Winter is lining up another mid-week complication for Central Massachusetts commuters.

The National Weather Service in Boston is predicting a winter storm midday Tuesday. This one could bring three to seven inches of snow to Worcester County.

Snow could be heavy at times, with snowfalls rates as much as two inches per hour. The heavy snow won't last long, though, and is expected to fall sometime between mid-morning and mid-afternoon.

Lighter snow is expected to continue into the evening, and be out of the area by 9 p.m.

The weather service is predicting only minor accumulations closer to the Massachusetts coast, where snow could change over to rain.

Tuesday's event will be the latest in a seemingly never-ending string of snowstorms.

According to the Golden Snow Globe, a website that tracks snowfall in cities with more than 100,000 inhabitants across the U.S., Worcester has been the eighth-snowiest city this winter.

Worcester checks in at 71.9 inches so far, just behind Detroit and just ahead of Toledo, Ohio. On average, Worcester has 43.5 inches by Feb. 16, the website said.

Erie, Penn. is the current Snow Belt holder, with 110.7 inches so far this winter.