A Pair Of Rare, SE Massachusetts-Only Snow Events This Weekend

We get snow, Worcester doesn't.... how's that for a switch?

Twice, even!

A pair of snowstorms will clip SE Massachusetts this weekend. There is still time for the track to vary and the totals to change, but this is a good idea of what is expected to be coming.

There looks to be a sharp cutoff point to this storm, where a Scituate might get 2" and a Quincy might just get flurries. There could also be a follow-up ocean-effect period of snow, who knows? I'm a sportswriter, by trade.

The time frame is looking like Thursday/Friday and Saturday/Sunday. Neither will be a blockbuster, but Cape Cod could have six inches of POWDA by the time Wild Card Weekend shakes itself out.

We'll let the government tell you...

BARNSTABLE:

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 11 AM EST
FRIDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 11 AM
EST FRIDAY.

* LOCATIONS...CAPE COD AND THE ISLANDS, AS WELL AS SOUTHERN
PLYMOUTH COUNTY.

* HAZARD TYPES...ACCUMULATING SNOW.

* ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 2 TO 5 INCHES.

* TIMING...SCATTERED LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS MAY DEVELOP BY LATE THIS
EVENING. HOWEVER, THE BULK OF THE ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL OCCUR
BETWEEN 3 AND 10 AM FRIDAY MORNING WHEN A PERIOD OF MODERATE TO
PERHAPS BRIEFLY HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED. THE ACCUMULATING SNOW
WILL BE OVER BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON.

* IMPACTS...UNTREATED ROADS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY
ALONG WITH REDUCED VISIBILITY BY DAYBREAK FRIDAY. THE FRIDAY
MORNING RUSH HOUR IS EXPECTED TO BE IMPACTED, WITH MODERATE TO
PERHAPS BRIEFLY HEAVY SNOW FALLING.

* UNCERTAINTY...THERE IS LIKELY TO BE A SHARP CUTOFF IN THE MAIN
SNOW SHIELD SOMEWHERE NEAR THE SOUTH COASTS OF RHODE ISLAND AND
MASSACHUSETTS. IT IS POSSIBLE THAT THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES
MAY NEED TO BE EXPANDED ONTO THE SOUTH COASTS OF RHODE ISLAND
AND MASSACHUSETTS, BUT GIVEN UNCERTAINTY CONFIDENCE WAS NOT
HIGH ENOUGH TO ISSUE AT THIS POINT.

* WINDS...NORTHWEST 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH.

* VISIBILITIES...ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW
WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW
COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.