Several Massachusetts schools closing Monday for winter storm
THROUGH OVERNIGHT. WE DEFINITELY DID KELLY ANN AND A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE PAYING ATTENTION TO THIS NEXT STORM TOO. YES, A LOT MORE TO COME. SO THIS MORNING WE HAVE SOME SLICK SPOTS THAT WE’RE WATCHING FOR. ADDITIONAL DAYTIME FLURRIES WILL BE POSSIBLE BOTH TODAY AND TOMORROW DURING THE DAY, BUT A LOT OF OUR FOCUS IS ON THIS MAJOR NOR’EASTER SET TO ARRIVE BY TOMORROW NIGHT. WE HAVE A STORM TEAM FIVE WEATHER ALERT IS THE HIGHER LIKELIHOOD FOR NOR’EASTER. DELIVERING BLIZZARD CONDITIONS IS SOMETHING THAT WE’RE MONITORING FOR SIGNIFICANT HEAVY WET SNOWFALL, POWER OUTAGES, COASTAL FLOODING. THIS IS GOING TO BE A MULTI IMPACT STORM. I THINK A LOT OF US WILL COMPARE TO THAT SIGNIFICANT SNOWSTORM WE SAW IN JANUARY. THIS COULD BE MORE SIGNIFICANT AS THAT LAST STORM DELIVERED A WIDESPREAD NEARLY TWO FEET OF POWDERY SNOWFALL. WE ARE LOOKING AT A WETTER CONSISTENCY SNOWFALL AND MULTIPLE OTHER IMPACTS IN ADDITION TO SNOW. LET’S START OFF THIS MORNING BECAUSE WE HAVE THAT STORM THAT MOVED IN YESTERDAY AND IT’S STILL HANGING AROUND THIS MORNING. WE HAVE LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS THAT ARE FINALLY STARTING TO TAPER OFF. WE’RE SEEING SIGNS OF IMPROVEMENT, BUT THERE’S STILL SOME FLURRIES FLYING AS WE MOVE NORTH OF BOSTON, MOVING OUT THROUGH METRO WEST. AND YOU CAN SEE THAT EXTENDS ALL THE WAY UP THROUGH THE TIP OF CAPE. AND WE HAD SOME OF THESE BANDS SET UP EARLIER. AND THAT WAS BRINGING SOME SNOW IN OFF THE WATER. WE’RE STARTING TO SEE THAT NOW FALLING APART. SO THAT’S SOME GREAT NEWS, BUT WATCH OUT FOR SOME STEADIER SNOWFALL WITH SOME OF YOUR ROUTE THREE TRAVEL HEADING INTO AREAS LIKE PLYMOUTH. WE ARE IN THE UPPER 20S TO LOW 30S AS WE HOVER NEAR AND BELOW THE FREEZING POINT FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS. PLEASE WATCH, BECAUSE WE DID SEE A GOOD AMOUNT OF SLUSH YESTERDAY WITH THE SLEET THAT MIXED IN, ESPECIALLY SOUTH OF THE CITY, THAT COULD FREEZE OVER IN SPOTS. SO WATCH FOR SOME AREAS OF SLICK ROADWAYS, SLICK PATHWAYS AS YOU’RE HEADING OUT AND HEADING OUT FOR YOUR SUNDAY SATURDAY MORNING HERE WE’RE MOVING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON MAINLY DRY. I SAY MAINLY BECAUSE THERE WILL BE A LOT OF CLOUDS AROUND AND THERE IS THAT CHANCE FOR SOME HIT OR MISS SNOW SHOWERS. MAINLY LIGHT STUFF HERE AS YOU MOVE WEST OF 495 THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND EVEN INTO TONIGHT. SO WE’RE NOT LOOKING AT A DRY RADAR AT ANY POINT OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS. AND I THINK THAT ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL COULD BRING ANOTHER COATING TO AN INCH. MOVING FROM CENTRAL AND WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS. THEN WE BREAK DOWN OUR STORM TIMELINE HERE. OUR WEATHER ALERT FOR THIS NOR’EASTER ON THE WAY. AS EARLY AS 6:00, WE START TO SEE A STEADIER SNOW MOVING IN FROM THE SOUTH. BUT THE HEART OF THIS STORM IS BETWEEN MIDNIGHT ON SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY, MOVING THROUGH MONDAY MIDDAY, WE’LL SEE THE SNOW TAPERING OFF THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SO