1.   Heavy snowfalls are forecast.

2.   There were heavy snowfalls in areas which never expect to see such wintry conditions.

3.   Although the snowfall should be brief, several inches could accumulate from eastern Massachusetts to Maine.

4.   But in cross-country skiing, which relies heavily on snow with very little made by machine, natural snowfall is lifeblood.

5.   But the snowfall was considerably lighter Monday than it had been overnight.

6.   Down in Nagano City, the last earnest snowfall was nearly two weeks ago.

7.   For famously sunny Tucson and its surrounding communities, the snowfall was the first in six years.

8.   Heavy snowfalls are possible in northern Maine.

9.   John Wagnon, vice president of marketing at Heavenly, said the snowfall has been a mixed blessing.