Winter storm slams Midwest; New York, New England up next Mike Groll / AP Athletes warm up for the women's Skeleton World Championships in Lake Placid, N.Y., on Thursday. Upstate New York is expected to get more snow on Friday. By weather.com, NBC News and msnbc.com staff Updated at 7:23 a.m. ET: A winter storm left a "stripe of snow" across the Midwest before heading toward upstate New York and northern New England on Friday morning, weather.com reported. Meteorologist Tim Ballisty predicted that Chicago could receive "a half foot or more" of snow. Appearing on NBC's TODAY on Friday, weather.com's Mike Seidel reported that at least 130 flights had been delayed at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport. He added that prior to Thursday, Chicago had received only 16 inches of snow all winter. The storm also dropped several inches of snow over parts of North and South Dakota on Thursday with some places getting more than a foot of snow. Weather.com's Tim Ballisty, NBC News and msnbc.com staff contributed to this report.