WEATHER UPDATE: Hour-by-Hour Forecast

The third snowstorm of the past week is headed toward Massachusetts and is expected to drop about a foot of snow across the area.

The first question most people have is: When is it going to start and how will it impact my commute to work?

The snow should begin overnight before intensifying during the morning commute. Snow will fall at a 1- to 2-inch per hour clip until noontime when it will not fall quite as hard. Snow is expected to stretch into the evening.

Here is the forecast on The Weather Channel starting at 2 a.m. Monday, which is when the first flakes should start to fall:

2 a.m. -- Snow showers, 11 degrees, feels like 3 degrees

3 a.m. -- Snow, 10 degrees, feels like 1 degrees

4 a.m. -- Snow, 10 degrees, feels like -3 degrees

5 a.m. -- Snow, 11 degrees, feels like -2 degree

6 a.m. -- Heavy Snow, 12 degrees, feels like -1 degrees

7 a.m. -- Heavy snow, 15 degrees, feels like 2 degrees

8 a.m. -- Heavy snow, 17 degrees, feels like 4 degreees

9 a.m. -- Heavy snow, 22 degrees, feels like 9 degrees

10 a.m. -- Heavy snow, 26 degrees, feels like 16 degrees

11 a.m. -- Heavy snow, 17 degrees, feels like 16 degrees

Noon -- Heavy snow, 24 degrees, feels like 12 degrees

1 p.m. -- Snow, 23 degrees, feels like 11 degrees

2 p.m. -- Snow, 28 degrees, feels like 15 degrees

3 p.m. -- Snow, 21 degrees, feels like 8 degrees

4 p.m. -- Snow, 20 degrees, feels like 4 degrees

Read more of the hourly forecast on weather.com