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Northeast faces slick roads as coast-to-coast storm arrives bringing rain to record-dry Philadelphia, NYC

With cold air lacking, any wintry precipitation is being confined to the Northeast where a Winter Weather Advisory has been issued for rural areas of New York, Vermont and Massachusetts.

By Chris Oberholtz Source FOX Weather
The FOX Forecast Center is tracking a sprawling coast-to-coast storm as it finishes its journey across the country. The storm, which began in Southern California last weekend, is producing widespread rain and some wintry weather across the Midwest, mid-Atlantic and Northeast.

Cross-country storm moves east as pockets of freezing rain falls on Northeast

The FOX Forecast Center is tracking a sprawling coast-to-coast storm as it finishes its journey across the country. The storm, which began in Southern California last weekend, is producing widespread rain and some wintry weather across the Midwest, mid-Atlantic and Northeast.

Fast Facts:

  • Widespread rain is falling across the Midwest and mid-Atlantic regions.
  • A lack of cold air is limiting the snow potential, with accumulating snow expected to stay north of I-90.
  • Slick roads are being monitored in Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey and Massachusetts

SCRANTON, Pa. – The FOX Forecast Center is tracking a sprawling coast-to-coast storm as it finishes its journey across the country.

The storm, which began in Southern California last weekend, is producing widespread rain and some wintry weather across the Midwest, mid-Atlantic and Northeast. To the south, thunderstorms are rumbling across the northern Gulf Coast. The precipitation is expected to end by Saturday morning as the system moves off into the Atlantic.

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With cold air lacking, any wintry precipitation is being confined to the Northeast, where a Winter Weather Advisory was in effect for parts of New York, Vermont and Massachusetts.

The threat of frozen precipitation is expected to diminish by mid-morning Saturday as the storm system works eastward into the Atlantic.

Here's a look at the snow forecast in the Northeast through Saturday.
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A significant lack of precipitation this January has resulted in numerous areas experiencing one of their driest Januarys on record, with some ranking among the top 3, 5 or 10 driest ever. Cities such as New York, Philadelphia, Scranton, Pennsylvania, and Washington, D.C. are included on the list.

A look at the Northeast rain total year to date.

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