The National Weather Service has issued a winter storm watch for all of Massachusetts due to the potential for more than a half foot of snow across the region this weekend.Boston 25 Meteorologist Kevin Lemanowicz has us on a Weather Alert for Saturday night into Sunday morning.

A weekend winter storm will bring biting temperatures and dump several inches of snow on areas from the Midwest to Northeast.

The storm that hit the West Coast is making the trek across the country to bring a significant snowstorm to the Northeast this weekend.

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

Snow is expected to stop in Worcester and the western part of the state before 9 a.m., gradually moving out of eastern Massachusetts by noon. Essex, Suffolk and Middlesex counties in the northeast part of the state may see snow showers through 5 p.m. on Sunday.

A winter storm that brought snow, sleet and freezing rain to a large swath of the Midwest swept into the mid-Atlantic and Northeast on Thursday, causing treacherous travel conditions, prompting school delays and closures and potential power outages for millions of Americans.