![]() ![]() It turns breezy later Friday afternoon, as the storm intensifies out to sea. "We'll make sure EMS does a wellness check and connect anyone to services and housing." "If you see someone in distress, if you see someone who is out, unsheltered in the cold, please call 9-1-1," Wu said. She said the city has opened more shelters and are doing direct outreach to make sure people get into warm shelters during the storm. Wu urged people to check on their neighbors during the storm and "make sure your whole community is OK." ( For a full list of closures, see here.) The storm caused dozens of school districts across Massachusetts to close Friday, including Boston. A worker uses a snow blow to clear snow in front of the Boston Public Library on Friday morning. "We feel comfortable about our staffing levels today," she told WBUR. ![]() Wu says the staffing levels of snow plow drivers in Boston is OK at the moment. "I know crews across the state as well as local DPWs are definitely going to have crews out putting salt down, but it is still a risk people should be aware of." "Expect some icing tonight," he told WBUR. State Highway Administer Jonathan Gulliver says drivers should expect roads to be treacherous throughout the day, and some icing Friday night. The state Department of Transportation says nearly 2,500 pieces of equipment were out clearing the roads Friday morning. The exception to this is the outer tip of Cape Ann, as well as most of Cape Cod and the islands, where it'll be a mix of snow and rain depending on location. Temperatures are cold enough that the snow is generally light, fluffy and easy to move. This is when we will get our final coating up to an inch of snow. Between noon and about 3 p.m., there will be some lighter snow - especially along the coastline. The storm responsible for the snow continues to develop off the southern New England coastline, and will head up into eastern Canada later Friday. Heavy bands of snow were moving through southern New England Friday morning. This area of heavy banding will be over by the middle of the morning. The radar loop below gives a general idea of where the heaviest bands were moving early Friday morning - showing up here as yellow streaks. "I know we are in a hybrid world in many ways, and we want to make sure that if you have a choice to stay home, you could stay off the roads, stay inside." "Please avoid going out on the roads if you can," Boston Mayor Michelle Wu said. (David Epstein for WBUR)Ī winter storm warning for the city of Boston, most of eastern Massachusetts and Rhode Island, lasts through 7 p.m. These would be more localized and not as widespread. However, it's not out of the question that there's some pockets of 10-plus inches. Overall, most areas in eastern Massachusetts will see 5 to 9 inches of snow. In the first real snowstorm of the season, flakes began to fall across the area in the wee hours of Friday morning and will continue to accumulate quickly before noon, with some lighter snow in the afternoon. (Jesse Costa/WBUR) This article is more than 1 year old. A man with an umbrella walks across the Massachusetts Avenue Bridge early Friday morning during the snowstorm. ![]()
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