Brookline Lifts Snow Emergency Parking Ban As Storm Fizzles

BROOKLINE, MA — Brookline officials lifted the town's snow emergency parking ban as of 11 a.m. on Tuesday as an expected significant snowstorm largely fizzled as it moved over Greater Boston.

Officials did ask the drivers who can avoid going out on the roads this afternoon to do so in order to "allow our crews to continue to treat and eventually plow the roads" if snow increases.

The storm track shifted south on Monday afternoon, moving the heavy snow zone into Connecticut, Rhode Island and the Cape.

With that track, snow totals dropped from nearly 18 inches in central Massachusetts to around 4 inches for the Mass Pike corridor.

Forecasts early Tuesday morning still differed pretty sharply, with the National Weather Service predicting the highest amounts for places like Boston, Worcester and the North Shore. The snow was expected to turn to rain by the afternoon in the Boston area.

Brookline Public Schools were closed on Tuesday.