A winter storm warning has been issued for the Houston area for the first time in nearly two years as a rare Gulf Coast winter storm promises heavy snow, sleet and freezing rain. The National Weather Service in League City,

The heaviest snow was expected to fall in New Jersey between 4 and 9 p.m. Sunday, with totals of up to 8 inches.

Most of the tri-state was scheduled to be under a winter storm warning by the afternoon, when conditions pick up and heavy snow bands could drop as much as an inch of snow per hour. For some, it’ll be the most snow in nearly three years.

Tens of millions of residents along the East Coast are bracing for several inches of snow Sunday followed by dangerously cold temperatures that will grip much of the country from the Northern Plains to the tip of Maine.

Most of the tri-state was scheduled to be under a winter storm warning by the afternoon, when conditions pick up and heavy snow bands could drop as much as an inch of snow per hour. For some, it’ll be the most snow in nearly three years.

Winter storm warnings have been issued for New York, New Jersey and Connecticut with the entire region bracing for snow.

Temperatures are expected to hit single digits, with wind chills in the negatives, after a Jan. 19 storm dumps snow across much of New Jersey.

The region is expecting a winter storm Sunday afternoon, with snow totals hitting up to 8 inches in parts of New Jersey. Winter storm warnings and advisories go into effect at 1 p.m. Sunday and last through 4 a.