LYNN – With a massive storm delivering a one-two punch to the region, winter-weary New Englanders are beginning to feel as if every day is Groundhog Day.With an estimated two-day snowfall total of nearly 15 inches, morning and evening commutes were brought to a slow crawl as cars skidded over icy and snow-packed roadways.”We’re all starting to get tired,” quipped Lynn Department of Public Works Commissioner Jay Fink. “We’ve just been inundated with complaints about the snow, and they’re right, there’s too much snow, but there’s only so much we can do.”The storm, which blanketed the Midwest with snow and ice before it moved on to the greater Boston area Tuesday morning, is expected to linger in the area until this evening with a mix of snow and ice.Charlie Foley, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service, said by the time the first segment of the snowstorm ended on Tuesday night, nearly eight inches had blanketed the Lynn area.”The next round will last until the late afternoon, early evening today, but the snow won’t be the same dry, puffy, powdery snow that fell on Tuesday, it will be wetter with occasions of sleet, freezing rain and freezing drizzle,” he said.Foley said when all is said and done, upwards of 16-20 inches will have coated the already snow-burdened region.”The good thing is when this storm kicks off, there will be sunny and cold weather on Thursday and Friday,” said. “There is another storm forecast for Saturday, but our efforts are concentrated on this storm right now. But I can see that it’s in our future.”Since a post-Christmas blizzard, the region has been clobbered with one storm after another. While this season’s snowfall is above normal, the region has seen similarly snowy seasons, such as the record breaking 115.2 inches in the 1995-96 season.As a result of the relentless snowstorms, Fink said the weather has all but plowed the city’s snow removal budget.”The money is long gone,” he said. “And since no other money has been budgeted or set aside, we’re in to the free cash now. Depending on how much federal aid or reimbursements we get, that will dictate how much of the free cash will be spent.”With overflowing mounds of snow on nearly every street in the city, Fink said plow drivers have been working overtime to push back the piles to make it easier for pedestrians and drivers to get around. However, only so much can be done when cars are parked on narrow streets, Fink said, which ends up causing an issue for medical professionals to get to emergencies. As a result, one-sided parking will be implemented on residential streets.”No wonder people’s car mirrors are hanging off with the way people are parking in the streets,” he said. “Just because there is three feet of snow next to the curb, it doesn’t mean that people shouldn’t park there and leave an eight-foot wide roadway.”Snow emergencies were declared Tuesday in Nahant at 10 a.m., in Swampscott at 2 p.m., and in Lynn at 5 p.m.School has been canceled for Lynn public schools today. Lynnfield, Marblehead, Nahant, Peabody, Revere, Saugus and Swampscott followed suit, giving local students the day off.Trash collections scheduled for today in Lynn have been postponed due to the snowstorm, with trash pickup resuming on Thursday, starting off where they left off on Tuesday.Parking, ticketing and related ordinances and laws are in effect due to the parking ban, which will remain in effect until the storm has passed and the streets have been cleared of snow and ice.The town of Saugus and Swampscott will not have trash/recycling today and will have a one-day delay for the rest of the week.