[Weather] [2026.01.17 AM] NWS Boston EM Briefing: Two Snow Events

[BOX Operations - NOAA Service Account]

Good morning everyone...

A Winter Weather Advisory remains in effect through this afternoon for
portions of north central and western Massachusetts...mainly the higher
terrain. We still expect 2–4 inches of snow, with locally higher amounts up
to 5 inches across the Berkshires through this afternoon. Snow was already
impacting the region early this morning. We do expect a lull in the
activity by mid to late morning with another round of snow by afternoon
before winding down by early evening. We have attached our latest snowfall
forecast through this afternoon.

In addition...we have sent a new one-pager for the expected snow Sunday
into Sunday night. Areas of light snow may develop Sunday morning into
Sunday afternoon. We are currently thinking that the steadiest snow will be
later Sunday afternoon and evening...especially across eastern MA and RI.
We expect most of the travel impacts to occur late Sunday afternoon and
night when the steadiest snow arrives and temperatures fall below freezing.

Our preliminary snowfall forecast for Sunday into Sunday night is for an
inch or two of snow possible across the interior with 2-4" possible across
parts of eastern MA and RI. These amounts may need to be adjusted as a
small shift in the track will make a difference in the outcome. If the
track ends up on the northwest edge of the guidance...2-4" of snow would be
possible across much of the interior with a swath of 3-6" across parts of
RI/SE MA. If the track were to end up on the southeast edge of  the
guidance...snow accumulations would be a coating to 2 inches mainly
confined to Rhode Island and southeast Massachusetts.

Attached is the snowfall forecast through the afternoon as well as what we
expect for the second event Sunday into Sunday night. We have also included
a new one-pager for the Sunday into Sunday night event.

Thank You!

Meteorologist: Hayden Frank


If you have any questions or would like more information, please don't
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