Will it be 6-12 or less, or 12-18 or more? We'll know soon enough

As is so often the case Northern Seacoast residents will have to plan for a wide array of snow totals, with the Greater Rochester area firmly on the line between getting 6-12 inches here and northward or 12-18 inches as predicted to the south.

With a cold air mass firmly entrenched across the area, this storm will begin and remain as snow till it ends sometime Thursday afternoon.

The snow gets under around 1 a.m. Thursday morning, and at its height could lay down between 1-3 inches an hour, according to Accuweather meteorologists.

Locally it is supposed to wind down with the heavy snowfall turning to just flurries around 1 p.m. followed by winds building to 30-40 mph.

Driving could be difficult during the morning commute on Thursday, with near-blizzard conditions that could lead to whiteouts.

Temps will stay well below freezing the entire storm with lows tonight around 12 and highs on Thursday around struggling to get out of the teens.

With the wind chills it will feel much colder.

Accuweather material was used in this report