North Reading Might Be Spared From Weekend Snowstorm

NORTH READING, MA - The possibility of a monstrous weekend winter storm had Massachusetts on edge but it looks like North Reading is off the hook.

The forecast could change, but as of right now weather.com predicts snow accumulation of less than once inch this Saturday. Temperatures will reach a high of 28 and low of 20 at night.

The snow will probably stop by Sunday afternoon with the possibility of morning flurries. There will be wind speeds of up to 20 miles per hour, according to weather.com. There could be gusts of up to 40 miles per hour on Saturday night.

The Washington D.C. and Mid-Atlantic are expected to get hit the hardest by the weekends storm, with heavy snow possible in Northern Virginia and Western Maryland. New York City could see as much as 12 inches of snow and Philadelphia and Boston could also feel some effects of the storm.

Washington and Baltimore were under a blizzard watch as of Wednesday morning.

Above is a weather map provided by WHDH.