The East Coast could experience its first winter storm of the season come early January, reports the Washington Post.

Potential for an East Coast snowstorm could come as soon as Jan. 8-10, says AccuWeather chief meteorologist Bernie Rayno.

"Widespread Cold with front stalling from east coast to mid-South. The key is energy across Upper Midwest. If that digs south than snowstorm is on! If it just moves east, it's more of a clipper some snow but storm would be offshore," Rayno wrote Friday on X.

The East Coast has experienced significantly less snow than usual in recent winters, with snowfall much less than 50% of the average in the past two winters combined from Boston to Washington, D.C., according to The Weather Channel.

According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, winter 2023-24 was the warmest on record for the Northeast region.  

Severe storms expected this weekend in the eastern United States could delay flights and impede traffic during one of the busiest travel periods of the year.

Heavy rain is expected from the Florida panhandle all the way up to New York state while Georgia, the Carolinas and Virginia face a level 2 out of 5 risk for severe storms on Sunday.

"Similar to Thursday morning over the higher elevations of the central Appalachians, a more expansive zone of freezing drizzle will extend from western Maryland through portions of western, central and northern Pennsylvania and part of the southern tier of New York and last through Friday morning," AccuWeather Meteorologist Brandon Buckingham said.

"A more substantial zone where glaze of ice can occur is likely from Friday night to Saturday morning from western Maryland to north-central and northeastern Pennsylvania, northwestern New Jersey, upstate eastern New York, interior Connecticut, western and central Massachusetts and the southern and central parts of Vermont and New Hampshire," AccuWeather Senior Meteorologist Dave Dombek added.

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