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Reading Might Be Spared From Weekend Snowstorm

Less than an inch of snow is currently predicted for the area.

READING, MA - The possibility of a monstrous weekend winter storm had Massachusetts on edge but it looks like 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 31 and low of 23 at night.

The snow will probably stop by Sunday, but 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.

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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.

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