Sunday's winter storm is looking more certain, with meteorologists saying that snow totals could be between 2 and 6 inches, and possibly more than that.
The northeastern United States - covering all of New England and extending southwest to Indiana, Kentucky and Tennessee - is expected to face a storm that should have plowable snow and yet could see more snow in the interior, with rain across the coastal plain, according to the National Weather Service.
However, forecasters said nothing is set in stone yet. Despite where snow is expected to fall, "the exact track is uncertain, which will determine who will see the most snow," forecasters said in a post on X.
Some models suggest that Massachusetts could see between 2 and 6 inches, but there "still is a low risk for little if any snowfall if the storm track trends east... which would support mainly rain on the coastal plain," forecasters said.
Other models suggest that while there's a chance for more than 6 inches of snow to fall between Sunday night and Monday, there is a low probability, the Weather Service noted.
As of Friday afternoon, forecasters expect snow totals to mostly be around 3 inches across New England. Worcester and Boston could see closer to 4 inches of snow, while Springfield could see just over 3 inches of snow.
Around the Cape, snow totals should be lower. Provincetown should see 2.7 inches of snow, Hyannis should see 1.7 inches and Nantucket could accumulate just over half an inch of snow.
Even with these chances, it still remains unclear how much snow will fall and what track the storm will take, forecasters said.
The Weather Service is also warning of as much as 8 inches of snow potentially falling over two-thirds of Massachusetts between Sunday night and Monday, according to a Winter Storm Watch in effect during that time period.
All of Central Massachusetts and Western Massachusetts are under the storm watch, along with northern Connecticut.
"Roads, and especially bridges and overpasses, will likely become slick and hazardous. Travel could be very difficult," the watch read.
Despite the storm's potential, forecasters anticipate that the storm should depart well before sunrise on Monday. But the storm is expected to be followed by the coldest weather in Massachusetts since February 2023. Temperatures on Monday should be in the 20s, with highs to the south in Washington D.C. reaching a high of 23, likely making it the second-coldest presidential inauguration in U.S. history since 1985.
Temperatures should reach the single-digits overnight, with single-digits carrying on Tuesday morning, forecasters said. Freezing conditions are expected to continue until early Thursday morning, with highs on Tuesday and Wednesday ranging between the middle teens to the lower 20s. However, wind chills could drop to minus 10 and minus 15 degrees, likely to prompt the need for Cold Weather Advisories.