1.   A winter storm watch was expected to be lifted by midnight.

2.   An area from lower New England to parts of the mid-Atlantic enjoyed near record warmth Wednesday, while winter storm watches remained in effect in Wyoming and Colorado.

3.   For Thursday, the National Weather Service posted a winter storm watch for parts of northern West Virginia, western Maryland and south-central Pennsylvania.

4.   Sections of the South were under winter storm watches, warnings and advisories, presaging a possible day of freezing rain, sleet and snow in many areas.

5.   The system also prompted winter storm watches and snow advisories in Idaho and Montana.

6.   Winter storm watches and warainings were issued for most of central and easterain Colorado.

7.   Winter storm watches and warnings were in effect for late Monday and Tuesday in some mountainous areas of Nevada, Utah, Colorado, New Mexico and Wyoming.

8.   Winter storm watches and warnings were issued for mountainous Oregon, Idaho, Montana, Utah, Nevada and California.

9.   Winter storm watches were in effect from West Virginia to Maine, the National Weather Service said.

10.   Winter storm watches were posted for most of Texas, Oklahoma, and areas of Missouri into western Louisiana.