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Peabody Declares Snow Emergency Parking Ban
Vehicles parked on city streets are subject to ticketing and towing for the duration of the parking ban.
PEABODY, MA — Peabody has declared a snow emergency parking ban beginning early Saturday morning ahead of a storm expected to bring 3 inches or more of snow to the North Shore.
The parking ban begins at 1 a.m. and will continue until conditions allow for it to be rescinded.
Snow showers throughout Saturday could be heavy at times — with prolonged bands of snow pumping up accumulations near the coastline — ahead of an arctic blast that will bring some of the fiercest wind chills of the season this weekend.
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The National Weather Service is forecasting a widespread 3 to 4 inches of snow from the showers that will begin early Saturday morning and continue off and on the entire day, according to the NWS.
Some coastal locations will add to that an ocean enhancement that could push totals to 6 inches or higher.
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Those higher totals will be isolated, with one city or town getting plowable snow while neighboring communities remain closer to 2 or 3 inches.
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