The AccuWeather forecast map, shared with Newsweek, showed that states from the Central and Southern U.S. to the East Coast can expect to see snowfall through Friday night. The states in the forecast include Tennessee, West Virginia, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Kentucky, Virginia, North Carolina and Pennsylvania.

Several states across the U.S. are under alert as the new storm system approaches. Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Louisiana, and Missouri have severe weather alerts in effect through Friday, January 10. Meanwhile, Tennessee, northern Alabama, and parts of Indiana and Kentucky will remain under warnings through Saturday.

Nearly two-dozen states were under winter weather warnings from the National Weather Service as of early Monday.

Parts of Texas, Oklahoma and Arkansas began to see snowfall on Thursday as Southern states stretching to the Carolinas brace for the storm to reach them on Friday.

The pattern had been predicted to form for several months, and weak La Niña conditions were finally officially met this week.

Nearly the entire state of Arkansas is under a winter storm warning until Friday night. Little Rock and Hot Springs are expecting around 6 inches of snow, with meteorologists urging people to delay any travel until conditions improve.

A “significant Arctic outbreak” of cold air will cover large swaths of the U.S. starting this weekend, with frigid conditions anticipated to last into mid-January.

The developing storm system is forecast to bring heavy snow, crippling ice and severe weather across the country through the next three days.

The new year is ushering in a major winter storm across a wide swath of the United States, blasting large regions of the country with heavy snow and dangerous ice. 60 million people are under weather

Officials hope improved wind conditions will allow firefighters to contain wildfires that have devastated the US city.

Drivers in North Texas were cautioned to be extremely careful Friday after the region was blasted with wintry precipitation and below-freezing temperatures overnight, according to the National Weather Service.