Story highlights 6-8 inches of snow predicted for BostonSnow also expected in Great Lakes area(CNN) A winter storm that blanketed parts of the Southeast with snow is sweeping northward and is expected to hit New England on Saturday. The storm is expected to drop 6 to 8 inches of snow on Boston and Providence, Rhode Island, starting early Saturday and running through Sunday, the National Weather Service said . Windy weather, but not much accumulated snow, is predicted for Cape Cod. The Massachusetts Department of Transportation said on Twitter that it planned to pretreat roads before the snow hit on Saturday. Winter weather advisories were issued for more than 75 million people in cities across the upper South and Northeast.

Source: CNN December 08, 2017 23:16 UTC