We've got some accumulating snow to kick things off. That will be followed by the coldest airmass of the winter season thus far. Finally, in the longer range, it appears that an active/stormy pattern is going to unfold over the next few weeks across the eastern United States.

On Friday at 3:07 p.m. a winter storm watch was issued by the National Weather Service valid from Sunday noon until Monday 7 a.m. for Northern Worcester and Southern Worcester as well as Franklin, Hampshire,

Massachusetts could see several inches of snow this weekend from a weather system passing over the region on Sunday night, according to the latest forecast from the National Weather Service's Boston office.