The second of five storms that will slam the eastern half of the United States with snow and ice over a two week period is on the way – and this one has more snow than the first.

As things stand, the National Weather Service has the Twin Cities metro in the range of receiving 5-10 inches of snow, which is expected to start early Saturday morning and continue through mid-afternoon.

A winter storm on Thursday is expected to drop a half-foot of snow across the region and cause messy driving conditions. Snow began falling in the Portland area by late morning and is expected to pick up in intensity throughout the afternoon.