Peabody Snow Emergency Parking Ban Set To Expire As Storm Fizzles

PEABODY, MA — The snow emergency parking ban declared in Peabody on Monday was set to expire at 3 p.m. on Tuesday as the storm once expected to bring up to eight inches of snow to the North Shore largely fizzled.

Peabody Public Schools were closed on Tuesday with trash and recycling curbside pickup delayed one day for the rest of the 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.)