Over 2,300 flights across the United States have been canceled as of Saturday, primarily affecting Dallas’ major airports, in anticipation of the approaching storm.

The storm is set to commence on Friday afternoon, bringing snow and ice to regions including New Mexico and the Texas Panhandle. By evening, Dallas is expected to experience a mix of wintry precipitation, while Oklahoma City will likely see snowfall.

Saturday is predicted to be the peak day for hazardous icy conditions and significant snowfall across the southern states.

Come Saturday morning, a vast stretch from Texas through Arkansas to Tennessee will be under snow and ice.

By the afternoon, the snow will expand its reach, covering cities such as St. Louis, Indianapolis, Cincinnati, and Charleston, West Virginia.

By Saturday evening, the snow and ice will cover a massive part of the country, stretching from New Mexico to the Carolinas.

Further south, a wintry mix or freezing rain will be hitting Dallas, Shreveport, Louisiana, Memphis, Tennessee, and Raleigh, North Carolina.

The storm will move east early Sunday, bringing snow from Wichita, Kansas, to Cincinnati, to Washington, D.C., to Philadelphia.

Freezing rain will be likely by sunrise in Houston, Memphis, Atlanta and Raleigh.

By noon, the snow will reach New York City, while the snow in D.C. will warm to a wintry mix.

It’s not yet clear which parts of the Interstate 95 corridor will get a wintry mix and which will get all snow on Sunday afternoon. But most of New England and the interior Northeast will see all snow on Sunday and early Monday.

A wide swath of plowable snow — 3 to 6 inches — is forecast from New Mexico through the Ohio Valley and up to Maine.

The heaviest snow is expected to be from the Texas panhandle to southern Missouri, as well as from the Ohio Valley to the Appalachian Mountains and New England.

In the Northeast, a large swath of the region could see over 1 foot of snow, with 6 to 12 inches forecast closer to the coast, from Virginia to southern New England coast. New York City’s latest forecast shows 8 to 12 inches

Ice danger in the South

One of the biggest dangers from this storm is ice in the South.

The worse of the ice could hit Dallas; Little Rock, Arkansas; Memphis, Tennessee; Nashville, Tennessee; north of the Atlanta area; Charlotte, North Carolina; Raleigh, North Carolina; Roanoke, Virginia; and Washington, D.C.

Up to 1 inch of ice or even more is possible in some parts of Mississippi and western Tennessee, which could paralyze roads for days.

The ice could cause widespread power outages, leaving many without heat, and create very dangerous travel conditions. People should be very cautious about driving this weekend and through next week because the slippery conditions could last for days.

At least 16 states have declared a state of emergency as the storm nears: Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and Virginia.

Washington, D.C., has also declared a state of emergency.