Forecasters predict an incoming winter storm will drop several inches of snow across New England, beginning late Sunday and continuing overnight into Monday morning.
The National Weather Service has issued a winter storm warning through 10 a.m. Monday for most of Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut and warned that the Monday morning commute could be hazardous as a result of the storm.
In a series of maps below, the weather service has outlined how much snow could fall and when different communities should expect it the storm to arrive and depart.
Snowfall totals
The weather service’s most recent forecast puts the likely total snowfall in Greater Boston at about 6-8 inches for the overnight storm. Those numbers are slightly lower for Western Massachusetts and the Cape and Islands, which may get more like 4-6 inches of snow.
However, if the storm worsens in the time before it arrives in New England, Greater Boston could get up to 9-10 inches of snow and the Cape would likely be the only area of the state to see less than 8 inches.
On the lighter side, forecasters say that a tempered version of the storm could result in about 4 inches of snow for Boston and less than an inch in Western Mass. and on the Cape.
Storm timing
Forecasters expect the snow to arrive in Massachusetts around 7 p.m. Sunday, when it comes up from the southeast.
All told, the storm should move through the region in about 12 hours.
The snow should begin falling in Greater Boston by 9 p.m. and start last on the North Shore and Cape, which may not see any flakes until closer to midnight.
The snow will start leaving the state around 5 a.m. Monday, when it should stop snowing in Western Massachusetts. But forecasters warn that the snow could linger in Greater Boston until 8 a.m., likely causing problems for Monday morning commuters.
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