Overnight Snowstorm Could Make for a Messy Wednesday Morning Commute

By Les Masterson (Patch Staff)

Photo credit: National Weather Service.

A quick-moving storm is expected to dump as much as 4 inches of snow on parts of Eastern Massachusetts on Tuesday night and early Wednesday morning.

The National Weather Service said snow is expected to begin in Eastern Massachusetts and Rhode Island between 10 p.m. and midnight. The snow will intensify between 1 and 5 a.m. Wednesday and could fall at more than one inch per hour. Travel could be treacherous overnight during the height of the storm.

Snow should end by 7 a.m. Wednesday, but untreated roads could be a problem during the Wednesday morning commute.

The NWS said 2-4 inches of snow is likely East of I-95 in Massachusetts, including Boston, Metro Boston, the North Shore, South Shore and Cape Cod and the Islands.

Two to three inches of snow is expected farther inland and even lesser amounts in the Worcester area.