Season's First Major Winter Storm to Hit Northeast Over Weekend

The northeast is bracing for a massive winter storm that could leave feet of snow in parts of the Interstate 95 corridor that spans from Washington, D.C. up to Boston, Massachusetts.

 Weather broadcasters are reporting that the approaching weather is the first significant storm for this winter season. Although it is difficult to say where the storm will begin, forecasters suggest that as much as eight inches of snow, sleet and rainfall will strike some parts of the northeast.

The storm will reportedly hit landfall near Philadelphia on Friday evening, dumping multiple inches of snow overnight. The winter mix will then move up through New Jersey and New York over the weekend, exiting back to sea in New England on Sunday.

"There will be a lot of that accumulation then, and then rain will come and wash it all away," Valerie Meola, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service, told the Associated Press in regard to the impact of the storm felt Saturday morning.

According to The Washington Post, the storm already started earlier this week in the south, with large amounts of rain and snow hitting parts of the Texas panhandle New Mexico, and Alabama.

The storm is reportedly difficult to track due to its fast-moving nature, but forecasters have predicted that Connecticut, Rhode Island and Massachusetts will suffer the brunt of the storm.

The city of Boston is predicted to see anywhere from five to eight inches of snowfall just on Sunday morning before the winter storm exits out to the sea.