"West of I-95 corridor, where we expect the heaviest snows to develop today through Saturday night and Sunday, said Bruce Sullivan of the National Weather Service.
The rare Nor'easter in October is expected to reach at least 10 states from North Carolina to Maine.
Inland communities are expected to hit hardest by the storm with heavy wet snow forecast to fall from the later of Virginia, West Virginia and Pennsylvania to Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine.
Could get high regions located between 10 and 12 cm thick snow.
Sullivan said the heavy snow fall can damage the scent.
"The real concern we have for this very heavy wet snow will be falling into a lot of trees that have lost their leaves yet. And that could certainly cause a lot of fallen tree limbs, resulting in some widespread power outages, "he said.
Large cities and the coast can expect to see a cold rain this morning that the changes in the snow at night.
The storm has the potential to be the strongest storm of October in the history of the city of New York, according to AccuWeather.com Chief Meteorologist Paul Walker.
"The record of snow in October in New York is 0.8 inches set on October 30, 1925," said Walker. "This has the potential to overcome that."
Communities prepare
In Rockland County, New York, Clarkstown Highway Superintendent Wayne Ballard said this time of year, teams tend to be busy with the collection of leaves, but now they're getting the plows ready.
"If temperatures drop below freezing, we can get some black ice or you can get some accumulation, which is what we'll be seeing," said Ballard.
Rockland County resident Anne Arenstein is not happy.
"I do not want it. It is too soon, and I'm not looking forward to it all," he said.
However, Beth Brenner, who was visiting friends in Rockland County Friday, said he looks forward to the storm.
"I live in California, on the coast, so it will be exciting for me to see snow," said Brenner.
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