Midnight Saturday Morning Weather Update For Western & Central Mass

The occasional snow flurries that have been occurring for several hours now across much of the area will become a steady snow within the next hour or two across all of Western & Central Mass.

Once it begins snowing, it is expected to continue snowing through all day Saturday before it ends by very late Saturday afternoon or very early Saturday evening.

The snow is expected to be generally light in intensity across all of Western Mass throughout late tonight through all day Saturday.

It is expected to be a different story across Central Mass where there's expected to be a period of moderate to heavy snow starting during the mid and late morning hours of Saturday and lasting until about mid-afternoon. Snowfall rates of upwards of one inch per hour can be expected during the late morning hours and during the first half of the afternoon hours of Saturday.

As I already mentioned, the snow looks to come to an end during the very late afternoon and early evening hours of Saturday.

I have updated the snowfall total map & have attached it to this post. As you can see, the snow amounts across Western Mass have remained the same, but I have increased the snow totals across Central Mass a little bit.

Snow covered and slippery road conditions can be expected from very late tonight through the day on Saturday across all of Western and Central Mass. Reduced visibilities in moderate to heavy snow from mid-morning Saturday until mid-afternoon Saturday will lead to hazardous travel conditions across Central Mass. Additionally, gusty winds during Saturday afternoon will produce blowing and drifting snow across the entire area & this will lead to localized areas of hazardous travel conditions due to low visibility.

Temperatures the rest of tonight will fall to between 15 and 20 Degrees. Temperatures on Saturday will initially rise to between 20 and 25 Degrees during the morning and then fall into the teens during the afternoon.

Winds the rest of tonight will become North at 5 to 10 mph by after midnight. Winds on Saturday will be North at 5 to 10 mph during the morning and North to Northwest at 15 to 25 mph with gusts to 35 mph in the afternoon. The gusty winds during Saturday afternoon will produce blowing and drifting snow.

More updates will be posted as needed.