(CNN) -- Ah, the first day of spring. It conjures images of butterflies flapping through azure skies and bunnies hopping through meadows of fresh tender grass. Someone forgot to send the memo to the Northeast and Upper Midwest where some folks are digging out from up to 15 inches of snow and temperatures in some areas are well below zero. Winter isn't ready to give up yet as a lingering storm was dumping more snow across most of Maine on Wednesday, after hitting the rest of the region a day earlier. A winter storm warning remains in effect until noon for central and northwest Maine, where 8 to 14 inches of snow are expected.
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Up to 14 inches of snow expected in Maine
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Lunenburg, Massachusetts, received more than 15 inches on Tuesday
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Wind chills to reach 30 below in North Dakota
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