A low-pressure system is expected to pass well south of Massachusetts on Tuesday night, bringing little to no snowfall for much of the state.
But the Bay State won’t be shut out entirely. National Weather Service forecasters say the islands could see an inch of snow, while Cape Cod and the South Coast should get a light coating.
Any snow that does fall is not expected to have a major impact, with flakes beginning to fall around midnight and stopping by 6 a.m.
The next chance for snow comes Wednesday night into Thursday when a system moves through the Great Lakes and the Northeast, bringing another round of precipitation. Forecasters expect the precipitation to fall as snow at the onset Wednesday night, but as a front of warm air moves in, the precipitation is expected to turn from snow to sleet and later rain.
Snow totals could vary from 3 inches or more in the northern areas of the state and The Berskhires to as low as a trace in other areas.
“Light accumulations, if any, are looking more likely overall still,” forecasters wrote.
A third system is expected to bring precipitation this weekend, but with days to go until its arrival, uncertainty reigns.
“The track in particular has varied among guidance, which will have implications on precipitation type,” forecasters wrote. “Details will be ironed out as we get closer.”
