A forecast map from the WPC showed that portions of New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio and Michigan were among the states expected to see the heaviest snow through Wednesday. In addition to snow, the agency warned of the potential for strong winds and dangerous wind chills.

Snow storms dumped snow on both ends of the country, but how much fell varied widely. Maps show snow totals across USA.

More than 122 million Americans are expected to travel at least 50 miles for Christmas and New Year's holidays this year.

The outages come as high winds are forecast to continue across much of Michigan throughout the day, with sustained winds of 25 to 35 mph and gusts topping 60 mph.

A new map from the National Weather Service (NWS) shows the overall weather forecast and winter storm warnings. Snow has reduced significantly, as have sleet accumulations for the area of New York and New Jersey.

A winter storm warning is in place for the eastern and western U.P. and most of the Lower Peninsula, mainly along the western snowbelt. A high wind warning is in effect for southeast Michigan because of the potential for 60 mph wind gusts. The Great Lakes are under storm, gale, and heavy freezing spray warnings.

A colorful patchwork of warnings and weather advisories have been issued as this powerful storm advances toward Michigan.

A clipper storm, as defined by the National Weather Service, is a fast-moving storm that drops into the U.S. over the Great Lakes from Alberta, Canada. According to Peyton Simmers, a meteorologist with AccuWeather, the snow is expected to begin falling on the city around 5 p.m.

More than 116,000 customers were without power Monday morning as a winter storm brought high winds and snow, but the figure declined to 107,000 by 3 p.m.

Heavy snow and strong winds accompanied an atmospheric river over parts of California. These maps show snow totals.

Despite lower snow totals, a winter storm Friday is expected to bring “quite messy” conditions to the Lehigh Valley.