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.
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.
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.
A winter storm is expected to bring up to 9 inches of snow to parts of Massachusetts, from Sunday afternoon into Monday.
The NWS has issued storm and extreme cold warnings this weekend as powerful Arctic winds plunge temperatures nationwide.
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
A quick-hitting snowstorm is set to hit most of Massachusetts Sunday night into Monday before an arctic blast of air arrives on Tuesday and Wednesday.
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.