once you get north of, say, newburgh, waterbury, norwich and providence, it's going to be all snow. city, long island, coastal connecticut and possibly coastal rhode island, too. that's why their snow totals will be less. two storms. there they are on the map. the one coming up the coast, the one in the great lakes, they are going to merge into one big storm just off cape cod tonight. kind of a rare occurrence. fascinating to watch but not to be in the middle of it. friday late afternoon when the significant impacts really begin. we're talking heavy snow. do not want to be on the roads during the afternoon hours. northern portions of connecticut, rhode island, all of massachusetts and eastern mass. and then as we go through saturday morning, that's when we're talking blizzard conditions. how much snow? possibility of an epic storm. top five all time, maybe all time in boston. other areas significant from hartford, providence, southern new hampshire and maine. this will be a crippling storm that we'll dig out from all day saturday. won't be till sunday till it's probably recommended