A fast-moving storm late this weekend may bring slippery snow to parts of the Southeast and coastal Northeast, while many major cities see little accumulation but possible travel and airport impacts.

AccuWeather's lead hurricane expert said such a storm has never formed in the Eastern Pacific during the month of January.

A blizzard is a couple of giant steps above a winter storm. According to the National Weather Service, a storm officially qualifies as a blizzard when winds reach or exceed 35 mph and when the visibility drops to only a quarter mile or less. These conditions need to stay active for at least 3 hours.

Sticky, unseasonable warmth stretching across the eastern United States this week will set the stage for a sprawling storm system that threatens to bring thunderstorms and heavy rain — weather more typical of spring than the dead of winter — from Thursday through Saturday.

Some light, scattered freezing rain is likely to fall starting around 8 p.m. and continuing through Wednesday morning.

"It looks like a bomb has hit the place," says Darren "Badger" Edge as he surveys damage to the retreat he set up for veterans. Like many in Cornwall, the former soldier is taking stock of what remains after Storm Goretti left a trail of destruction across the county.

Nokaen was a tropical storm in the Philippine Sea Friday evening Philippine Time, the Joint Typhoon Warning Center said in its latest advisory.

Another winter storm moved through the Bay Area on Monday, bringing more rain, minor coastal flooding and a chance of thunderstorms, according to the National Weather Service.

An island community 28 miles off the mainland which was hit hard by Storm Goretti has been hailing the response of local residents. The storm brought winds of 99mph (159km/h) to St Mary's in the Isles of Scilly,