Snow will move through upstate New York and New England on Friday, beginning in Albany in the morning, reaching Boston around 3 p.m. Snow will continue through rush hour from Burlington, Vermont, to Boston to Portland, Maine, before ending late Friday night. Boston could see around 2 or 3 inches of snow.

The coastal storm was still taking shape, but it looks likely to surpass the meteorological criteria for a “bomb cyclone,” Speciale said, referring to a type of storm characterized by its powerful reach and counterclockwise spin. That westward spin makes bomb cyclones especially destructive when they make landfall on the East Coast.

Deaths and power outages were reported across numerous states due to a monster storm across much of the country.