Taste of winter: Several states in the East could see their first significant snowfall of the season this week

Several states in the East are bracing for their first significant snowfall of the season. Accumulating snow is possible from the mountains of North Carolina to the northern tip of Maine. Some spots could see several inches by the weekend. The ingredients are coming into place for widespread snow from the Great Lakes through New England and as far south as the Mid-Atlantic region. By later on Wednesday to Thursday morning, a drastic change in the weather pattern will set the stage for a cold airmass to surge into the eastern half of the country," according to the Weather Prediction Center (WPC). "This cold surge will work in concert with a low pressure wave to track from the northern Plains tonight, reaching into the Appalachians by Thursday morning," added the WPC. By late Friday into early Saturday, temperatures across the eastern half of the country could fall to as much as 10 to 15 degrees below average.

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