Good afternoon! I'm Aaron Jolly. Welcome to the Massachusetts Weather Podcast for Monday, February 23rd.

Folks, if you're not already hunkered down.. You should be. This is a full blown blizzard. Three and a half inches fell overnight. Two and a half of that in just the last six hours. And the worst is still coming.

Eastern Mass is taking the hardest punch. Heavy snow keeps hammering through 8 PM tonight, peaking around 2 PM. You're looking at 9 to 13 inches on top of what's already down. Winds are screaming out of the north at 20 to 30 miles an hour. Gusts to 60 miles an hour. That's whiteout territory. That's branches snapping and power lines going dark. Highs barely scratch 31 degrees this afternoon, then you're plunging to 21 degrees by 7 AM Tuesday. Wind chills make it feel like 11 degrees.

And the coast? A Coastal Flood Advisory runs from 1 PM to 8 PM. High tide hits Nantucket Harbor at 3:32 PM. One to two feet of flooding in low lying areas. Ugly stuff.

Push west toward Worcester and central Mass. Three to seven inches with gusts to 47 miles an hour. Snow tapers by 7 PM, but blowing snow keeps visibility miserable. Highs struggle to 28 degrees, dropping to 18 degrees overnight.

Out in the Berkshires, you're seeing one to three inches. Snow wraps up by 5 PM, but gusts still hit 48 miles an hour. A Winter Storm Warning holds until 7 PM for higher elevations.

Now the week ahead tells a better story. Tuesday brings sunshine but brutal cold. Single digit lows, highs barely in the low 30s. Wednesday another round moves in. Rain and snow mix along the coast, highs near 39 degrees east, with fresh snow in the Berkshires. Thursday and Friday? Scattered rain and snow showers, but highs creep into the upper 30s. By Saturday.. 45 degrees in Boston. Almost feels like a reward.

Today is a stay home day. Keep those phones charged and the shovels close.

That's your forecast — we'll be back tomorrow. Take care!