Winter Storm Warning As Up To 10 Inches Of Snow Expected Across MA

MASSACHUSETTS — A Sunday night storm originally forecast to bring a round of moderate snow showers to much of southern New England appears to be developing into a legitimate thumping of up to 10 inches across much of Massachusetts.

The National Weather Service issued a Winter Storm Warning for the North Shore, MetroWest, and Middlesex and Worcester counties on Saturday with 6 inches or more now predicted for late Sunday afternoon into early Monday morning, with areas exceeding that where heavy snow bands set up during the heart of the storm.

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The NWS issued a Winter Storm Watch for the immediate Boston area and points south and west, with no warning for the South Shore and Cape Cod where rain will likely mix and dampen accumulations.

"Growing confidence of 6 inches or more of snow totals north and west of I-95 ... though the location of the exact maximum from snow bands is uncertain," the NWS said in a Saturday alert. "Increasing confidence of at least a plowable snow for the Boston-Providence I-95 corridor."

Snow is expected to begin mid-to-late afternoon on Sunday and be heaviest early in the evening, tapering after midnight.

Cities and towns across the state began declaring snow emergency parking bans as early as Friday night for the expected snow.

Bitterly cold and windy weather will rush in after the storm departs with highs in the 20s on Monday and only in the teens on Tuesday and Wednesday — with overnight lows near zero and wind chills potentially 10 to 20 degrees below zero.