Willa will continue its rain-soaked march to the Southeast, where it's expected to drop 1 to 2 inches of rain.

In Willa's dramatic finale, remnants of the former Category 5 hurricane will move into the Atlantic Ocean and get a startling makeover this weekend.

"The storm will encounter colder air, which will transform from a tropical area of low pressure to a more wintertime-like storm system," 

"If the low pressure tracks up the East Coast of the US, it could become the season's first nor'easter. This would bring significant amounts of rain and wind Saturday and Sunday in cities like Washington, D.C., Philadelphia, New York City and Boston."

The good news: Major cities in the Northeast will probably avoid snow. But inland and mountainous parts of the region might not be so lucky.

"Exact impacts will depend on the particular track the storm takes up the East Coast, and some models take the system farther out to sea, which would minimize the wind and snow/rain amounts," 

"Either way, it appears that Hurricane Willa will have a second life over the United States, though the impacts will be much different than those it is bringing to the Pacific Coast of Mexico."