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January 12th, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda The Midwest is bracing for its first significant snow of the season, with some areas of Wisconsin and Illinois set to get nearly a foot of the white stuff. NBC’s Al Roker reports.
Cold fronts moving in from the north on Thursday made for the first icy blast across the Midwest and Northeast this winter, with parts of Connecticut seeing their first snow since October and snow-starved Chicago hit with 300 flight cancellations at O’Hare airport.
“This is a pretty potent storm and covers a wide area,” TODAY’s weather anchor Al Roker warned.
Airports in the Northeast saw flight delays, while airlines at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport canceled more than 300 inbound and outbound flights, according to the Chicago Department of Aviation.
Up to 3 inches fell overnight in Connecticut, the first since an early October snowstorm, NBC Connecticut reported.
Seth Perlman / AP
A crossing guard stops traffic for schoolchildren on Thursday in Springfield, Illinois, as the state receives its first significant snowfall in nearly 11 months.
Kansas City, Mo., also saw about an inch of snow overnight as a system moved into the Midwest.
The Weather Channel said winter was making “a roaring comeback” across the country after weeks of mild weather.
Up to 8 inches of snow was forecast for Chicago, and even more for neighboring northwest Indiana, NBC Chicago reported. An ugly evening commute was expected in the Chicago area, where 465 snow-fighting trucks were called in.
A winter storm is expected to drop up to 9 inches of snow in New Hampshire. The Weather Channel’s Eric Fisher reports.
Snow could be falling at an inch an hour by afternoon in the Chicago area, the National Weather Service said in a warning, and wind gusts up to 35 mph could make it feel like 10 below by Friday morning.
For Illinois, Thursday marked the first significant snowfall in most parts in 11 months. Records for warm temps have been set in recent weeks across the state, including Wednesday in Rockford, which saw 57 degrees — besting the 50 on Jan. 11, 1980.
Mike Groll / AP
Albany, N.Y., saw a dusting of snow overnight. The storm dumped up to 8 inches in the southern Adirondacks while parts of the Mohawk and Hudson Valleys have received 4 to 6 inches, forcing scores of schools to cancel classes or delay their start by two hours.
As for the Northeast, New England should see 6-9 inches of snow in many areas, and isolated areas could get a foot.
Parts of Rhode Island and Massachusetts saw slushy snow early Thursday, making for a messy commute.
PHOTOBLOG: Images from the storm
The snow is expected to even stretch as far south as Nashville, Tenn., where a forecast of up to a half inch led to a cancellation of all afterschool activities Thursday.
Reuters contributed to this report.
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