Middlesex County Getting Up to 9 Inches of Snow on Thursday

MIDDLESEX COUNTY, MA — On Tuesday, the National Weather Service issued a winter storm watch indicating that western and central Massachusetts could see the biggest part of the snowfall predicted for Thursday.

On Wednesday morning, those predictions increased, with predictions of 4 to 9 inches in Central Middlesex County. The storm watch issued for western and central Massachusetts remains in effect from Thursday morning through Friday morning.

The heavy snow is expected to develop late Thursday morning and become heavy through Thursday afternoon and early Thursday night. The snow should taper off after midnight. NWS warns of hazardous driving conditions, wind gusts up to 50 mph and visibility of one-quarter of a mile or less at times.

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