Winter Storm Iliana A Widespread Snow, Ice Threat From Plains To Northeast, Including Chicago, Kansas City
This system has been named Iliana by The Weather Channel and it's following on the heels of a separate winter storm named Harlow, which you can find out more about at this link.
(MORE: Why Winter Storms Are Named)
The National Weather Service has issued winter storm watches and warnings for this storm from the central Plains to the Great Lakes, including Kansas City, Chicago, Milwaukee and the northwest suburbs of Detroit.
Here's a look at what to expect from Iliana as well as a brief head's up on a potential third winter storm following in its wake late this week into the weekend.
-Tuesday night: Snow develops from the Front Range of the Rockies to the central Plains. Denver, Kansas City and Omaha, Nebraska, could all see snowfall develop during this time. Light freezing drizzle could develop from the Texas Panhandle into western and central Oklahoma and the Ozarks overnight.
-Wednesday: Snow and ice will spread into the Midwest, Great Lakes and mid-Atlantic states during the day. Snowfall is likely to impact travel in cities like Chicago, Detroit and Milwaukee, especially later in the day. Icing from freezing rain and sleet could be a concern from Oklahoma City and Tulsa, Oklahoma, to the Ozarks of southern Missouri and northern Arkansas into parts of the Midwest. A mix of sleet, freezing rain and snow might develop in the Baltimore and Washington, D.C. areas before changing to rain.
-Wednesday night-Thursday: The storm will finish up in the Great Lakes and Northeast. Snow and gusty winds continue Wednesday night in Chicago, Milwaukee and Detroit, but will taper off by Thursday. Boston and New York City could see snow before changing to a wintry mix, then rain.
- In the Plains, Midwest and Great Lakes, the heaviest snow totals could be 5 or more inches from Kansas to northern Missouri, southern and eastern Iowa, southern Wisconsin, northern Illinois, northern Indiana and Michigan. Chicago could see its heaviest snowstorm so far this season if it tops 2.9 inches at O'Hare Airport. Those heavier totals of 5 inches or more will also impact parts of upstate New York and northern New England.
-Parts of southern New England to the New York tri-state area will likely see lighter amounts ranging from a coating to a few inches.
-Icing could be at least enough to slicken untreated roads from central Oklahoma into the Ozarks. More substantial icing that could damage trees and power lines is possible in the central Appalachians.
If that wasn't enough, a strong Pacific storm forecast to come ashore in California and surge into the Mountain West late this week could eventually become another significant winter storm in the Plains, Midwest and Northeast by this weekend.
That could also wring out more heavy rain in the South and even some severe t-storms, there.
Check back with us at weather.com for the latest updates on this active stormy pattern.
Chris Dolce has been a senior digital meteorologist with weather.com for nearly 15 years after beginning his career with The Weather Channel in the early 2000s.
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