and then we will hang onto the snowfall the longest where we ll see the heaviest snowfall totals. it will certainly be in and around boston all the way to connecticut and northern sections of rhode island. that s where we have our winter storm warnings over a foot possible by the time the storm is said and done. you said it, over 60 million americans impacted by this storm. let s time it out for you so you can get a better handle what to expect this morning. still a very difficult commute on i-95, that busy corridor, that is going to continue unfortunately has the heavy snow band coinciding with your morning rush hour. avoid the roads if you can. that s what they re suggesting. the storm will quickly exit off the east coast this evening. we ll see clearing skies and clearing road conditions as well. if you do happen to go to work, you should have a better time going home later this evening. christine, laura? all right. that is good news, derek. thank you. so, the severe weather is,
the cold air is in place. it won t transition to snow which we see sometimes. it will stay all snow and that s why we think the snowfall totals will teeter. 75 million americans from alabama to maine under a winter weather alert being impacted but focussing in on the blizzard warnings along the coastal area of massachusetts, maine into connecticut, long island, too, by the way. not including new york city you re under a winter storm warning but coastal new jersey and the delmar peninsula we could have reduced visibility, whiteout conditions for three hours or greater with the peak intensity. look at the snow band starting to over spread new york city, long island, connecticut and rhode island. you can see the i-95 corridor already starting to get into some of the heaviest snow bands. flakes flying in boston. this is just the beginning. the snow will pick up in intensity overnight and start to maximize that strong part of the storm through the middle part of the day tomorrow and again,
low pressure system and what its result is of course is a major winter storm. in fact, new this morning we have blizzard warnings for some of the major metropolitan areas of the east coast from portland, maine, to boston, massachusetts, all the way to atlantic city, new jersey, for instance. honing in on new york city, you have been included within the winter storm warning. that means the national weather service, the meteorologists at the cnn weather center all converging on where this heaviest snow band will set up with the evolution of this storm within the next 36 hours. this storm means business. i want to highlight the wind potential. that is going to bring down visibilities below 1/4 of a mile. nant nantucket, boston, i-95 through the east coast is going to be a rough go. this is the model comparison with snow totals. some of them indicating 2 feet or more for boston and the coastal areas of boston and