STORM CENTER: All Schools in Barrington Closed; Parking Ban in Place

6:50 pm

Barrington Christian Academy will be closed on Wednesday, Jan. 22.

Kids Quarters preschool in Barrington is closed Wednesday.

Kids Junction preschool in Barrington is closed Wednesday.

6:30 pm

The Barrington Senior Center is closed on Wednesday.

6 pm

A parking ban started at 6 pm in Barrington and will continue through 6 pm on Wednesday.

5:40 pm

St. Andrew's School in Barrington will be closed on Wednesday. The Wee Care preschool and day care is shutting down for the day as well

5 pm

The Barrington Public Schools are closed on Wednesday.

4:30 pm

St. Luke's School in Barrington will be closed on Wednesday.

2 pm

The Barrington Public Library is closing at 4:30 pm. The showing of the movie "The Producers" is canceled.

1:30 pm

After-school activities in Barrington have been canceled with the snow starting to fall.

1 pm

The first meeting to be canceled today in Barrington is the Housing Board of Trustees. It was scheduled for 7 pm in the Senior Center.

7 am

A snowstorm forecasted to start Tuesday night is shaping up to be a bit more than just an inch or two across much of Rhode Island.

The National Weather Service issued a winter storm watch for Tuesday afternoon through Wednesday morning. The so-called “jackpot” area is expected to span from the Tiverton-Little Compton area through Cape Cod, but heavy snow with accumulations of 4-8 inches are possible throughout much of the state, especially along the south coast and islands. Some weather maps predict as much as 10 inches in some areas.

The snow is expected to start on Tuesday afternoon and last through Wednesday morning.

"Snow covered roadways will cause difficult driving conditions,” the weather service said. “Periods of moderate to heavy snow along with gusty winds will cause visibilities at a mile or less.”

The wind will blow from the north at 10-20 miles per hour with gusts to 35 mph.

In addition to the heavy snow and strong wind, the temperature will be in single digits and the teens.

As has been the case all winter, the snow will have its greatest impact on driving with travel “slow at best on well treated surfaces and quite difficult on any unplowed or untreated surfaces,” according to the weather service.