The Nashville office of the National Weather Service upgraded the winter storm watch to a warning ahead of expected snow and ice this weekend.

A huge winter storm blanketed more than half of the lower 48 US states, beginning on Friday and bringing subfreezing temperatures, snow, ice, freezing rain and devastation to hundreds of millions of people from New Mexico to New England.

The massive storm dumped heavy snow and ice across a huge swath of the United States, leaving more than 800,000 homes without power.

A major winter snowstorm is sweeping through the SouthCoast and predicted to last through Monday, making for dangerous weather conditions.

A massive winter storm blasted the tri-state area with up to 18 inches of snow, ice, and freezing rain, paralyzing transit and crippling air travel across the country. Now the clean-up begins. Check the latest totals from the National Weather Service using this map.

National Weather Service meteorologists continue to adjust the weekend forecast for Hampton Roads and have now lifted the winter storm warning for the southeastern part of Virginia, as

There's more than a 50% chance Nashville will be significantly impacted by ice, making travel extremely dangerous.

Chad Omitt, the warning coordination meteorologist for the National Weather Service in Topeka, visited Eye on NE Kansas to offer perspective on the winter weather.