Snow continues to fall across Massachusetts, with more on the way Sunday as the storm threatens to outpace previous forecasts.
Some towns have already received more than 4 inches of snow, and as of 4 p.m. Saturday it was still coming down in Central and Western Massachusetts. A Winter Weather Advisory is in effect for Hampden County and Middlesex County until 5 p.m. Saturday, and until 7 p.m. in Berkshire County.
The National Weather Service expects the precipitation to cease overnight before more intense snowfall resumes on Sunday. The weather service has issued a Winter Weather Advisory from 10 a.m. Sunday to 4 a.m. Monday for Boston and Cape Cod & the Islands, as well as Worcester and much of Central Massachusetts.
Snow could begin falling around 8 a.m. Sunday in Central and Eastern Massachusetts and continue through the night, with forecasts calling for 2 to 4 inches of snow in Boston, 1 to 3 inches on Cape Cod & the Islands and an additional 1 to 3 inches in Worcester.
Snow figures to be at its heaviest during the window for the New England Patriots’ playoff game against the Houston Texans, which is set to kick off at 3 p.m. Sunday. According to the National Weather Service, the southeastern part of the state, including Foxborough, could see a snow rate of 1 to 1.5 inches per hour during the game.
The National Weather Service expects Sunday high temperatures of 38 degrees in Boston, 36 degrees in Worcester and Springfield and 31 degrees in Pittsfield. Sunday temps will drop to the mid to low 20s.
The snow should peter out by 7 a.m. Monday, with an arctic cold front expected to bring bitterly cold temperatures on Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Boston will see sunny skies on Monday, but a low temperature of 17 degrees, with Worcester and Springfield bottoming out at 13 degrees.
