MA Blizzard Latest: Snow Totals, Crashes, School Closings

What has been ruled a blizzard in many parts of the state is still going strong into Tuesday evening. More than 100 schools have already been canceled for Wednesday, about 200,000 homes are without power, and Boston is weighing what to do with the St. Patrick's Day Parade route. Dozens of cities and towns have already got more than a foot of snow.

The number of Massachusetts homes without power has dipped below 200,000. As of 6:32 p.m., the Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency said 196,270 were in the dark - a daunting number but one that falls well short of the damage done in the previous two storms. Check here for outage updates Tuesday: MA Power Outages: 200,000 In The Dark

More than 100 schools and districts have already canceled classes Wednesday, which is when students had planned on taking part in a national walkout to oppose gun violence in schools. Read more: MA School Closings For Wednesday, March 14

Slick road conditions and dozens of crashes have police warning drivers to stay off the roads and downed trees and wires have been reported as the state prepares for a third wave of power outages (see road conditions below).

Weather Conditions

Preliminary snow totals are in, with some areas recording over a foot of snow as of 5 p.m. Patch will update this story with totals throughout the day (measurements in inches):

Barnstable County
Hyannis 9.0 308 PM 3/13 Ham Radio
East Falmouth 8.3 400 PM 3/13 Trained Spotter
Bourne 8.2 140 PM 3/13 Trained Spotter
Harwich 6.0 322 PM 3/13 Ham Radio
Teaticket 4.5 1219 PM 3/13 Ham Radio
Brewster 3.3 1203 PM 3/13 Ham Radio
Pocasset 1.3 1218 PM 3/13 Ham Radio

Bristol County
Mansfield 14.8 346 PM 3/13 NONE
Acushnet 13.5 403 PM 3/13 Ham Radio
Westport 13.3 435 PM 3/13 Ham Radio
Norton 12.4 334 PM 3/13 Ham Radio
North Dighton 12.0 1132 AM 3/13 Trained Spotter
Taunton 11.6 443 PM 3/13 Official NWS Obs
Raynham 8.0 1137 AM 3/13 Social Media
Acushnet - North 8.0 131 PM 3/13 Trained Spotter
Attleboro 8.0 1158 AM 3/13 Ham Radio
Fairhaven 8.0 256 PM 3/13 Ham Radio

Dukes County
West Tisbury 5.5 1217 PM 3/13 Ham Radio

Essex County
Middleton 13.5 440 PM 3/13 Social Media
Gloucester 13.0 430 PM 3/13 Ham Radio
Ipswich 13.0 435 PM 3/13 Trained Spotter
Topsfield 12.5 228 PM 3/13 Trained Spotter
Georgetown 12.5 336 PM 3/13 Ham Radio
Danvers 12.1 335 PM 3/13 Ham Radio
Byfield 12.0 226 PM 3/13 Social Media
Lynn 12.0 338 PM 3/13 Ham Radio
Saugus 12.0 332 PM 3/13 Ham Radio
West Peabody 11.5 128 PM 3/13 Ham Radio
Salem 11.3 121 PM 3/13 Ham Radio
Manchester 10.0 1215 PM 3/13 Trained Spotter
North Beverly 9.0 232 PM 3/13 Ham Radio
Methuen 8.8 200 PM 3/13 General Public
Marblehead 7.5 136 PM 3/13 Ham Radio
Rowley 6.0 1144 AM 3/13 Ham Radio

Franklin County
Heath 11.0 243 PM 3/13 Ham Radio
East Hawley 11.0 1215 PM 3/13 Co-Op Observer
Leyden 6.0 1140 AM 3/13 Ham Radio

Hampden County
Holland 11.0 426 PM 3/13 Broadcast Media
North Chester 9.0 104 PM 3/13 Trained Spotter
Westfield 3.5 1152 AM 3/13 Ham Radio
Springfield 2.7 305 PM 3/13 Trained Spotter
Hampden 2.4 114 PM 3/13 Trained Spotter

Hampshire County
Cummington 12.0 426 PM 3/13 Broadcast Media
Plainfield 11.3 259 PM 3/13 Ham Radio
Worthington 9.6 1145 AM 3/13 Co-Op Observer
Huntington 6.0 1054 AM 3/13 Trained Spotter
North Amherst 4.0 253 PM 3/13 Trained Spotter
Amherst 3.1 345 PM 3/13 Emergency Manager
Ware 3.0 1149 AM 3/13 Ham Radio
Granby 2.2 1231 PM 3/13 Ham Radio
Northampton 1.3 1153 AM 3/13 Ham Radio

