Northeast braces for massive snowstorm
By VERENA DOBNIK, Associated Press
Jan 25, 2015 11:58 AM CST
A duck swims pilings on Boston Harbor in Boston, Saturday, Jan. 24, 2015. A winter storm warning covering Boston and Hartford, Conn., was in effect through 7 p.m. as the National Weather Service said to expect 4 to 8 inches of wet snow to fall by the time the storm moves out. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)   (Associated Press)

NEW YORK (AP) — A winter that has largely spared the Northeast thus far is about to arrive with gusto.

Coastal regions from New York to Boston are bracing for a whopper of a snowstorm that could bring up to two feet of snow.

National Weather Service meteorologists say the storm will start edging into the region overnight then turn up the coast.

In New York City, the massive storm is expected to leave up to a foot of snow by Tuesday, followed by 8 inches or so more before Wednesday.

Farther north, a blizzard watch is in effect for Boston from Monday night through early Wednesday. Wind gusts of 60 mph or more are possible.

Conditions should be better to the south and west, with parts of Ohio expected to get up to 6 inches Sunday but a foot is possible in the Philadelphia area by Tuesday afternoon.

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