Blizzard Conditions in Store for Cape Cod to Down East Maine

A swath of snow will continue to spread northeastward spanning from southern New Jersey, southeastern Massachusetts, Cape Cod, Nantucket and Down East Maine through Nova Scotia into Wednesday.

Moving up the coast, the storm will bring minimal snow between 1-3 inches for areas from New York City to Hartford, Conn.

Due to the strong March sun, the storm's biggest impacts will occur Tuesday night as the storm intensifies up in the New England area. Areas from Providence, R.I., to Portland, Maine, including,Boston and Portsmouth, N.H., will be among the regions that could experience blizzard conditions.

The regions with the biggest blizzard potential will be Cape Cod, Down East Maine and parts of Nova Scotia.

As the storm travels north, strong winds will accompany the storm, causing severe drifting of snow and likely creating limited visibility and treacherous travel conditions on the roadways. Downed power lines and trees are also likely, as strong wind gusts will accompany the storm.

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While the most intense part of the system will occur Tuesday night through Wednesday morning in New England and up through Nova Scotia, flight delays up and down the East Coast are possible, as some of the nation's major airport hubs will fall in the path of the storm.

Upon departing the United States, the heaviest snow of the storm will move into the Maritimes and western Newfoundland accompanied by hurricane-force winds.

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UPDATES: (All times are listed in EDT)

10:55 p.m. EDT Tuesday: Light snow now falling in parts of the NYC metro area.

9:47 p.m. EDT Tuesday: National flight delays climb above 4,200, and another 444 have been canceled, according to FlightStats.

9:32 p.m. EDT Tuesday: In Wilcomico County, Md., 3.8 inches of snow fell near Northwood, Md., according to an NWS observer.

9:05 p.m. EDT Tuesday: Five inches of snow fell four miles west-southwest of Buffalo Ridge, Va., an NWS spotter reported.

8:07 p.m. EDT Tuesday: The greatest snowfall will occur across the Delmarva Peninsula and southern New Jersey; snowfall rates of up to 1 inch per hour through 10 p.m. are possible, according to AccuWeather.com Meteorologist Erik Pindrock.

7:51 p.m. EDT Tuesday: A daily record maximum snowfall of 1.7 inches was set at Washington, D.C. today. This breaks the old record of 1.5 inches set in 1906, according to an NWS observation.

6:55 p.m. EDT Tuesday: Watch the latest edition of AccuWeather LIVE, discussing updates on the snowstorm in the East

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