LET’S BREAK DOWN THE TIMELINE HOUR BY HOUR 1230 SUNDAY WE HAVE HIT OR MISS SNOW SHOWERS AROUND, BUT A WALL OF SNOW PUSHES IN FROM THE SOUTH AND YOU CAN SEE BY 8:00 ON SUNDAY IT IS IN PLACE. WE ARE TRACKING THESE HEAVIER BANDS OF SNOW OVERNIGHT, SO FROM MIDNIGHT THROUGH ABOUT SIX 7:00 IN THE MORNING, THESE BRIGHTER OR DARKER BLUE COLORS THAT ARE SETTING UP IN EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS HAS ME CONCERNED FOR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS IN THE MORNING HOURS MONDAY, AND THIS IS WHERE WE COULD SEE LOCALIZED BANDS OF CLOSE TO 20IN OF SNOWFALL DEVELOPING BY MIDDAY. WE’RE SEEING SIGNS OF THE STORM WEAKENING, SO WE’RE GETTING INTO A LIGHTER SNOWFALL FOR AREAS WEST, AND THAT WILL TREND EASTWARD THROUGH THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON. SO I DO THINK THAT THE WORST OF THIS STORM WILL BE THROUGH THE MIDDAY HOURS MONDAY, 12 TO 18IN FOR MOST OF EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS. BUT WITHIN THESE BANDS, I DO THINK WE COULD GET CLOSE TO 20IN WHERE THESE BANDS SET UP LOCALLY IS SOMETHING WE’LL BE PINPOINTING IN FINE DETAIL OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS, 12 TO 8 TO 12IN, RATHER AS YOU EXTEND THROUGH MUCH OF WORCESTER COUNTY AND THEN DOWN TOWARD CAPE COD, 8 TO 12IN. I PUT US IN THIS ZONE BECAUSE I THINK IT’S GOING TO BE A WETTER CONSISTENCY SNOW. AND THAT’S AN AREA WHERE WE’RE ALSO TALKING ABOUT THE STRONGEST WIND GUSTS OF NEAR 60MPH. SO CAPE COD, UNFORTUNATELY, YOU’RE IN A SPOT WHERE I THINK YOU HAVE THE BEST CHANCE OF SEEING POWER OUTAGES. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS CAN’T BE RULED OUT FOR MUCH OF THE AREA, MAINLY IN EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS. DURING THE MORNING HOURS TOMORROW, AND THAT DOES EXTEND WITH A HIGHER LIKELIHOOD DOWN TOWARD CAPE COD. WE’LL ALSO BE WATCHING THE COASTLINE FOR OUR TIDES. WE HAVE ASTRONOMICALLY HIGHER TIDES. SURGE OF 2 TO 3FT MEANS WE COULD SEE MINOR TO EVEN POCKETS OF MODERATE COASTAL FLOODING AND BEACH EROSION. THE STORM MOVES OUT ON TUESDAY. THE WIND WILL GRADUALLY WEAKEN. WE’RE STILL COLD ON TUESDAY, BUT WE GET CLOSER TO 40 WITH SOME RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS FOR THE SECOND HALF OF THE WEEK.
Several Massachusetts schools closing Monday for winter storm
Updated: 3:59 PM EST Feb 21, 2026
Ahead of Sunday’s winter storm, some schools in Massachusetts have already closed for Monday.StormTeam 5 tools: Alerts | Futurecast | Map Room | Radar | ClosingsThe nor’easter is expected to deliver over a foot of snow to the Bay State, along with high winds, power outages, and coastal flooding. Worcester Public Schools announced they will be closed on Monday.See the full list of closings here.
Ahead of Sunday’s winter storm, some schools in Massachusetts have already closed for Monday.
StormTeam 5 tools: Alerts | Futurecast | Map Room | Radar | Closings
The nor’easter is expected to deliver over a foot of snow to the Bay State, along with high winds, power outages, and coastal flooding.
Worcester Public Schools announced they will be closed on Monday.
See the full list of closings here.
