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Non-Stop Snow Expected Until Saturday Afternoon

Lynnfield's snow emergency is in effect starting at 7 a.m. Blizzard conditions expected later Friday into Saturday.

Snowfall is expected to start early Friday morning with no end in sight until around midafternoon on Saturday, according to the National Weather Service.

An overnight forecast from the NWS called for snow to start in the Lynnfield area between 4 and 7 a.m., with wind gusts reaching as high as 31 mph. The town's snow emergency is in effect as of 7 a.m. on Friday.

Accumulation may be relatively slow in the early part of the day, but by late Friday night, as much as 18 inches of snow could be on the ground - with wind gusts possibly as high as 65 mph.

On Thursday, the NWS upgraded its alert for the Lynnfield area to a blizzard warning.

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