The first major winter storm of the season struck upstate New York on Tuesday, with much of the region forecast to receive some significant snowfall by day’s end.

Precipitation from a “strengthening coastal storm” started falling overnight, first as a wintry mix, then as tendrils of snow Tuesday morning, at times falling at a rate of an inch an hour, according to the National Weather Service. While its not as fierce as past storms weathered by the region, it still created slick and dangerous driving conditions for the morning commute, and could also make for a “slippery” drive home in the evening hours, forecasters warned.

The snowfall was expected to peak around noon before it again turns into a wintry mix of ice and rain as the day goes on, meteorologists said. The precipitation

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