The snow arrives between 8 a.m. and 10 a.m. Thursday from southwest to northeast. It will only last a few hours in most areas (longer the farther north you live). The majority of the snow accumulation will be over by early afternoon.

Areas west of I-495 to Pittsfield will see more snow than any other precipitation type. New Hampshire, Vermont, and Maine will welcome all snow from this system.

A man was killed by Maine State Police after he shot and wounded a sheriff’s deputy and a police dog at the end of an hourslong standoff in the northern town of Portage, officials said. Steven Righini,