A storm moving from Canada to New England is expected to bring an arctic blast of wind and snow Wednesday night into Thursday, prompting a winter weather advisory for all of western and central Massachusetts and school delays across the state.

According to AccuWeather, this storm is expected to extend across the northern United States, as far west as Montana and as far east as most of New England. Wind gusts are also expected, averaging between 30 and 50 miles per hour.

The storm, an Alberta clipper, was expected to arrive from the west and move east and begin bringing widespread rain and snow between 7 and 11 p.m., the National Weather Service reported.

Forecasters said Massachusetts will see increased snowfall near and northwest of Interstate 495 Wednesday night into Thursday. According to the AccuWeather forecast, significant rain is expected along the Interstate 95 corridor, but Boston could see between 1 and 2 inches of snow.

However, the rest of the interior could see between 2 and 6 inches of snow, with additional chances of snow squalls, forecasters said. Worcester could see between 2 and 3 inches, while Springfield could see 1 to 2 inches, the weather service posted on X with a forecast map. These measurements increase further north, where Greenfield could see between 3 and 4 inches and Fitchburg could see between 4 and 6 inches. Further west, Pittsfield could see between 6 and 8 inches of snow.

Road conditions could become slippery and more snow accumulate in areas of higher terrain, prompting meteorologists to issue a winter weather advisory covering all of western and central Massachusetts. This comes into effect at 8 p.m. and lasts until 10 a.m. Thursday.

The following school districts have announced closures or delays for Thursday, December 5th. This list is continually updated. To update this list, click here.

*Note that schools are listed alphabetically by school name, not location*