CARIBOU (AP) – A major winter storm brought rain, snow and icy mixtures of precipitation to Maine on Monday, and some places were expected to receive 2 feet of snow or more by the time it was over.

The storm, which began at 6 a.m. Sunday in far northern Maine, was dumping as much as 3 inches of snow an hour at its peak in some areas. Winds of 15 to 25 mph were creating blowing and drifting and bad visibility.

By Monday afternoon, many northern Maine towns had gotten more than a foot of snow – with Eagle Lake leading the way with 22 inches.

The snow was expected to continue falling until late morning today, making it a 48-hour snow event in some places. “It’s a very long duration event,” said Michael Fitzsimmons, lead forecaster for the National Weather Service in Caribou.

There was a sharp divide during the day between the heavy snow that fell in the north, and the rain in the south.

And some areas were getting sleet and ice that fell on top of snow, causing dangerous travel and sloppy conditions.

That was the case in Franklin, Androscoggin and Oxford counties, where slippery conditions sent several vehicles skidding off roadways. No major injuries were reported.

In eastern and coastal areas, the rain was expected to turn to snow and build up to between 1 to 3 inches. In western Maine, rain and snow was expected to turn all to snow and drop 4 to 8 inches overnight.

Eric Schwibs, meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Gray, said southern coastal areas were expected to get up to 1 inch of snow overnight.

Wet walkways turned icy in Augusta as darkness fell. Away from shopping centers, traffic was light.

New Hampshire’s northern reaches were expected to get up to 4 inches of wet snow overnight, while southern parts of the state experienced mostly rain, with up to an inch of snow possible, according to the National Weather Service.

Not even atop Mount Washington, home to some of the region’s most brutal weather, was snow similar to Maine’s expected. And for some, that was a real disappointment.

“We’d like to see it. That’s what we’re here for,” said David Balfrey, a weather observer at the Mount Washington Observatory. “We’re all fans of the Alpine and Arctic weather. We’re always looking out for the big dumps.”