Remote Learning Gives Wakefield Snow Day Edge

WAKEFIELD, MA — A midweek storm is expected to bring the first serious snowfall of the year, but the prospect of a snow day has dimmed in a year when districts have adapted to the pandemic.

Wakefield Public Schools Superintendent Doug Lyons said schools will switch to remote learning in the event of a snowstorm.

"We have remote schedules at all levels for snow days," Lyons wrote in an email to Patch. "Our teachers are amazingly resourceful and are prepared for whatever comes our way."

The storm is expected to hit the region Wednesday night and continue through midday Thursday, dumping as much as 8 to 12 inches on parts of the region.

The National Weather Service said the amount of snow depends on how the storm tracks and interacts with an area of high pressure that will keep temperatures in the low 30s from Tuesday onward.

Under its current trajectory, the hardest-hit areas would cover an area from the Massachusetts Turnpike to the Upper Cape, with northern Massachusetts and the Outer Cape seeing lower snowfall totals.

The storm could also bring heavy wind and cause minor coastal flooding problems around 1 p.m. Thursday, when high tide hits Boston.