Snowstorm arrives in parts of East Coast. See latest weather forecast.
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How much snow is expected in New England?
What regions are under winter storm warnings?
Which areas face icy road conditions?
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The first winter storm of the season is underway for New England and the Mid-Atlantic regions on Dec. 2, with "heavy snow and impactful icing" expected to spell hazardous road conditions, forecasters said.
A total of more than 45 million Americans were under winter weather advisories in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic and the western part of the country. States from Kentucky and North Carolina all the way up through New York, Massachusetts and Maine were blanketed by the advisories. Nearly 5 million people in parts of New York, Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, and Maine were under a winter storm warning.
A snowy storm system that has been dumping a wintry mix on the Ohio Valley was making its way into the Appalachians and Mid-Atlantic, with snow showers shifting from the Upper Ohio Valley and Great Lakes shifting to the interior New England region, the National Weather Service said.
The storm system will bring periods of heavy snow at a rate of more than 1 inch per hour on Dec. 2, the weather service said. Snow could total near or over a foot in some places, with freezing rain making the roads icy and slick in others.
Another pocket of winter weather was covering parts of the central and western United States, bringing mountain snow to the Rockies and icy conditions to eastern Washington, northern Idaho and parts of Montana and Wyoming.
The winter weather comes days after a storm dumped over a foot of snow across parts of the Midwest, snarling post-Thanksgiving travel in cities like Chicago.
“The winter storm pushing across the Midwest and Great Lakes this week could cause more travel headaches," said AccuWeather Vice President of Forecasting Operations Dan DePodwin.
How much will it snow?
In parts of New England and the northern Mid-Atlantic on Dec. 2, snow totals are expected to reach 5 to 10 inches, with some isolated totals over a foot, according to the weather service.
Freezing rain in the central and southern Appalachians could also cause 0.1 to 0.2 inches of ice to form on roads, forecasters said. Bridges and overpasses are especially at risk for icy conditions.
There's a chance of a second winter storm over the weekend bringing additional snow to parts of the Ohio Valley, Great Lakes and Northeast, AccuWeather said.
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More wintry weather to hit midweek
States in the Midwest, Ohio Valley and Great Lakes regions will see a surge of cold air coming from Canada starting the night of Dec. 3 and into Dec. 4, plunging temperatures 15 to 20 degrees below normal for this time of year, AccuWeather reported.
Temperatures in Minneapolis and Chicago are expected to be in the teens, but feel more like single digits, the outlet said.
“Snow squalls could accompany this front, potentially causing a rapid reduction in visibility and quickly covering roads, causing treacherous travel," DePodwin said.
More rounds of arctic air, coming from a displacement of the polar vortex – a gigantic, circular area of cold air high up in the atmosphere that typically spins over the North Pole – are on the way in the next couple weeks, AccuWeather reported.
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