( CNN ) -- It will be a messy weekend in the Northeast and the Deep South as the massive weather system that walloped 20 states with a snowstorm rolls off toward the Atlantic Ocean . A winter storm is expected to deposit up to 10 inches of snow in isolated pockets of western Massachusetts , and 6 inches to a foot in parts of southern Vermont and New Hampshire , and central Maine . This is not the same storm that blanketed the Great Plains , said CNN Meteorologist Pedram Javaheri , although it is part of the same overall system that spans the country from north to south . It will be much less intense , he said , and it should not affect the places hardest hit by the blizzard that plastered the Northeast two weeks ago , knocking out power to hundreds of thousands of customers . Boston will likely see a slushy mix of rain and snow that could lead to downed branches and power lines , Javaheri said . Track severe weather . Rain will continue to soak the eastern United States from Washington , D.C. , on down , especially Sunday , according to the National Weather Service . `` Across the Southeast , some of the rainfall totals are going to be staggering , '' said CNN Meteorologist Karen McGinnis . Parts of the central Southeast should get 4 to 6 inches of rainfall . Some snow records . The outgoing system will have made its mark on virtually the entire country from the southwest corner of California to central Maine , leaving its deepest imprint on Kansas . Wichita saw its second-highest storm snowfall total on record with 14.2 inches over two days , the . said . The town of Russell in the state 's middle lay under a 22 inch layer of white by the time the storm roared by . Missouri was not far behind , with accumulations of around a foot in some places . The snow set a record at Kansas City International Airport , with 9 inches falling in a single day . The old record was 5.1 inches set in 2010 . Some businesses and universities shut down Thursday as state officials urged residents to stay off the roads . The white blanket emptied the streets of Kansas City . Silver lining . The snowstorm turned out to be a welcome one to many Kansans and many others throughout the Great Plains , who have been suffering a drought for a third straight year . Kansas , Nebraska , Iowa , Missouri and a host of other farm-heavy states have seen crop losses as a result . The Kansas Department of Agriculture expects those conditions to continue into April , but near-record levels of snowfall will ease the problem and could accelerate the drought 's end . `` It snows so infrequently here . Now we 've been in a really bad drought for several years ; really , really hot summer and just no moisture . So we 're thrilled to see snow or ice -- whatever moisture we can get , '' Wichita resident Kristen Woodburn said . Ranchers embraced the storm , even though bitter cold snow can be deadly during calving season . Frank Harper , a Kansas rancher from Sedgwick and the immediate past president of the Kansas Livestock Association , said the storm caused more work for him because he had to bring his calves inside to warm them up . But he called the snowstorm a blessing for bringing good moisture to the winter wheat .
The massive storm sweeping the U.S. wraps up with a wet finale . The far Northeast should have rain . Slushy snow or rain should fall from Boston on down .