Rain -- not snow -- expected for evening commute

By Andrew Ryan, Globe Staff

An approaching storm is expected to spare Eastern Massachusetts another blast of winter, with up to a half-inch of rain -- and not snow -- predicted to fall today during the evening commute.

Forecasters say the same storm will blanket upstate New York and Northern New England with up to a foot of snow. In Eastern Massachusetts, however, temperatures are expected to top 40 degrees.

“In the Greater Boston area there may be a flake or two, but it’s going to be just about all rain,” said Alan Dunham, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Taunton. Some snow is expected west and north of Interstate 495, he said.

The precipitation started falling in the afternoon and was expected to get heavy this evening and taper off overnight and early Wednesday.

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