A Major Winter Storm Will Bring Heavy Snow & Blizzard Conditions During Sunday Night & Monday To Western & Central Mass

A Major Winter Storm Is Expected On Sunday Night & Monday: All of the weather data that I’ve looked at today is fully supporting the idea of a major winter storm that will impact all of Western & Central Mass during Sunday night and all day Monday. This storm will not only bring heavy amounts of snow, but also will bring strong winds leading to blizzard conditions across much of the area.

An area of low pressure is expected to rapidly strengthen as it tracks off of the Mid-Atlantic coast during the day on Sunday. This intense low pressure system is then forecast to track towards the northeast passing just to the south of Long Island during Sunday and then near Nantucket by Monday morning. This is expected to be a very intense storm system & because of this, it will be able to produce not only a lot of wind, but also a lot of snow.

Snow is expected to overspread all of Western and Central Mass during Sunday evening. The snow will then increase in intensity as the night progresses on Sunday night & we near dawn on Monday morning.

Heavy to possibly very heavy snow with snow rates of up to 1 to 3 inches per hour looks to overspread the region as early as the predawn hours of Monday morning. The heavy to very heavy snow is then expected to continue through all of Monday morning and possibly into early Monday afternoon. Again, snowfall rates of up to 1 to 3 inches per hour look quite possible throughout all of Monday morning into early Monday afternoon. The snow may then begin to lighten up some in intensity as we get into the late afternoon hours of Monday.

The snow then looks to possibly come to an end sometime during Monday evening.

In addition to the heavy snow, it is expected to be quite windy during Sunday night and Monday leading to the very real possibility of blizzard conditions. Winds on Sunday night will be Northeast at 15 to 20 mph before midnight and Northeast at 20 to 30 mph with gusts to 40-45 mph after midnight. Winds during the day on Monday will be North at 25 to 30 mph with gusts to 40-50 mph.

The combination of heavy snow and blizzard conditions Sunday night and Monday will make for extremely difficult travel conditions. Plow crews are going to have a very difficult time keeping up with the very heavy snow accumulations and the very significant amounts of blowing and drifting snow that will occur. Because of this, my advice to you is to stay off of the roads, if it at all possible.

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A Major Winter Storm Is Looking Increasingly More Likely For Late Sunday Night Through All Day Monday Across Western & Central Mass

I will be posting a full detailed forecast along with a snow forecast map concerning the Sunday night & especially Monday major winter storm sometime tomorrow (Saturday). Until then, here are some quick updates based on the latest data:

The latest weather data that is now coming in seems to be now pointing towards the increasingly likelihood of a major winter storm bringing both heavy snow & strong winds to all of Western and Central Mass beginning on Sunday night and lasting through all day Monday. This storm then looks to come to an end sometime Monday evening.

I am increasing my earlier forecast snow totals.

Snow totals now look to range from 8 to 12 inches across Western Mass to 12 to 16 inches of snow accumulation across Central Mass. Most of this snow is expected to accumulate from just before dawn Monday morning through all day Monday with frequently heavy to very heavy snow intensity. Snow rates of at least 1 to 3 inches per hour can be expected for many consecutive hours during the day on Monday.

Additionally, the snow will be accompanied by North to Northeast winds of 20 to 30 mph with gusts of up to 40-50 mph. This will lead to very significant amounts of blowing and drifting snow & the possibility of blizzard conditions at times.

It goes without saying that travel throughout the day on Monday may be extremely difficult due to heavy falling snow and very significant blowing and drifting snow.

If there is any good news - All day Saturday & all day Sunday look fine in terms of weather as the snow will not begin until around midnight Sunday night & conditions will not become extremely bad until sunrise Monday morning.

Frequent updates on this expected major winter storm will be posted here all weekend long. So, keep checking back for the latest.

8 pm Friday Evening Weather Update For Western & Central Mass

Mixed precipitation in the form of snow, sleet & freezing rain will change back to snow across all of Western and Central Mass over the next couple of hours or so.

Once the precipitation changes to all snow, I expect to see on & off snow until just before sunrise Saturday morning when it is expected to end.

Additional snow amounts tonight of 1 to 2 inches or so can be expected across the entire area, although those 2 inch additional amounts will probably occur in the northern Worcester Hills.

Temperatures tonight will remain in the upper 20s to near 30 Degrees through midnight & then fall to near 25 Degrees by sunrise Saturday morning.

Once the snow ends towards sunrise Saturday morning, I will begin to fully cover a potentially significant & quite possibly major winter storm that begins around midnight Sunday night & lasts through all day Monday before ending Monday evening. The latest weather data seems to be pointing more and more towards this being a very big deal in terms of a winter storm across all of Western and Central Mass.

For now, I’m going kind of conservative in terms of a snowfall forecast. This means that, for now, I'm thinking snow totals will range from 3 to 6 inches across Western Mass to 6 to 12 inches across Central Mass. Most of this snow will occur from just before dawn Monday morning through all day Monday. This snow will be accompanied by North to Northeast winds of 15 to 25 mph with gusts to 40 mph leading to quite a bit in the way of blowing and drifting snow.

I want to strongly emphasize that my forecast snow totals may need to be increased significantly should later data confirm the idea of a major winter storm.

Finally, both all day Saturday and all day Sunday look fine in terms of weather as the snow will not begin until around midnight Sunday night.

Many, many more updates on this potential storm will be posted throughout this weekend. So, keep checking back!!!