Forecasters from the National Weather Service and Weather.com expect Monday’s highs temperatures to range in the lower 40s.
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A winter storm that started off as rain during the morning commute is expected to turn over to snow later in the day and drop as much as 10 inches in some areas of MA.
Green Mountain State residents are green with envy that other areas of New England are getting more snow than them.
NWS’s Morristown weather field office issued a winter weather advisory for the northern Cumberland Plateau, including Scott, Campbell and Morgan counties, for up to two inches of snow, with locally higher amounts possible. There’s a possibility of snow showers producing less than an inch of snow. The earlier winter storm watch is no longer in effect.
There is also a potential for ocean-enhanced snowfall near the coast caused by strong northeast winds that are pulling extra moisture from the Atlantic.
We’ll get a big blast of winter weather tonight as winds continue to strengthen from the northwest bringing in much colder temperatures and a chance for light snow for the beginning of the work week.
Transportation Department crews have been treating the major highways. “Some time in the evening it will change to snow”.
Many school districts the region closed for the day, including in Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Rhode Island.
With up to 8 inches of snow on the way, transportation officials are warning of messy morning and evening commutes.
Winds will be breezy in the Upstate, mainly flowing out of the south and west between 5 and 25 miles per hour.
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The rest of MA, plus Rhode Island and eastern CT, could see winter storm conditions with four to eight inches of accumulation Monday.
