With temperatures dropping, the city will open a warming center at the Senior Center during the day on Friday, Jan. 30. Residents need relief from the cold will have the Senior Center as an option from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. The Senior Center is at 128 Providence St.

Worcester is expected to see 12 to 22 inches of snow accumulation from a winter storm that will arrive Sunday morning, Jan. 25, according to the latest forecast from the National Weather Service. Central Massachusetts is under a winter storm warning from 7 a.m. Sunday to 8 p.m. Monday, Jan. 26.

Worcester is in line for up to 6 inches of snow by late Sunday, Jan. 18, according to the National Weather Service. Much of the snow will arrive in the evening between 6 p.m. and 2 a.m., with a light amount in late afternoon, the weather service said.

The declared parking ban in Worcester has been lifted, with the focus shifting from the impact of snow to the effects of the cold. The city has opened the Senior Center, 128 Providence St., as a warming center. The facility will be open to anyone needing to get out of the cold from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 30.

WORCESTER − Schools in Worcester will be closed Tuesday, Jan. 27, as the city continues to dig out from a big storm. Worcester's snowfall total for the storm that began Sunday, Jan. 25, was 22.4 inches, the 10th-highest storm total on record.

The National Weather Service is forecasting 12 to 18 inches of snow across Central Massachusetts from Sunday, Jan. 25, to Monday, Jan. 26. The last time a storm brought a foot of snow to Worcester was Jan. 6 to 7, 2024, when 15.5 inches was recorded.

With a monster snow storm expected to continue into Monday, Jan. 26 many schools have preemptively cancelled school in Central Massachusetts. The region is expected to get between 18 and 24 inches, according to the National Weather Service.