Middlesex County
Pepperell 18.5 412 PM 3/13 Trained Spotter
Acton 17.6 431 PM 3/13 Trained Spotter
North Chelmsford 16.7 425 PM 3/13 Ham Radio
East Arlington 16.5 423 PM 3/13 Trained Spotter
Chelmsford 16.0 407 PM 3/13 Social Media
Natick 16.0 236 PM 3/13 Trained Spotter
Wilmington 16.0 337 PM 3/13 General Public
Reading 15.9 443 PM 3/13 Co-Op Observer
Burlington 15.9 352 PM 3/13 Trained Spotter
Waltham 15.5 439 PM 3/13 Social Media
Lexington 15.3 404 PM 3/13 Trained Spotter
Ashland 15.0 432 PM 3/13 Ham Radio
North Reading 15.0 430 PM 3/13 Trained Spotter
Marlborough 14.2 238 PM 3/13 General Public
Winchester 14.0 349 PM 3/13 Trained Spotter
Hudson 14.0 310 PM 3/13 Trained Spotter
Lowell 14.0 431 PM 3/13 Trained Spotter
Hopkinton 14.0 420 PM 3/13 Ham Radio
Billerica 14.0 306 PM 3/13 Ham Radio
Littleton 14.0 330 PM 3/13 Trained Spotter
Newton 13.3 235 PM 3/13 Ham Radio
Dracut 13.1 358 PM 3/13 Trained Spotter
Townsend 12.9 242 PM 3/13 General Public
Wakefield 12.7 412 PM 3/13 Trained Spotter
Carlisle 12.0 315 PM 3/13 Ham Radio
Weston 12.0 240 PM 3/13 Trained Spotter
Somerville 11.0 115 PM 3/13 Trained Spotter
Stoneham 11.0 237 PM 3/13 Ham Radio
Framingham 10.8 1111 AM 3/13 General Public
Westford 10.0 326 PM 3/13 Ham Radio
Tewksbury 9.9 242 PM 3/13 Trained Spotter

Nantucket County
Nantucket 2.0 258 PM 3/13 Ham Radio

Norfolk County
Westwood 16.3 310 PM 3/13 Trained Spotter
Walpole 14.2 233 PM 3/13 Ham Radio
Stoughton 13.8 403 PM 3/13 Trained Spotter
Norwood 11.0 200 PM 3/13 NWS Employee
Sharon 11.0 1123 AM 3/13 General Public
Randolph 11.0 111 PM 3/13 Trained Spotter
East Milton 10.5 320 PM 3/13 Trained Spotter
North Weymouth 10.0 427 PM 3/13 Trained Spotter
Wrentham 9.0 1126 AM 3/13 Ham Radio
Foxboro 6.0 1128 AM 3/13 Ham Radio

Plymouth County
Bridgewater 16.5 227 PM 3/13 Social Media
East Bridgewater 15.5 440 PM 3/13 General Public
Whitman 15.2 149 PM 3/13 Trained Spotter
Brockton 14.5 316 PM 3/13 Ham Radio
Hanover 12.0 417 PM 3/13 Ham Radio
Rockland 11.7 221 PM 3/13 Trained Spotter
Wareham Center 10.5 438 PM 3/13 Social Media
Carver 10.0 125 PM 3/13 Ham Radio
Middleboro 9.4 1221 PM 3/13 Ham Radio
Kingston 9.0 1107 AM 3/13 Ham Radio
Marshfield 9.0 343 PM 3/13 Ham Radio
Hingham 8.6 433 PM 3/13 Ham Radio

Suffolk County
Hyde Park 12.7 302 PM 3/13 Ham Radio
Chelsea 12.3 1237 PM 3/13 Ham Radio
Charlestown 11.1 1248 PM 3/13 General Public
South Boston 11.0 228 PM 3/13 Media
Revere 10.9 134 PM 3/13 NONE
Winthrop 8.4 100 PM 3/13 Trained Spotter
3 E Boston 8.4 100 PM 3/13 Logan Airport

