across portions of the great lakes themselves. 3% ice coverage. you take a look, we do have changes in the pattern here with winter weather advisories around western new york. and winter storm watches across parts of much of northern new england the next couple of days as a result of the storm system stated to come in late tonight and early tomorrow morning. snow showers begin around sunrise through parts of the new england and continue through much of thursday before the disturbance scoots off here. should produce plenty of snow showers. the best estimates around portions of vermont, new hampshire even parts of maine. that's up to 1 1/2, maybe 2 feet of fresh snowfall through friday. notice the metro cities just a little too warm there. we'll translate that into rain showers, as well as 36 degrees. it will be much colder and high back up to 38 for new year's