Areas from Texas to the Carolinas will experience their first major winter storm in years from Thursday into the weekend — with snow stretching as far north as New England, and into areas pummeled by a storm earlier this week.

Several states in the Southern U.S. will be bracing for snowfall later this week, with forecasters predicting a high probability of snowfall in states including Texas, Oklahoma and Arkansas. This is the first bout of winter temperatures for the region this season.