Travel delays expected on the East Coast as powerful Noreaster brings rain and snow

ALBANY, N.Y.— Millions of Americans are waking up to their first big snow of the season, as a powerful nor’easter is bringing some combination of rain, ice and snow to parts of the East Coast, including the densely populated northeast portion of Interstate 95 corridor, which could potentially compound travel headaches that resulted from the storm that slammed the Midwest this weekend, as this La Niña winter season gets underway.A fast-moving area of low pressure has moved out of the Southeast and up along the East Coast early Tuesday morning.According to the Fox Forecast Center, some computer forecast models are drawing an extremely sharp boundary between rain and snow, which is currently expected to set up just inland of I-95.New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy declared a State of Emergency beginning at 5:00 A.M.

ET on Tuesday due to the significant impacts expected from the storm.While temperatures will likely be too warm for snow along the coast, periods of heavy rain Tuesday could cause travel delays at airports in Washington, DC., Philadelphia, Newark, New Jersey, New York City and Boston.The most consistent part of the forecast continues to be for inland areas from the Ohio Valley into interior New England.Winter Storm Watches have been posted for parts of central and upstate New York, western Massachusetts, southern Vermont, southern New Hampshire and southern Maine, while Winter Storm Alerts are in effect from the Ohio Valley up to Maine.A mix of moisture and cold air is expected to bring 1–3 inches of snow across Ohio, Pennsylvania, Upstate New York and much of New England, while middle New York, Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine are expected to see 5–8 inches.The effects of the snow will be amplified across higher elevations, including parts of the Adirondacks, Green and White mountain ranges through Wednesday morning.Meanwhile, where exactly the rain-snow line sets up could have significant impacts on drivers.Anywhere between a coating and 0.25 of...