'Prepare for Serious Cold Weather'
The last week of January could be the "coldest we've seen in years."
Central Massachusetts should be "preparing for some serious cold weather beginning on Sunday night and continuing for the next ten days or two weeks," according to Jim Arnold, weather specialist with Shrewsbury Emergency Management Agency. Following the big chill, there will be a brief relaxing of the cold before it reloads and returns for another lenghthy spell that could last into February, said Arnold. He points to two snow threats on the horizon: one working up the coast from the Virginia Capes and the other is ready to track off the coast and spare this area a major snowfall. "I am expecting nothing more at this time than 1 to 2 inches in and around Central Massachusetts, if that much," said Arnold. "The second threat will be from a …
