The National Weather Service has issued a winter storm warning for most of Massachusetts due to a storm that would dump up to 8 inches of snow across Massachusetts this weekend.

Don’t put your shovels away after digging out Sunday morning – more snow is anticipated to be on the way in Massachusetts in the days ahead.

The National Weather Service has issued a winter weather advisory for Thursday in Massachusetts. See how much snow is expected

Snow totals varied across the state, with accumulations approaching as high as 2.5 inches along and north of Route 2, forecasters said.

According to Meteorologist Shiri Spear’s latest weather blog post, the storm looks like it will move in between about 8 p.m. and 11 p.m. on Saturday night, with the heaviest snow falling from midnight through 7 a.m. on Sunday.

A winter weather advisory is in effect in Massachusetts today as several inches of snow is expected to fall across the state, according to the National Weather Service's Boston office. Snow is already beginning in western Massachusetts as of 8 a.m. Thursday, and it will pick up in the eastern part of the state later this morning.

There are hundreds of school cancellations across Massachusetts on Thursday due to a winter storm that’s expected to bring a messy mix of snow, ice, and rain to the region. Boston 25 meteorologists have us on a WEATHER ALERT and the National Weather Service issued a winter weather advisory for nearly all of Massachusetts.

Schools in Massachusetts started announcing closures on Wednesday ahead of a winter storm that’s expected to bring a messy mix of snow, ice, and rain to the region on Thursday.

As the storm approaches, conditions will be cold enough initially for snow, but it will pull in some mild air that is expected to change the precipitation to rain for some.