Will Massachusetts get walloped with more snow this weekend? What we know

Massachusetts could be in the path of an impactful nor’easter near the end of the weekend, according to the National Weather Service.

A “pretty significant winter storm” could round out this week’s bout of winter weather and pummel the region with several inches of snow on Sunday, Feb. 22, according to Andrew Loconto, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Norton.

However, he said the storm could also end up being a nothingburger, with little to no impact on the region.

“The range of possibilities of what we could see in southern New England could range from a significant snowstorm to just cloudy and dry,” Loconto said. “But the potential exists for some accumulating snow, especially across the South Coast and Cape Cod.”

Here’s what to know about the expected snow totals in Massachusetts this week.

When will it snow in MA this week?

In Massachusetts, there will be a chance of snow on the morning of Friday, Feb. 20, before rain takes over, according to the National Weather Service. However, the rain is expected to turn to snow again late Friday night and last through the day on Saturday, Feb. 21.

Communities north of the Massachusetts Turnpike are expected to get the brunt of the storm, Loconto said.

Sunday, Feb. 22, is expected to be partly sunny before the snow potentially returns that night, according to the weather service.

“We’ll be watching this coastal storm form somewhere near the Carolinas or the Mid-Atlantic region, and it’s just a matter of where it tracks,” Loconto said.

If the storm moves closer to the coast, it’ll likely have a larger impact on southern New England, he said. However, some forecasts show the storm moving further out to sea, which would ultimately result in cloud cover and dry weather.

Meteorologists remain uncertain about the impact of Sunday’s storm this far in advance, he explained.

“There’s quite a bit of range, as far as what we could see. And that’s still typical for four or five days in advance [of a storm],” Loconto said.

Expected snowfall totals for Massachusetts

Here are the National Weather Service’s updated expected snowfall totals for cities and towns in Massachusetts this week, including high-end predictions (from Thursday, Feb. 19, at 7 a.m., to Sunday, Feb. 22, at 7 a.m.):