 In late January, a winter storm affected the upper parts of the Southeast, specifically in the Carolinas.Originating from a weak area of low pressure that had formed from a large upper-level low in the Central U.S late on January 29, it began to track to the east, and due to interacting with cold air that was in place over the Northeast, snow began to form around the North Carolina–South Carolina border, with heavy snowfall beginning to creep northwards.As the system moved towards the East Coast, snowfall rates began to increase to per hour.