WEATHER ALERT: Timeline of accumulating snow on Tuesday

This is a 22 News Storm Team weather alert. >> Good morning. I'm Storm Team Meteorologist Alexa Biano live in Westfield. We're still seeing a few lingering clouds, but we'll start to brighten up as we go throughout the rest of the morning. Forecast focus, we're bright, brisk, and breezy today. Winter storm watch for tomorrow. Then we have a bigger cool down by the end of the week. Temperatures right now, 38 in Westfield, 38 in Springfield, 37 in Orange, 38 in Greenfield, and 32 in Pittsville. So 30s across the board. Not going to wiggle too much with these temperatures for today, but some areas will actually cool down a bit more than what it is this morning. So, 37 in Springfield today for a high, 37 in Westfield, and by the time we get to Hampshire County, 37 Northampton, 36 in Beluretown for the afternoon, 35 in South Deerfield, 35 in Orange, Berkshire County, 28 in Pittsfield, and 29 in Lee. It's going to also be on the breezier side today. So, I want a degree cooler than what it is actually going to be. So, wind gusts going to pick up in speed today. We're seeing already 30 mile per winds wind gust in some areas. So the range is going to be between 20 and 30. So that wind chill is going to come into play. Going to feel more like the 20s than it is the 30s even though the actual air temperature is in the 30s. Clouds and radar. We're mainly dry across the higher valley here. Massachusetts, southern New England. We're seeing some flurries behind me in upstate New York. Some light snow, but that system is not going to be bothering us for today. What we're watching for is for tomorrow is that winter storm watch. So 7 a.m. we are starting that winter storm watch until about 1:00 a.m. on Wednesday for everybody. So Berkshire County, Pioneer Valley, Central Mass, even going towards a bit for the eastern side of the state. But this morning though, we are going to be staying with the calm before the storm. We're going to be staying bright today. So we're seeing mainly clear conditions today. By the time we get towards even 4:00, we're mainly clear for some areas. A few passing clouds is possible, but overall mainly clear for that part of the day. By the time we get to 9:00 tonight, we're seeing mostly cloudy conditions. That cloud coverage rolling in through the overnight hours. By 6 a.m. tomorrow morning, we're starting to see some light snow come through the Birkshars as well as going west to 91. By the time we get to 11:00 a.m., pretty widespread for everybody. So, we are seeing more of a sleet wintry mix along 495 here going passing through Boston Province towards Hartford, Connecticut. But we're seeing more snow as you go more north, especially here in the Pioneer Valley, Birkshars, and even central Massachusetts. And where is the celor seeing more rain if anything by the time we get to 2:00 tomorrow afternoon, we are seeing the heaviest accumulation at this point. So between 1 and 6 is the prime time of this storm for especially for the snow. So you're going to be commuting around that time frame. It's definitely going to make things messy and definitely going to slow things down. So make sure to give yourself enough time. It will be slippery on the roads coming home from work tomorrow. By six o'clock, we're still in the thick of it at this point. We're still seeing more of a sleepy action mix going even east of 91 a bit, even east of Springfield. So, it's definitely going to be slippery on the roads tomorrow. So, just be careful. I can't emphasize that enough. And by the time we get towards 11:00 tomorrow night, we're mainly cleared out of this storm. The storm is pretty much wrapped up at this point. A few scattered snow showers is possible throughout the area, but overall the heavy of it, heaviest of it has already pushed out by that point. But the snow accumulation we're seeing right now, 3 to 6 ines in Brookshire County, northern Franklin County here, and also 1 to three in around Northampton, Holio, and Springfield. That's what we're seeing as of right now. 4 in for today though, bright, brisk, and breezy. 34 to 38 is our range of highs. And then tonight, 16 to 20 is our range of lows with that increasing cloud coverage for tomorrow's storm. Here is the 22 Storm Team 7-day forecast. Mostly sunny in the 30s today, 30s tomorrow. Storm Watch, we'll keep you posted on that. Partly sunny on Wednesday, drying up, mostly cloudy on Thursday with windy conditions once again. And then Friday, we cool down significantly with a sixdigit degree low and your highs in the 20s on Friday. And then we're back into 30 Saturday and Sunday with a potential for a few scattered snow showers and also rain chances a bit on Sunday, but still remaining on the cool side even with your lows. Stay updated with the forecast on the 22s app. It's free to download and at wwlp.com.