Parts of Georgia and Carolinas are digging out from a winter storm on Saturday after it produced heavy snow, freezing rain and ice across the region, knocking out power to hundreds of thousands of customers.

We've got some accumulating snow to kick things off. That will be followed by the coldest airmass of the winter season thus far. Finally, in the longer range, it appears that an active/stormy pattern is going to unfold over the next few weeks across the eastern United States.

We’re getting a brief reprieve from the freezing temperatures this weekend, as highs climb back above freezing and into the 40s by Saturday. But it is not going to be an entirely dry weekend. We’re tracking the chance for both rain and snow ahead of another major temperature swing.