The National Weather Service issued a winter weather advisory at 12:36 p.m. on Tuesday valid from Wednesday 4 a.m. until Thursday 4 a.m. for Northern Blue Mountains of Oregon.

Wednesday will be just as cold, but less windy. We’re expecting an ocean storm to graze southeastern MA with snow Thursday afternoon and evening. There will be a sharp cutoff to that snow. Boston, ...

The rest of southern New England will only see flurries or snow showers blowing in off the Atlantic. The weekend will be dry for a change, too, though temperatures will struggle to be normal.