Snow and rain will return to the New York City area before Christmas. The weather could cause some travel problems.

Wayne and northern Cayuga Counties may see 1-to-2 feet of snow, with up to three feet locally. Travel will be “very difficult to impossible in the heaviest bands of snow with near zero visibility and deep snow cover on roads,” says the NWS Buffalo office.

Here's how much snow Cape Cod - and the rest of Massachusetts - is expected to see, according to the National Weather Service.

Heavy snow, ice and freezing rain are all in the mix. Conditions could get messy later Sunday and into Monday morning's commute.

A clipper storm, as defined by the National Weather Service, is a fast-moving storm that drops into the U.S. over the Great Lakes from Alberta, Canada. According to Peyton Simmers, a meteorologist with AccuWeather, the snow is expected to begin falling on the city around 5 p.m.

Weather maps reveal two specific areas will be broadsided by blizzards carrying up to 5 inches of snow on January 7, with temperatures plunging to -8C as an Arctic blast covers most of England and Sco