As heavy rain falls, Mike Brown of Maxwell Pottery clears snow in front of his Fore Street business Tuesday evening.

Pedestrians and bicyclists were shivering as they waited for a traffic light at Pleasant and Maine streets in Brunswick on Tuesday. Temperatures in the low 20s combined with blowing snow made for a tough commute.

Two snow plows pass each other on Pleasant Street in Brunswick as crews try to stay ahead of the storm that was dumping snow on southern and central Maine on Tuesday.

Tuesday's storm started as snow in the morning in Portland, making for messy streets.

Sam Halpert, of Washington, D.C., a student at Bowdoin College, wheels his bicycle across Maine Street in Brunswick as a snowstorm made for a messy day of travel across much of Maine on Tuesday.

Rebekah Beaulieu, the associate art director of the Bowdoin Art Museum, walks through the college's quad in Brunswick as a storm moved across Maine on Tuesday.

A small snowplow makes its way through Portland's West End Tuesday morning.

Cars and pedestrians navigate the snowy streets during the Tuesday morning commute in downtown Portland.

Carol De Tine walks her dog Champ in the snow on Tuesday morning in Portland's West End.

The morning commute in Portland – for vehicles, pedestrians and cyclists – was cold, messy and slippery as a storm arrived Tuesday morning.