![]() ![]() The Massachusetts Department of Transportation is warning motorists ahead of the wintry weather. “The Tuesday morning commute is our biggest concern… Slow down and use caution while traveling.” “Travel could be very difficult,” the National Weather Service wrote in its alert. “Again, not a blockbuster snowstorm but a plowable snow event, impacting travel with snow covered roads late Monday evening, overnight and into Tuesday,” reads the National Weather Service’s forecast discussion.Ī Winter Weather Advisory has been issued for much of Massachusetts for Monday night through Tuesday evening. “It’s been a quiet winter thus far, so this is kind of the first plowable snow event across the region,” he added. “Most of the snow will fall overnight, and it doesn’t take much to slow things down. “For the Tuesday morning commute, you’ll want to plan extra time,” Bill Simpson, meteorologist at the National Weather Service’s Boston office, told the Herald on Sunday. ![]() The forecast for the Boston-area shows 3 to 4 inches of snow, with more than 4 inches along Interstate 495 and further west could see more than 6 inches. The heaviest snow should occur late Monday night into early Tuesday morning. Officials are warning of “difficult travel conditions” with the heaviest snow falling ahead of the Tuesday morning commute.įlakes should start flying in the Boston-area after the Monday evening commute, in the 8 p.m. In a winter that has seen very little snowfall, a “plowable snow event” is expected to arrive just as meteorological winter ends with February coming to a close. Dust off those barely touched shovels and snow blowers. ![]()
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