The WBZ Weather team has issued a NEXT Weather Alert through Friday night. It will reach as far south as about the Mass Pike before the precipitation begins to taper off between 10 p.m. and midnight.

Going into the weekend, all of Massachusetts is seeing an elevated risk of snowfall Saturday and Saturday night, forecast maps show. This risk prompted a Winter Storm Watch, issued by the National ...

The weather service map also shows parts of Western Massachusetts getting shut out.