It will be an eventful weekend for football fans, but an incoming storm threatens to thwart Super Bowl plans.

 

A winter storm watch has been issued in Massachusetts starting Saturday night, with up to a foot of snow expected in parts of the state.

 

The Cape and Islands are forecast to get up to half a foot of accumulation, and the SouthCoast is expected to fall in the 4-6 inch range.

 

Snow is slated to begin around 7 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 8, with the heaviest snowfall occurring overnight, according to the National Weather Service. It will gradually start to taper off around 8 a.m. Sunday, Feb. 9, and will be over by the afternoon.

 

In anticipation of the storm, cities and towns across the region have begun announcing parking bans and cancellations.

 

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