Snow and icy winds coming from the Midwest to the Northeast

After dumping snow in places like Minnesota and Wisconsin on Dec. 19, a winter storm is pushing its way into the Northeast on Friday.

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00:00We have that heavier, darker band of snow. You can see here where that's denoted by some heavier

00:06snow. I do want to zoom out a little bit here from Green Bay all the way to Milwaukee. This

00:11is a zone that we are anticipating some higher numbers, but let's take a look at some of the

00:15numbers thus far. The storm does have a history even if we look at areas across Minnesota,

00:20even Pelican Rapids, Minnesota over two inches, even further north Holt, Minnesota at seven inches

00:27of snow, even near North Dakota at the worst, the sixth Harvey, North Dakota at six inches of snow.

00:33Of course, these are just over the past 24 hours. Let's take a look though further ahead. A lot of

00:39this snow has already fallen, already done. This corridor, this stripe where we could see a little

00:45bit more six to 12, that does include Green Bay. Your accurate local storm index is high as 15

00:51inches. Now across the western flank, a lot of that has already fallen. Green Bay, you're still

00:56in the thick of it. We're forecasting six to 10 inches. A great tool to have your AccuWeather

01:00Wintercast. This goes through early tomorrow. By the way, still talking about some breezy

01:05conditions there across parts of the plains, even the northern Rockies. So heads up here through

01:10Thursday. Watch this storm, Damien. I'm going to toss it over to you as it continues to barrel

01:16south and east, moving into Detroit. This is around 7 30 a.m. Eastern time Friday,

01:21eventually dumping offshore. Now this is where things could get interesting. This is a very

01:27nuanced forecast. That's right, Bree. And this thing is going to bring two things here to the

01:32northeast. It's going to bring cold and it's going to bring snow. So let's get right into

01:36the latest here. This Alberta Clipper, it's going to pass just to the south of the Great Lakes,

01:40moving across the Midwest into the northeast. In addition to that, there's also going to be

01:44a strengthening and intensifying storm system just off the coast that is also going to bring a chance

01:49of snowfall here across the northeast. So here's the overall setup for Friday. You can see that

01:54pretty much any area right here highlighted in blue, we will see a chance of some snow flurries

01:59for Friday afternoon into Friday evening. In fact, you see this darkest shade right here,

02:03blue just off of Lake Erie between Buffalo and Erie, Pennsylvania there along the New York

02:08PA state line. That's where it looks like we'll see the highest accumulation of snowfall as we

02:13head throughout Friday. Another area I want to highlight is going to be South Jersey down

02:17towards the Virginia coast. We will see some rainfall, so it's not all snow. Some areas are

02:22going to see some showers here for your Friday afternoon. Once again, in addition to the snow,

02:26we're also tracking cold. This is what it's going to feel like Friday evening and Friday night.

02:30Take a look at this. This is our AccuWeather exclusive Real Feel scale. And in these areas

02:35right here highlighted in this darkest shade of blue, this is where it's going to feel like the

02:40single digits. So in addition to the snow, it's also going to be dangerously cold here for some

02:45of these areas. As we head into Friday night, that offshore low pressure system is going to

02:50strengthen and intensify. That is going to bring north winds here to the northeast coast, and that

02:55is going to kick off more snowfall here stretching from Long Island all the way up through the

03:00Canadian Maritime as we hit throughout Friday, Friday evening and Friday night. And then as we

03:05head into Saturday, the one constant is going to be cold. It's going to be cold across the northeast

03:09on Saturday, but it's also going to be a messy forecast whenever you look at the overall chance

03:13of snow here across the region. We will see some snow chances, not as high as Friday,

03:18but it will be a messy forecast here heading into the weekend.