BOSTON - No rest for the weary, there is another storm on the way to Massachusetts, and with that, the WBZ Weather team is issuing another NEXT Weather Alert. In addition, the National Weather Service has issued a Winter Storm Watch for the entire Southern New England region except for the islands.

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.

On Thursday at 2:39 p.m. a winter storm watch was issued by the National Weather Service valid from Saturday 7 p.m. until Sunday 4 p.m. for Franklin, Hampshire and Hampden counties.