7", 9º F here now. Nothing much accumulated in the first hour, only adding up in the past 5 hours, so over 1"/hr now. Wind is picking up, so there will be some drifting. Evidence of that was against the garage doors with 8" there.
We went to the Wegman's here in town on Thursday and people had already cleaned the shelves. There was very little bottled water left, and the milk we buy, we got the last few containers. That's what happens when the news media starts headlining this so many days ahead.
Boston in Feb '78 had snow at rates of up to 4 inches/hr, combined with hurricane-force winds and coastal flooding due to a record storm surge. This storm will be tame compared to that one.
The town finally picked up the Christmas trees yesterday. I had sent them an email 2 days ago warning them that the trees could become a hidden hazard under the snow, and that all the snow and ice would only make the trees heavier for pickup. I guess they got the message. Usually they pick up the trees the week following New Year's Day.
Each model run of just about every model keeps increasing the qpf, getting closer to 2" for the storm total.
It looks like we should add 3-4 inches on Monday after 12z.