Boston is set to kick off the coming week with a cold and windy storm system, before heading into a batch of gusty and chilly but dry late fall weather, according to National Weather Service forecasts.

More than 20 people were missing in Alaska in the aftermath of Typhoon Halong, while conditions in the East Coast were causing delays at several major airports.

DEDHAM, Mass. — Nearly all of Massachusetts is under a freeze warning or frost advisory ahead of an expected plunge in temperatures and the arrival of a late-weekend nor’easter.

The National Weather Service issued a storm watch for the Massachusetts coastline, including Cape Cod Bay, Nantucket Sound, Vineyard Sound, Buzzard's Bay, and Ipswich Bay. It'll be in place from the afternoon of Sunday, Oct. 12, through the evening of Monday, Oct. 13.

After an unseasonably warm stretch for October, the coolest air of the season so far is moving in. But high winds and rain are likely to cap the long weekend.

Multiple northeastern U.S. airports are under traffic restrictions Sunday as the FAA imposes ground delay programs amid poor weather conditions.

A freeze watch has been issued for much of New England, including parts of Massachusetts, ahead of an expected temperature drop. The watch is in effect for parts of Middlesex, Hampden, Hampshire, Worcester, Norfolk, Bristol, Plymouth, Dukes, and Berkshire counties from Thursday night into Friday morning, according to the National Weather Service.

Boston experiences warm weather with temperatures in the 80s, but a cooler shift with rain is forecasted by the National Weather Service, potentially followed by a hard freeze.