4-8 Inches of Snow for Cape Cod This Weekend

Cape Cod will get hit with 4-8 inches of snow this weekend. Wind gusts of 50 mph could knock out power.

Posted Wed, Mar 2, 2016 at 4:57 pm ET

Photo: Projected snow totals, in inches, for a snowstorm coming Friday. (Credit: National Weather Service)

Cape Cod will get hit with 4-8 inches of snow and 50 mph winds in a late-winter snowstorm.

It will be one of the few significant snowfall events for the Cape so far this winter.

The National Weather Service issued a winter storm watch for Friday. The snow is expected to start that morning. Here’s more from NWS:

A WINTER STORM WATCH...IS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE FRIDAY NIGHT...
LOCATIONS...CAPE COD AND MARTHAS VINEYARD
ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW.
TIMING...SNOW WILL BEGIN TO OVERSPREAD THE CAPE AND ISLANDS MID MORNING FRIDAY AND CONTINUE WELL INTO FRIDAY NIGHT.
IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF HEAVY WET SNOW AS WELL AS SOME GUSTY WINDS 40 TO 50 MPH COULD LEAD TO DOWNED TREE LIMBS AND SMALL TREES. ROAD CONDITIONS COULD BECOME HAZARDOUS.
WINDS...NORTHEAST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH.

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