7:30 pm Sunday Evening Storm Update For Western & Central Mass

Snow is currently falling across all of Western and Central Mass at the time of this post. The snow intensity right now varies from mainly light across Western Mass to light to moderate in intensity across Central Mass.

Road conditions across the entire area are now slick. In fact, scanner radio traffic from my immediate local area (Sturbridge) indicates that there have been multiple traffic accidents in just the last few minutes in Sturbridge, Charlton and Southbridge. I urge you to exercise extreme care if you are out and about on roads as they are slick.

Snow is expected to continue throughout all of tonight. The snow intensity will be moderate to perhaps heavy at times across Central Mass between now and midnight and mostly light in intensity across Western Mass. Light snow is then expected across the entire area during the after midnight hours.

The light snow looks to persist through sunrise Monday morning and should come to an end by or just before mid-morning Monday.

Additional snowfall amounts throughout the rest of tonight until it ends by mid-morning Monday will range from 3 to 4 inches across all of Central Mass to 2 to 3 more inches of snow accumulation across Western Mass.

The Snow Is Not Even Close To Being Done & Will Begin Again Late This Afternoon & This Evening (Issued: 12:30 pm Sunday 1/18/2026)

We are now in a pause between parts of the current snowfall & it needs to be emphasized that the worst part of this storm doesn't occur until late afternoon and this evening.

For the rest of this afternoon, there will be a break in the steady snow for the next few hours with steady snow developing across the entire area by about 5 pm this afternoon.

Between about 5 pm this afternoon and midnight tonight, snow, moderate to heavy at times, can be expected across all of Western and Central Mass. Snowfall rates of up to one inch per hour can be expected at times. This will lead to poor travel conditions due to slick road conditions and low visibilities. I strongly urge you to use extreme caution if you are out and about on roads between 5 pm and midnight.

Anyone that's going to be traveling home after this afternoon's Pats-Texans game (whether locally or traveling back from Foxboro) needs to be aware that it's going to be slow going traveling. And yes, it's going to be snowing in Foxboro for much of the game, especially during the late third and fourth quarters.

As we get into the after midnight hours of tonight, it's likely to continue snowing across the entire area. The intensity of the snow during the after midnight hours looks to be light to occasionally moderate.

The snow looks to come to an end across the entire area just after sunrise Monday morning.

Forecast Snow Totals: It still looks like snow totals of 3 to 5 inches can be expected across all of Western and Central Mass by the time this storm wraps up tomorrow morning. It's not out of the question that isolated 6 inch snow totals are a possibility in far southern Worcester and far southeastern Worcester County (I-395 & Route 146 corridor).

1 am Saturday Night Update On Sunday & Sunday Evenings Snow Across Western & Central Mass

More and more it’s looking like widespread snow amounts of 3 to 5 inches will occur across all of Western and Central Mass during Sunday and Sunday evening. Most of this snow looks to accumulate between 5 pm and 11 pm Sunday evening.

Snow will overspread the entire area just after sunrise Sunday morning. The snow looks to last until about early afternoon when it’ll stop for a while during the early and mid afternoon hours.

A second round of snow will develop across all of Western and Central Mass by late Sunday afternoon. Snow, which will be moderate to heavy in intensity at times, is expected throughout all of Sunday evening. Light snow will then persist through the after midnight hours of Sunday night before it ends just before sunrise Monday morning.

Snow totals of 3 to 5 inches is expected across all of Western and Central Mass. As I already mentioned, a majority of this snow looks to accumulate between about 5 pm and 11 pm Sunday evening.