Winter hasn't officially arrived, but it's making its presence felt throughout the local area and the Northeast in general.

A heavy storm dumped 10.2 inches of snow on Auburn as of early this morning, according to the National Weather Service.

Another three to five inches were likely to fall today and an inch is expected overnight.

All the school districts in the Cayuga-Onondaga BOCES closed for the day.

In Cayuga County, authorities were busy Monday night responding to multiple weather-related car accidents, including cars driving off the road, colliding with telephone poles, guard rails and other cars.

The Auburn Police Department estimates 15 accidents occurred during the day on Monday as snow rapidly packed onto roads and driving conditions deteriorated.

No major injuries were reported.

Travel advisories were in effect in Onondaga and Lewis counties, prohibiting any unnecessary travel as crews worked to clear up to 12 inches of snow from the roads.

State police said traffic was moving slowly on the Syracuse stretch of the New York State Thruway after a couple of weather-related accidents.

"You just can't be in a hurry. I gave myself an extra half-hour so I could take my time driving to work," said Shannon Cowles, 36, of Kirkville, who also made time for a quick stop at a corner grocery store.

"This is the first time we've had to drive in the snow since last winter. It usually takes people a little time to remember how to drive in it," Cowles said.

According to the weather service, the highest accumulation was 12.2 inches in Hooker in Lewis County.

The Rochester area was pounded with several inches of snow overnight, making for a slippery, snow-covered commute.

Heavy snowfalls and high winds were expected to persist throughout the day and as much as 10 inches of additional snow could cover Monroe County by Wednesday, forecasters said.

"We have a series of bands of lake effect snow that tend to orient themselves from Toronto right to the Rochester lakeshore," said meteorologist Bill Hibbert of the National Weather Service. "As the bands move away, heavy winds come to blow it away. If the snow is not falling, it's blowing."

There were numerous accidents reported overnight through the region, though none serious, authorities said.

At the Greater Rochester International Airport, more than a half-dozen outgoing flights were canceled because of the weather. While the weather forced the airport to close for about 35 minutes Monday night, airport director David Damelio said the airport's main runways were operating early Tuesday.