Blizzard 2015: Hour-by-Hour Forecast for Mansfield

By Les Masterson (Patch Staff)

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With a potentially historic blizzard headed our way, the first question most have is: When is it going to start?

Here is the forecast through Tuesday night for Mansfield from The Weather Channel for the next 48 hours. You can see when to expect the first flakes and when it will begin to get bad:

Monday

Noon to 4 p.m. -- snow showers

5 p.m. -- snow

6 p.m. -- snow showers

7 p.m. to 9 p.m. -- snow

10 pm. to Midnight -- heavy snow/wind

Tuesday

1 a.m. to 5 p.m. -- blizzard

6 p.m. to 8 p.m. -- snow/wind

9 p.m. -- snow

10 p.m. -- light snow

11 p.m. -- snow showers

Forecasters are saying that the snow will dissipate on Tuesday night and should end early Wednesday morning.

• Read more about the forecast here.