Waltham Closes Schools Ahead Of Tuesday Nor'easter

WALTHAM, MA — The groundhogs may have called for an early spring, but that doesn't mean winter is over.

A nor'easter is heading for Massachusetts, causing cities and towns to make adjustments to daily happenings, including in Waltham.

Waltham officials have closed all schools on Tuesday, and the city has also called a snow emergency parking ban starting on Monday at 11:45 p.m. for all streets.

"Absolutely no on street parking is permitted while the parking ban is in effect," city officials said.

"Cars may park in municipal or school lots during the ban, but please be advised that cars must be removed from School lots within [two hours] of the ban being lifted, and removed from Municipal lots within [24 hours] of the ban being lifted."

City officials have delayed all curbside collections for one day this week, meaning nothing will be collected on Tuesday.

Though many cities and towns have closed buildings and canceled school, the projected snow totals have diminished as the day wore on Monday.

Forecasts now show a nor'easter heading for southern New England has shifted south — and with it, the high snow totals that were initially predicted across a big section of the state.

On Monday afternoon, snow totals were downgraded from 8 to 12 inches along the Mass Pike corridor to as little as 2 inches close to Boston. The National Weather Service also shrunk the areas in the state under a winter storm warning. The warning now encompasses southern Worcester County, plus Suffolk, most of Middlesex, Essex, Plymouth, Bristol and Barnstable County.

Here are the new snow total, according to the National Weather Service:

• Boston area — 2 to 4 inches
• Worcester area — 4 to 8 inches
• Framingham area — 4 to 6 inches
• Gloucester area — 2 to 4 inches
• Norwood area — 4 to 8 inches
• Cape Cod — 1 inch, plus rain

Read more: Nor'easter Coming To MA: Snow Totals Lower As Track Shifts