A significant lake-effect snowstorm is set to ramp up Thursday and last through Friday for parts of the interior Northeast. Snowfall totals will be measured in feet, not inches.
The National Weather Service has issued winter alerts for 8 million people from the southern Appalachians up through the interior northeast and New England. These include blizzard warnings for parts of western New York downwind of Lakes Erie and Ontario. Within the blizzard warnings, wind gusts could be 55-60 mph, and snowfall totals are forecast to be 2-3 feet.
