Foxborough Storm Center: Foot Of Snow, High Winds On The Way

FOXBOROUGH, MA — The first big storm of the season is heading this way and will bring high winds and plenty of show with it.

The National Weather Service is predicting 12 to 18 inches of snow for the Foxborough area, with the potential of heavy snow and near blizzard conditions across Eastern Massachusetts and Rhode Island. Due to the expected conditions, a winter storm watch has been issued.

As of Wednesday morning, much of the area is in a winter storm warning until early Friday morning. Residents should expect travel to be very difficult to impossible and possible damage to trees and power lines. At times, near blizzard conditions are likely along with near white-out conditions.

The temperature is not expected to break 30 degrees Thursday, with a low of 8 expected, then frigid temperatures for most of the weekend.

Here's what weather forecasters are predicting for us:

• National Weather Service: 12 to 18 inches
• NBC Boston/NECN: 8 to 12 inches
• WCVB: 10 to 15 inches
• WFXT: 10 to 16 inches
• WHDH: 12 to 16 inches
• WBZ: 12+ inches

Status Of School

Foxborough Regional Charter School and Foxborough Public Schools have called off Thursday classes.

Parking Ban

The Town is requesting that residents remove their vehicles from the street starting Thursday at midnight through 6 a.m. Friday to allow the DPW crews to clear the roads.

Trash Delay

Thursday's trash pickup from Dooley Disposal Services has been canceled. All trash pickup for the remainder of the week will be delayed. Curbside trash and recycling pickup will resume Friday.

Customers normally collected on Wednesdays will be collected Jan. 10. Overflow trash will be collected. Customers who are normally collected Thursdays will be picked up on Friday, and Friday customers on Saturday.

Emergency Numbers

• In case of an emergency, dial 911
• Foxboro Police Department - 508-543-4343
• Foxboro Fire Department - 508-543-1230
• National Grid power outages: 800-465-1212
• National Grid gas emergencies: 800-233-5325
• Comcast: 1-800-COMCAST (1-800-266-2278)
• Verizon: 1-800-VERIZON (1-800-837-4966)

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