Ice & rain will end by late morning. Two more winter storms may bring snow and ice Saturday and early next week.

A winter storm was sweeping across a large portion of the US on Thursday, bringing snow, ice and rain to several states in the Midwest and Northeast.

The heaviest snow totals are expected in northern New Jersey, with lower snow totals forecast for Central Jersey.

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."

A winter weather advisory has been issued for all counties starting at 6 p.m. and extending through 6 a.m. Thursday due to ice accumulations of up to 0.1 inches

Freezing rain could lead to a 10th of an inch of ice accumulating overnight, creating very hazardous travel conditions across much of northern Ohio. Concerns about the ice have led the National Weather Service to issue a winter weather advisory for the region,