Most of the tri-state was scheduled to be under a winter storm warning by the afternoon, when conditions pick up and heavy snow bands could drop as much as an inch of snow per hour. For some, it’ll be the most snow in nearly three years.

A blanket of snow covered New York City Monday morning after a weekend storm. Snowflakes started falling Sunday afternoon and ended overnight, with some areas of New York state getting over 8 inches of snow.

The NWS has issued a winter storm watch for several counties in New York, with heavy lake effect snow expected.

A rare winter storm charging through Texas and the northern Gulf Coast on Tuesday has closed highways and airports and prompted the first blizzard warning for southeast Texas and southwest Louisiana.

Winter storm warnings have been issued for New York, New Jersey and Connecticut with the entire region bracing for snow.