Overview
- Lake-effect bands continue to hammer the Great Lakes snowbelts, with suburbs near Buffalo topping two feet and more localized bursts expected.
- Light accumulations are forecast along the I-95 corridor from Washington, D.C., to Boston Saturday, generally a dusting to a couple of inches with higher totals inland and in higher terrain.
- A fast-moving coastal system late Sunday could brush eastern Long Island and southern New England, with southeastern Massachusetts and the Cape at risk for plowable snow depending on the track.
- An Arctic outbreak early next week will drive the season’s harshest cold into the Midwest and Northeast, with sub-zero readings and wind chills that could dip to 10–20 below zero in some areas.
- Freeze warnings stretch unusually far south into Florida, and forecasters report slick roads, squalls and reduced visibility are already disrupting travel across multiple states.