Winter storm watch for 33 million people – Heavy wet snow to hit areas still cleaning up from last week’s nor’easter.
The National Weather Service has issued winter storm watches for parts of Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York and almost all of New England. Affected cities include Boston, New York City, Albany, Hartford and Portland.
Winter Weather Alerts – 5 Mar 18 – Nat’ll Weather Svc
As much as 6 to 9 inches (15 to 23 cm) of snow could fall starting late Tuesday. Some areas could get as much as a foot.The storm is part a winter storm now traversing the Great Plains that has prompted blizzard warnings from North Dakota to Nebraska.
More than one-third of the U.S. is covered by snow, the most for March 5 since 2015