The second of five storms that will slam the eastern half of the United States with snow and ice over a two week period is on the way – and this one has more snow than the first.

Meanwhile, a swath of the Central and Eastern U.S. was under winter weather advisory, which the NWS issues "for any amount of freezing rain, or when 2 to 4 inches of snow (alone or in combination with sleet and freezing rain), is expected to cause a significant inconvenience, but not serious enough to warrant a warning."

The National Weather Service issued an updated winter weather advisory at 9:30 p.m. on Friday valid from Saturday 1 p.m. until Sunday 7 a.m. for Northern Erie and Southern Erie as well as Crawford County.

A winter weather advisory was issued by the National Weather Service on Friday at 2:04 p.m. EST valid from Saturday 7 a.m. EST until Sunday 7 a.m. EST for Leelanau, Benzie, Grand Traverse, Kalkaska, Manistee,

The National Weather Service issued a winter weather advisory at 2:37 p.m. on Friday valid from 10 p.m. until Saturday noon for West Columbia River Gorge of Oregon above 500 ft, Clackamas County Cascade Foothills,

See the latest snow maps from the National Weather Service, AccuWeather and local TV and radio forecasters for the storm impacting our region Saturday into Sunday.

Snow totals varied across the state, with accumulations approaching as high as 2.5 inches along and north of Route 2, forecasters said.

A winter storm watch has been issued for all of Connecticut ahead of a weekend storm that could bring up to 8 inches of snow, weather service says.

The National Weather Service issued a winter storm watch for the weekend in Connecticut. See the expected snowfall