The National Weather Service issued a special weather statement at 5:09 a.m. on Wednesday in effect until 9 a.m. for Middlesex, Essex, Norfolk, Suffolk, Bristol and Plymouth counties.

By Thursday, Massachusetts residents can expect to feel temperatures in the mid-to-upper 20s in most of the state, with temperatures in the 30s on the coast, and on Cape Cod and the Islands, according to the National Weather Service.

The latest Massachusetts snow storm was nothing to write home about, but it did fall in time to make the Wednesday morning commute a bit slower in much of the state. Snow delays were declared for some Massachusetts schools as a result.

Snow is expected to begin around midnight tonight and continue into Wednesday morning, according to the NWS. "The highest snow totals will be in northern MA along the Route 2 corridor, where 1-3 inches is likely, with localized 4-5 possible in high terrain," NWS meteorologists wrote in the latest area forecast Tuesday.

A 3.8 magnitude earthquake is on the smaller end of the Richter scale and even for people who may have felt it here in Massachusetts. It’s not likely that there was any damage.

By Thursday, Massachusetts residents can expect ... according to the National Weather Service. The National Weather Service stated that a "warm front which may intrude" into Southern New England ...

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.

In audio from the air traffic control tower around the time of the crash, a controller is heard asking the helicopter, “PAT25 do you have the CRJ in sight,” in reference to the passenger

On Wednesday at 3:32 p.m. the National Weather Service issued an updated wind advisory in effect until Thursday at 1 a.m. for Barnstable, Dukes and Nantucket counties.

These fast-hitting, intense blasts of snow and whipping winds can make for treacherous travel, especially on the highway.

Gusty winds will blow around unsecured objects. Tree limbs could be blown down and some power outages may result,” the NWS warned.