The snowstorm that blew into the mid-Atlantic states on Tuesday caused accidents on roads and prompted school closures.

A snowstorm blew into the mid-Atlantic states on Tuesday, causing dozens of accidents on icy roads, prompting school closures and stoking worries about possible power outages.

The National Weather Service has issued a winter weather advisory for Lower Hudson Valley on Wednesday, Feb. 12, starting at 7 p.m. and ending at 8 a.m. Thursday.

The onset of wintery weather and a more active pattern is underway as threat of snow, freezing rain and rain return to portions of central Indiana Dozens of states are under some form of winter

The moon reached its peak brightness at 8:53 a.m. EST (1353 GMT) on Feb. 12, but local moonrise and moonset times will depend on your location. As the February full moon rises, Mars will remain high in the sky to the upper right of the moon, creating a delightful skywatching scene.

Look up this week for February’s full snow moon and to catch the last glimpse of a visible parade of planets in the night sky before they fade from view. This phase of the moon will peak at 8:53 a.m.

February’s full moon, called the snow moon, is also the final full moon of meteorological winter. Here’s how to see the moon as it reaches its peak Wednesday.