Danvers Snow Emergency Parking Ban Lifted As Snowstorm Fizzles

DANVERS, MA — Danvers was one of many cities and towns north of Boston to lift their snow emergency parking bans early Tuesday as a storm that had been forecast to be among the region's biggest of the season fizzled overnight.

The town announced early Monday that the ban would be in effect from 11 p.m. on Monday until "all winter operations related to this coming storm are completed." But with limited plowing necessary as accumulation predictions fell from 8 inches or more to 2 to 4 inches, the restriction was deemed unnecessary.

All Danvers Public Schools and non-essential town offices remained closed for the day with trash and recycling pickup delayed one day this week.

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.

(Scott Souza is a Patch field editor covering Beverly, Danvers, Marblehead, Peabody, Salem and Swampscott. He can be reached at Scott.Souza@Patch.com. X/Twitter: @Scott_Souza.)