let's go to nbc news meteorologist andy lassman. orm that's working across much of the east, you can see the heavy snow and the heavy rain draped across parts of the south and stretching up into the mid-atlantic and the appalachians. this system, it's going to be a quick mover. we're going to see it start to wrap up here as we get into the late parts of our day today. but between now and then, it's the heavy snows, heavy snow, specifically across parts of southeastern virginia as well as north carolina. and then some of those showers for parts of the southeast. we'll deal with a little bit more of this snow on the backside of the system as we see these cold winds coming across the lake. so additional snow in the picture for tomorrow, most of it across parts of the northeast, will be flurries or just some brief snow showers. but between now and tonight, the hotspot for that snowfall amounts, they're going to be basically across parts of the carolinas and virginia. notice virginia beach potentially 6 to 10in by the time we wrap up our

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