Massachusetts will likely face the season's first significant winter storm Tuesday, with plowable snow piling up in central and western regions. Boston and eastern Mass. might get away with primarily rain.

Some parts of New England are seeing mostly rain from Tuesday’s storm, but others are getting their first significant snowfall of the season. And more is still falling — heavy bands of snow are expected in some areas into the evening hours.

A fast-moving storm has delayed flights nationwide and stands to give New Yorkers a slippery commute Tuesday morning before shifting to rain even as it drops heavy snow upstate and across New England.