By CHRIS COLLINS
(undated) – Franklin County and all of Western Mass. is expected to see a significant snow event this weekend. The question is, how significant? A Winter Storm Watch has been issued for all four western counties for heavy snow beginning late Friday into Saturday. Earlier storm models called for lower snow totals in the west and near blizzard conditions for parts of eastern Mass. and the Cape and Islands. More current models have the storm tracking farther inland, which could mean higher snow totals for Franklin, Hampshire and Hampden counties.