Severe Weather Team 2 is tracking a winter storm moving into north Georgia Friday with a winter mix of snow, sleet, freezing rain, and rain.

A Winter Storm Watch was issued Wednesday afternoon and it will last through Saturday morning. The watch is for Piedmont and western North Carolina, Upstate South Carolina, and portions of northeast Georgia. “Well we have one more day to get ready, friends!” said Chief Meteorologist John Ahrens on Wednesday afternoon.

The National Weather Service in Buffalo has issued a winter storm watch for parts of upstate New York. Here's what to expect.

There are three types of alerts that can be issued: a winter storm watch, a winter weather advisory and a winter storm warning

On Tuesday at 11:54 a.m. an updated winter storm watch was issued by the NWS Fort Worth TX valid from Thursday midnight until Friday 6 p.m. The watch is for Montague, Cooke, Grayson, Fannin, Lamar, Young,

A winter storm watch was issued by the National Weather Service on Saturday at 2:34 p.m. valid from Monday 4 p.m. until Wednesday 1 p.m. for Oswego County.

Two lake effect snowstorms in northern and western New York this upcoming week will bring several inches to 2 feet of snow.

Lake-Effect Snow Warnings are posted east of Lake Erie and Lake Ontario in parts of western and central New York, where 1-2 feet of snow is expected to pile up through midweek.