Rain showers are expected to begin in the early afternoon, moving from west to east across the state. Most of Massachusetts, including Boston, Worcester and Western Massachusetts, can expect to see rain the rest of the day as temperatures are forecast to reach the low 40s. The Berkshires could experience a mix of rain and light snow.

An EXTREME COLD WATCH will be in effect for all of Northeast Ohio from Sunday night through Wednesday morning. An already active winter is about to shift into overdrive as a trio of storms over the weekend and into next week deliver snow to the Midwest, East and possibly as far south as the Gulf Coast.

What to Know The weather in Boston and across much of Massachusetts this weekend will transition from rain to snow. How much snow will the Boston area get Sunday? We could see 3-6 inches in Boston, but the snowfall total forecast could change.

A report from the NWS Blacksburg VA on Saturday at 5:08 a.m. is warning residents of rain until 8 a.m. The alert is for Ashe, Alleghany, Surry, Stokes, Rockingham, Caswell, Watauga, Wilkes and Yadkin counties.

Winter weather alerts are in effect for parts of the North Carolina and Virginia Mountains beginning Sunday morning through early Monday morning. Near normal highs in the low 50s and upper 40s are likely Sunday before the cold front slides into the Triad for the afternoon.

On Saturday at 3:33 p.m. a winter storm warning was issued by the NWS Greenville-Spartanburg SC valid from Sunday 7 a.m. until Monday 7 a.m. The warning is for Madison, Yancey, Mitchell and Haywood counties.