A serious winter storm is forecast to roll by way of the Rockies, Plains, and higher Midwest by mid-week. Accumulating snow and ice might unfold so far as the Northeast by late week. 

Regardless of February being an unseasonably heat month in elements of the Midwest and Northeast, maybe Punxsutawney Phil is true about six extra weeks of winter. 

The Nationwide Climate Service has printed winter storm watches, advisories, and warnings from the Rockies into the higher Midwest.  

This is The Climate Channel‘s timing of the storm that may influence hundreds of thousands:

-​ Monday and Monday evening: Snow spreads from the northern Rockies into the Northern Excessive Plains.

-​ Tuesday and Tuesday evening: Snow spreads into the central Rockies and better terrain of the Desert Southwest. Snow additionally spreads into the Northern Plains and western Nice Lakes.

-​ Wednesday and Wednesday evening: Snow intensifies within the Northern Plains, higher Midwest with blizzard circumstances attainable. Snow spreads into inside Northeast and New England and intensifies late. Sleet and ice develop from the Missouri Valley into the southern Nice Lakes and elements of the Northeast.

-​ Thursday and Thursday evening: Snow, together with some sleet and freezing rain, tapers off within the western Nice Lakes however continues in elements of New York and New England earlier than transferring out by early Friday morning.

As for snow, the Climate Prediction Heart stated:

“Storm whole snowfall will possible be measured in ft for lots of the mountain ranges throughout the West.” 

The Climate Channel’s whole snowfall forecast reveals elements of South Dakota into Minnesota, northern Wisconsin, and northern Michigan would possibly see important accumulation by way of Thursday. 

Winter is not over, in keeping with Punxsutawney Phil.