Deadly Midwest storm brings Northeast its 1st hit of winter

Into the early morning hours on Tuesday, the snow from late Monday night will begin to turn to sleet and freezing rain, making the Tuesday morning commute a messy one. Eventually that frozen precipitation will change to all rain during the day on Tuesday with a high in the 40s.

“We’ve seen challenging road conditions starting early this morning and we have 350 trucks treating the roads”, says Maine Department of Transportation spokesman Ted Talbot.

Kistner said the northeastern spur of the system will track toward Cape Cod, Massachusetts, on Tuesday afternoon, then blow out to sea.

The forecast warns of sleet and freezing rain across the region, with up to an inch of snow possible in northern Westchester, Putnam and Rockland counties. Get a peek at how the storm is expected to unfold here.

Snow is predicted to continue to fall in the Augusta/Waterville area until about 3 p.m., with freezing drizzle in the evening.

“It’s also causing severe weather in the deep South, down in the MS and Alabama areas right now”. To the north, communities were expecting to see 8 to 12 inches before the snow ended late in the day, said Mike Kistner of the National Weather Service in Gray, Maine.

So far Monday morning there have been no accidents in Joliet or unincorporated Will County, authorities said. Though less snow is expected, about three to six inches, the area will be hit by periods of sleet and freezing rain and 45-mile-an-hour winds.

High temperatures today will reach just above freezing, with temperatures into the 40s on Tuesday and Wednesday and then into the upper 30s on Thursday.

After an autumn devoid of snow, Winter Storm Goliath is spreading a swath of snow and ice accompanied by strong winds through the northeastern United States and Canada.

Any vehicles parked on downtown streets between 11 p.m. and 6 a.m. may be towed at the owner’s expense.