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.
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.
The Cape is currently expected to see less accumulation than other parts of the state. Current predictions range from 2.7 inches in Provincetown to 1.7 inches in Hyannis. Snow is expected to start in the mid to late evening on Sunday in Massachusetts, Williams said.
The NWS has issued storm and extreme cold warnings this weekend as powerful Arctic winds plunge temperatures nationwide.
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.
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.