Worcester County
Milford 20.0 330 PM 3/13 Ham Radio
Uxbridge 19.0 431 PM 3/13 Social Media
3 W Worcester 17.7 409 PM 3/13 Worcester Airport
Northborough 17.2 421 PM 3/13 Ham Radio
Leominster 17.0 401 PM 3/13 General Public
Fitchburg 17.0 415 PM 3/13 General Public
Mendon 16.0 404 PM 3/13 Ham Radio
Westminster 16.0 412 PM 3/13 General Public
Millville 16.0 245 PM 3/13 Ham Radio
Sterling 16.0 309 PM 3/13 Ham Radio
Charlton 15.0 326 PM 3/13 Social Media
Blackstone 14.5 342 PM 3/13 Ham Radio
Leicester 14.0 331 PM 3/13 Ham Radio
North Grafton 14.0 358 PM 3/13 Ham Radio
Bolton 14.0 304 PM 3/13 Ham Radio
Grafton 14.0 329 PM 3/13 Ham Radio
Shrewsbury 13.6 327 PM 3/13 Trained Spotter
Clinton 13.5 244 PM 3/13 General Public
Ashburnham 12.0 340 PM 3/13 Ham Radio
Lunenburg 11.6 300 PM 3/13 Ham Radio
Auburn 11.5 134 PM 3/13 Trained Spotter
Worcester 11.5 400 PM 3/13 Trained Spotter
Northbridge 11.5 119 PM 3/13 General Public
Harvard 10.0 204 PM 3/13 Trained Spotter
Spencer 8.0 127 PM 3/13 Trained Spotter
Westborough 5.4 1051 AM 3/13 NWS Employee

According to the National Weather Service, wind gusts reached over 70 mph on Cape Cod, clocking in at 81 mph in East Falmouth, 79 mph in Hyannis and 77 mph on Nantucket. Boston saw wind speeds of 49 mph.

At a midday press conference, Gov. Charlie Baker cautioned that the storm is far from over, according to the State House News Service.

"This storm is still getting -- I wouldn't call it still getting going, but there is still a lot of time left in this storm," Baker said from the Department of Transportation Highway Operations Center in South Boston. Baker added that heavy snow is forecasted to continue to fall about 1-3 inches per hour for much of the day. The latest totals still call for 12-18 inches in eastern and central Massachusetts and as much as 2 feet for parts of Cape Cod and the southeastern part of the state.

Officials will speak with emergency management officials and municipal leaders at 3 p.m. to discuss the latest forecast and conditions across the state, according to Lt. Gov. Karyn Polito. Baker said utility crews are stationed around regions expected to be among the hardest hit so they can respond quickly once the storm passes and begin the work of restoring power.

"As soon as the snow stops and the wind stops blowing we'll be pushing the utilities to give people a sense about when the power will be back on," he said. "Over the course of the past 10 days the utilities have restored 750,000 homes and businesses that were without power ... and my guess is they will move quickly and aggressively to deal with this once the snow stops."

Travel

Over 870 flights in and out of Boston Logan Airport have been canceled and 29 are delayed Tuesday. Read More: Boston Logan Airport Flight Delays, Cancellations

The MBTA is running on a reduced schedule Tuesday. Those taking the T in Boston should expect longer wait times similar to a Saturday schedule, while Commuter Rail riders will have to contend with an "Extremely Reduced" schedule. See Also: MBTA To Run On Reduced Schedule During March 13 Storm

Downed trees, wires and preliminary flooding made for a hazardous trip on the roads. Police and transportation officials warned drivers to stay home unless absolutely necessary. See below for a list of traffic impacts (Check back for updates throughout the day):

Overturned Truck Blocks Mass. Pike Travel Lanes

Piece Of Mass. Pike Closed Due To Tractor-Trailer Crash

Mass. Pike Speed Limit Reduced For March 13 Storm

South Street Closed For Falling Tree

Downed Tree Closes Falmouth Road

Holliston Road Closed Due To Live Wires

Heavy I-95 Delays Following Jackknifed Tractor Trailer In Sharon

I-495 Rollover: All Lanes Open In Andover

WATCH: South Braintree Square In The Snow

Falmouth Blizzard: 100+ Downed Power Lines, Trees

Power Outages Climb Above 250 In Sudbury