Massachusetts is in retailer for its first main winter storm of 2025 as meteorologists say they’re seeing “indicators” for a possible “significant snowmaker” set to slam the Bay State Sunday evening into Monday morning.
Gov. Maura Healey issued an advisory Saturday night for residents to “use extra care on the roads … and take the time to check in on your neighbors to make sure everyone stays warm and safe.”
The advisory got here after the Nationwide Climate Service issued a Winter Storm Warning for parts of western, central and northeastern Massachusetts, the place the heaviest snowfall quantities are anticipated at round 8 inches.
“As we continue to monitor this storm,” Healey mentioned in a press release, “we want everyone to be prepared and plan accordingly, especially residents and visitors that may have plans to travel over this holiday weekend.”
Meteorologists at NWS Boston say the locations north and west of Interstate 95 may see some localized quantities find yourself nearer to 10 inches relying on the snow banding.
Many of the Bay State had been positioned in a Winter Storm Warning as of Saturday afternoon, whereas the NWS issued a Winter Storm Look ahead to the quick Boston space and factors south and west.
The South Shore and the Cape and Islands had no advisory, with meteorologists anticipating snow prone to combine with rain, decreasing accumulations there.
NWS Boston mentioned that it was retaining its eye on the fashions of the monitor from the Carolina coast to the Gulf of Maine which was “slowly coming into focus” however might be “the greatest determiner of who sees snow and how much.”
“The stronger/closer track could actually hurt snowfall totals in southeast MA by keeping strong onshore/warmer flow going preventing a quicker flip to snow,” the NWS forecast dialogue said.
The heaviest snow is predicted throughout the in a single day hours, with some areas prone to choose up 1 to 2 inches per hour, earlier than the storm ends Monday morning and arctic chilly comes dashing in.
Marblehead, Medford and Framingham had all declared snow emergency parking restrictions in anticipation of the storm.
A brutal arctic outbreak will descend upon the area from later Monday into Wednesday — with wind chills probably dropping to between 10 and 15 beneath zero.
The precise low temps on Monday evening and Tuesday evening might be within the single digits, with some beneath zero. The precise excessive temps on Tuesday and Wednesday will solely be within the mid-teens to low 20s.
This may probably be the coldest climate since early February 2023. The NWS is warning of “bitterly cold air.”
