Threat for disruptive snow grows for Eastern Massachusetts as extreme cold grips the Northeast

Boston seeing accrued snowfall chances arsenic clipper strategy pushes into Northeast

The snowfall forecast for Boston and different parts of eastbound Massachusetts is rising arsenic a clipper strategy takes purpose astatine the Northeast this weekend, driving successful different blast of arctic air. Boston could spot betwixt 3-5 inches of snow, with Massachusetts' North Shore perchance seeing 6+ inches by Saturday afternoon. 

BOSTON– Boston is apt to person respective inches of snow this play arsenic a fast-moving clipper strategy pushes different circular of utmost frigid temperatures into the Northeast. 

Snow is already falling crossed Pennsylvania and the Mid-Atlantic connected Friday arsenic the tempest pushes into the Northeast. 

This sweeping strategy volition usher successful airy to mean snowfall showers and beardown gusty winds, the FOX Forecast Center said. 

A pedestrian passes snow-covered vehicles pursuing a wintertime tempest successful Boston, Massachusetts, US, connected Monday, Jan. 26, 2026. 

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Much of confederate New England is nether Winter Weather alerts done aboriginal Sunday. A Winter Storm Watch is successful spot for the North Shore of Massachusetts, conscionable northbound of Boston. 

Eastern Massachusetts is forecast to beryllium close successful the bullseye for impacts from this storm, with astatine slightest 3 inches of snowfall expected for parts of the state.

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Some locations, peculiarly astir the North Shore portion of Massachusetts and into coastal New Hampshire, could spot betwixt 5-8 inches of snow, with up to 10 inches imaginable done Saturday. 

Most different areas of the Northeast and New England volition spot 1-3 inches of snowfall done the weekend. 

Additional snowfall accumulations volition autumn connected apical of immoderate erstwhile snowfall from the Jan. 25 snowstorm, which buried Boston successful 23.3 inches of snow. 

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An arctic beforehand volition scope the Northeast overnight Friday, and by the clip the prima rises connected Saturday, airy snowfall volition beryllium ongoing successful the New York City Metro and Hudson Valley, headed toward eastbound Massachusetts and Maine. 

As the greeting progresses, a set of heavier snowfall whitethorn make on the beforehand itself arsenic it moves crossed Vermont, Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Rhode Island.

The FOX Forecast Center said arsenic a caller country of debased unit develops offshore, an country of converging winds volition acceptable up westbound of the debased pressure. This is known arsenic an "inverted trough" and it'll widen backmost toward eastbound Massachusetts. 

The highest of the snowfall volition hap during the day arsenic the inverted trough meets up with the arctic beforehand moving successful from the west. 

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Snow volition statesman to wrapper up by 6 p.m. connected Saturday, arsenic the arctic beforehand pushes bands of snowfall backmost implicit the ocean. 

At that point, however, the winds go the much superior concern. 

Gusts successful excess of 40 mph volition beryllium communal Saturday nighttime and whitethorn origin areas of blowing snowfall which would temporarily trim visibility and pb to unsafe driving conditions.

Combined with the arctic temperatures gripping the region, upwind chills beneath zero volition beryllium expected. 

By the clip the prima rises connected Sunday, temperatures could consciousness arsenic debased arsenic -25, according to the FOX Forecast Center. 

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Cold Weather Alerts person been issued for millions from the Outer banks into far-reaching Maine. 

The astir terrible acold upwind alert, Extreme Cold Warnings, person been issued for implicit 43 cardinal Americans, including successful New York City, Philadelphia and the full authorities of Connecticut.

Temperatures are expected to instrumentality to adjacent mean by mid adjacent week.