Northeast gets snow, ice during its 1st winter storm

Winter Storm Warning has been issued for Cook County from 6 a.m.to 1 p.m.

Periods of sleet, freezing rain, and snow will occur across the region today, with light snow across the entire region tonight before the storm exits the area Tuesday morning.

Accumulations of one to two inches were expected in the Hudson Valley and Catskills, according to the National Weather Service.

Sleet involves precipitation that begins as snow, falls through a warmer area of the atmosphere and then re-freezes before hitting the ground.

StormCenter 2 is continuing to closely track the winter storm which could have a significant impact on travel conditions Monday evening through Tuesday morning.

Police say Michael McCullom had been attempting turn onto North Main Street on Tuesday morning and almost crashed into a snow plow. The man’s lawyer said his client was attacked first and pulled out the gun in self-defense. The busy corridor from New York City to Washington, D.C., could expect sleet and rain through midday Tuesday, the NWS said.

Tuesday night will be in the low 40s, followed by a high of 50 on Wednesday and a low of 40, according to the National Weather Service.

“We have the heater hooked up and the refrigerator, just the bare necessities”, said Oklahoma resident Kristy Kimmel. Forecasters are predicting a winter storm to involve snow to the west of Lawrence and freezing rain and ice in and east of Lawrence into the afternoon Monday. That storm system killed dozens, including many who drowned in floodwaters and others caught up in tornadoes.

Look for colder weather later in the week toward New Year’s Day with a high dropping back into the 30s and the possibility of snow showers.

MIDDLEBURY, Vt. (AP) Vermont’s largest utility is warning of likely outages as a winter storm bears down on the state, and is touting new high-tech ways to get and share information about them.