Remote Learning Gives Medford Snow Day Edge

MEDFORD, MA — A midweek storm is expected to bring the first serious snowfall of the year, but the prospect of a snow day has dimmed in a year when districts have adapted to the pandemic.

Medford Public Schools Superintendent Marice Edouard-Vincent said one option is to shift to remote learning on a snow day.

"We are equipped to teach remotely on snow days, but Medford Public Schools will address the decision on a storm by storm basis," Edouard-Vincent said in a statement. "There might be situations, such as power outages, that would make remote teaching difficult."

The storm is expected to hit the region Wednesday night and continue through midday Thursday, dumping as much as 8 to 12 inches on parts of the region.

The National Weather Service said the amount of snow depends on how the storm tracks and interacts with an area of high pressure that will keep temperatures in the low 30s from Tuesday onward.

Under its current trajectory, the hardest-hit areas would cover an area from the Massachusetts Turnpike to the Upper Cape, with northern Massachusetts and the Outer Cape seeing lower snowfall totals.

The storm could also bring heavy wind and cause minor coastal flooding problems around 1 p.m. Thursday, when high tide hits Boston.