sunday night, according to the latest forecast from the National Weather Service's Boston office.
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.
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.
Andy Nash, a NWS meteorologist, said snowfall is expected between around 6 p.m. tonight through 2 a.m. tomorrow morning. Nash said the SouthCoast and Cape and islands are likely to see upwards of half an inch of snow. The rest of the state should expect a dusting to a quarter of an inch.
Massachusetts is in store for its first major winter storm of 2025 as meteorologists say they are seeing “indicators” for a potential “significant snowmaker” set to slam the Bay State Sunday night
Counties across Massachusetts could see up to 10 inches of snow on Sunday, according to the National Weather Service.
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.
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.