Latest Blizzard Forecast for Westford: 30 Inches of Snow, 75 MPH Wind Gusts

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A potentially record-breaking blizzard is headed Westford’s way.

The snow is expected to start falling Monday night and continue through Wednesday morning. The worst of the storm will hit Tuesday afternoon.

Here’s the latest forecast from the National Weather Service:

• A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 1 AM EST WEDNESDAY...
• LOCATIONS...EASTERN AND SOUTHEASTERN MASSACHUSETTS AS WELL AS ALL OF RHODE ISLAND.
• ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF AROUND 20 TO 30 INCHES... WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. SNOWFALL RATES OF 2 TO 4 INCHES AN HOUR AT TIMES.
• TIMING...WHILE THE STORM IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN LATE TODAY AND LINGER INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY...THE WORST OF THE STORM WILL BE TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON.
• IMPACTS...HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS WILL RESULT IN WHITE-OUT / BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WITH NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY. TRAVEL WILL BE IMPOSSIBLE AND LIFE THREATENING ACROSS THE ENTIRE REGION. ALSO SNOW MAY BE WET ENOUGH TO RESULT IN DOWNED TREE LIMBS AND POWER OUTAGES IN ADDITION TO THE WINDS.
• WINDS...NORTH-NORTHEAST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 65 TO 75 MPH. THE HEIGHT OF THE WINDS WILL BE LATE TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY.

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