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Super Bowl Snowstorm: Timing, Snowfall Totals
Southern New England will see snow all day on Sunday, with up to 8 inches possible by kickoff.
MASSACHUSETTS — When the Super Bowl kicks off at 6:30 p.m. Sunday, southern New England may have up to 6 inches of snow on the ground.
A winter storm is headed to the region, and will begin dropping snow around 8 a.m. Sunday, with precipitation continuing into the evening hours. By day's end, a large area from Worcester east to Boston and south to the Rhode Island and Connecticut coastlines could pick up 6 to 8 inches, according to the National Weather Service.
"Plowable snow anticipated for most of southern New England. Hazardous travel is expected," the weather service warned in a Saturday morning forecast.
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Model forecast of snowfall rates from 7am to 7pm tomorrow. Snowfall rates may exceed 2" per hours for a couple of hours tomorrow afternoon across southeastern MA. This model forecast is an average of several high resolution models we use for short term forecast guidance. pic.twitter.com/Dq2evnvl9H
— NWS Boston (@NWSBoston) February 6, 2021
Southeast Massachusetts and Rhode Island may see the most snow, and some isolated areas near Wareham could see heavier precipitation accumulating up to 12 inches. The weather service has issued a winter storm warning for the entirety of Massachusetts west of the Quabbin Reservoir, and all of Rhode Island.
The storm will coincide with the 43rd anniversary of the Blizzard of 78, which dropped over 25 inches of snow across southern New England over two days.
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