And here we go ...

[edschweppe]

Official NWS Winter Storm Warning now posted for the upcoming snowpocalypse:

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Boston/Norton MA
1228 PM EST Fri Jan 23 2026

CTZ002>004-MAZ002>022-026-RIZ001>007-241200-
/O.UPG.KBOX.WS.A.0001.260125T1200Z-260127T0000Z/
/O.NEW.KBOX.WS.W.0001.260125T1200Z-260127T0100Z/
Hartford CT-Tolland CT-Windham CT-Western Franklin MA-Eastern
Franklin MA-Northern Worcester MA-Central Middlesex MA-Western
Essex MA-Eastern Essex MA-Western Hampshire MA-Western Hampden MA-
Eastern Hampshire MA-Eastern Hampden MA-Southern Worcester MA-
Western Norfolk MA-Southeast Middlesex MA-Suffolk MA-Eastern
Norfolk MA-Northern Bristol MA-Western Plymouth MA-Eastern
Plymouth MA-Southern Bristol MA-Southern Plymouth MA-Barnstable
MA-Northern Middlesex MA-Northwest Providence RI-Southeast
Providence RI-Western Kent RI-Eastern Kent RI-Bristol RI-
Washington RI-Newport RI-
Including the cities of Coventry, Ayer, Bristol, West Greenwich,
Warwick, Blandford, Newport, Springfield, Milford, Smithfield,
Willimantic, Lawrence, Greenfield, Mattapoisett, East Greenwich,
Plymouth, Union, New Bedford, Chesterfield, Provincetown, Putnam,
Foxborough, Vernon, Northampton, Windsor Locks, Brockton,
Falmouth, Westerly, Fitchburg, Quincy, Fall River, Orange, Barre,
Framingham, West Warwick, Cambridge, Taunton, Charlemont,
Gloucester, Chatham, Hartford, Worcester, Narragansett, Lowell,
Norwood, Providence, Boston, Foster, and Amherst
1228 PM EST Fri Jan 23 2026

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM SUNDAY TO 8 PM EST
MONDAY...

* WHAT...Heavy snow expected. Total snow accumulations between 12
  and 17 inches. Winds gusting as high as 30 mph.

* WHERE...Much of Southern New England excluding Martha`s Vineyard,
  Nantucket and Block Island.

* WHEN...From 7 AM Sunday to 8 PM EST Monday.

* IMPACTS...Roads, and especially bridges and overpasses, will
  likely become slick and hazardous. Travel could be very difficult
  to impossible, especially if traveling overnight into the Monday
  morning commute. The hazardous conditions could impact the Monday
  morning and evening commutes.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If you must travel, keep an extra flashlight, food, and water in
your vehicle in case of an emergency.

Persons should consider delaying all travel. Motorists should use
extreme caution if travel is absolutely necessary.

&&

$$

Fortunately, this stuff should be on the light and fluffy side, so it won't be quite as bad to shovel.

Comments

[anne]

I don't feel ready at all. And my shoveling guys charge by the inch, weep for my budget

[edschweppe]

*hugs*