Boston public schools will be closed Monday ahead of an expected winter storm, and a snow emergency will go into effect at 6 a.m. Monday, Boston officials said.
A mostly clear Super Bowl Sunday is expected to give way tonight to a storm that will leave a foot of snow in parts of the region over the next two days.
Temperatures today are expected to get to the upper 20s, and maybe the lower 30s in the Northeast. But then, “the arctic front will be dropping down, and that will bring the cold back,” said Alan Dunham, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Taunton.
A winter storm warning is in place from 9 tonight until 1 a.m. Tuesday. The warning covers most of Massachusetts, along with Rhode Island and Northern Connecticut, according to the weather service.
The snow should start in Greater Boston around midnight, but western Massachusetts may start seeing some flakes by 9 p.m.. Temperatures are expected to hit about 12 degrees late tonight.
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A lower-pressure system will be moving through the region, bringing Greater Boston highs in the 20s Monday down to a frigid 3 degrees that night. Windchill is expected to be between 15 and 25 degrees below zero, the weather service said.
By the morning, the area could already see a few inches of snow, “enough to impact the morning commute,” Dunham said.
Through the day, an additional 6 to 10 inches may accumulate across Rhode Island and Southeast Massachusetts, accompanied by 10- to 20-mile-per-hour winds with gusts up to 35 miles per hour, according to the weather service.
Northern Connecticut and the rest of Massachusetts are expected to get about a foot of snow, according to the weather service.
On the southern coasts of Massachusetts and Rhode Island, there could be some mixing, with sleet and freezing rain.
“Whatever is not cleared could flash-freeze Monday night,” Dunham said.
This system hits the region days after one of the state’s heaviest snowstorms wrapped up.
The storm dumped about 3 feet of snow in some regions, prompting Governor Charlie Baker to imposed a statewide travel ban starting Tuesday that ended in all counties at midnight Friday.
Officials plan to hold a press briefing in Foxborough this afternoon about preparations for the upcoming storm.
By early Tuesday, the storm is expected to wind down, Dunham said. Temperatures are expected to reach 18 degrees Tuesday.
Wednesday should warm up, remaining mostly cloudy with highs in the 30s. Another system puts the region “back into the icebox” Thursday and Friday. It will move through the area Thursday, which may bring some flurries, Dunham said.
Thursday should have temperatures in the 20s, dropping overnight and into Friday to about 5 degrees, Dunham said.
Jennifer Smith can be reached at jennifer.smith@globe.com
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