More than 2 feet of snow could fall in some of the hardest hit areas, with major New York roads possibly closing.

Most of the country is painted in shades of orange on the map (below ... Particularly the New York City area, along with most of the East Coast and the South, is leaning toward a wetter-than-normal ...

A bout of dry weather in the Northeast has fueled wildfire conditions in New Jersey, with several fires burning in the state.