Alan Dunham News Today

(CTN News) - Boston, you are in for a treat. According to forecasters, Tuesday's snowstorm will be the city's heaviest snowfall in two years...............

After a very active stormy weather pattern in Massachusetts, it appears the region will be avoiding any significant precipitation for the next week at least.

“Snow is likely with a chance of rain in the morning,” Alan Dunham, a meteorologist with the NWS, told the Herald. “It will finish off as snow showers in the mid-afternoon. Accumulation for Greater Boston could be about one to three inches.”

Franklin and Hampshire counties are expected to hit the jackpot of the storm, with upwards of 8 inches of snow, while Boston and other coastal cities and towns are likely to endure a rainy mess, according to the National Weather Service.

After another round of light snow, with the highest totals expected along Cape Cod and the South Shore, bitter "downright frigid" arctic temps will take over.

Some spots in Massachusetts could see up to 6 inches of snow, as a coastal storm brings snow and ice to the region on Tuesday. The forecast for the Boston-area is 2 to 3 inches. Worcester Public Schools will have a snow day.

Rivers are cresting, and high tides crashed over sea walls in coastal towns. Basements have flooded, roads have been closed, and power outages were reported.

Businesses like Apponaug Brewing Co., almost ready to open again after December's floods, were set back again after this storm.

Residents in Rhode Island woke up to widespread flooding on Wednesday morning, and a flood warning was issued in parts of the state until early Friday morning, according the National Weather Service.

Flooding from rain isn't what you expect in January. We asked a meteorologist and a hydrologist what the storm would have looked like if it was snow.