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Get Ready: Messy Winter Weather This Weekend for Mansfield

A strengthening coastal storm is expected to impact the area Saturday into Sunday, bringing with it a significant amount of rain, sleet and/or snow — depending on how the system tracks this weekend.

Following the now infamous Blizzard of 2013, another round of wintry weather is headed our way.

A strengthening coastal storm system is expected to impact thee area from Saturday into early Sunday, according to a hazardous weather outlook from the National Weather Service.

Weekend Forecast

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Here is this weekend's weather outlook for Mansfield:

  • Friday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 25. Calm wind becoming east around 5 mph after midnight.
  • Saturday: Rain and snow, mainly after 2 p.m. High near 36. East wind 3 to 8 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80 percent. New snow accumulation of less than one inch possible.
  • Saturday Night: Rain and snow before 1 a.m., then snow between 1 a.m. and 4 a.m., then rain and snow after 4 a.m. Low around 32. East wind 7 to 11 mph becoming north after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 22 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100 percent. New precipitation amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
  • Sunday: Snow likely, mainly before 11am. Cloudy, with a high near 37. North wind 7 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 23 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70 percent.
  • Sunday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 27.

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