Back-to-back winter storms to bring rounds of ice, snow over parts of the midwest, northeast of the weekend

Back-to-back winter storms will contribute to dangerous travel conditions in the midwest and northeast through this weekend as they launched a wintry mess with freezing rain, gossip and snow.

Here is a look at what to expect from both storms.

Storm # 1: Wednesday-Thursday

Low pressure is pulled in a snail with moisture against cold high pressure, so ice and snow can develop in the midwest, Great Lakes, Mid-Atlantic and Northeast, especially before Wednesday night.

This first system has been named Winter Storm Freya by the Weather Channel.

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Latest Alarms

Winter Weather Advisories has been issued to large parts of the Midwest, Appalachians, Mid-Atlantic and Northeast, including Baltimore, Chicago, New York and Pittsburgh. Difficult travel conditions are possible in these areas.

IS storm warnings are in force for the central Appalachers. This area has the greatest chance of seeing power cuts, wood damage and impossible travel due to heavier isaccumulations.

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StormTiming

-Freezing Rain and Sleet will develop in northern Missouri and Iowa before spreading over the southern Great Lakes later Wednesday and overnight, including Chicago, Cleveland and Detroit. Remember that even small amounts of glaze could make travel dangerous (pink and purple shady areas on the map below), so it is best to stay away from roads.

-Portions from Mid-Atlantic, including Baltimore, Philadelphia and Washington, DC, may see dangerous travel conditions from freezing rain and gossip on Wednesday night until early Thursday morning, before going to rain by Thursday morning.

-The Interstate 95 Corridor from New York City to Boston could start as a snowfall or a winter mix late Wednesday night or Thursday, but these areas are likely to change to rain at some point during the day on Thursday.

-In the interior is considerable glaze possible in central Pennsylvania.

-The area with the best chance of seeing precipitation, which is remaining snow, is from central and northern Minnesota to the northern Great Lakes and northern New England.

Ice cream, snow forecast

-Icing from freezing rain could be enough for dangerous trips for at least a short time in any of the locations shaken pink on the map below, spread from west to east over these areas Wednesday to Wednesday night and Thursday. As mentioned earlier, even small quantities of ice cream could create dangerous journeys.

-Hunter -Totals capable of breaking some wooden voices and causing scattered power cuts are possible in the central Appalachers, especially the central Pennsylvania to eastern West Virginia and Western Virginia.

-We do not expect heavy snowfall -Totals from this system in most areas, but at least a coating of a few centimeters is expected from North Dakota and central and northern Minnesota to Upstate New York and northern New England.

-In any accumulation of snow near and west of Interstate 95 from New York to Boston must be light before switching to a winter mix and rain.

Storm # 2: Thursday-Sunday

This second winter storm in a few days comes in west of late week and then affects the Midwest and Northeast this weekend. It has been named Winter Storm Garnett by the Weather Channel.

-This system first spreads snow from California’s Sierra Nevada into Northern Rockies Thursday through Friday.

-It’s a little early for details, but snow and an ice stripe probably seem to develop on Saturday from the northern plains and large lakes to parts of Mid-Atlantic and Northeaast.

-The Interstate 95 Corridor could at least start with a burst of snow, including around New York City and Philadelphia before switching to a winter mix and/or rain. Boston may remain snow for an extended period of time and piles up several centimeters.

-This system is a quick-mover, so by Sunday much of its remaining snowfall will be over New England when the storm departs.

Next week

-Long-Term Computer Model Forecast Guidance suggests that this active winter storm pattern can continue in the Midwest and East next week.

-It means that one or more rounds of extra snow and ice are possible, but it is too early for details.

-This colder air going south, there is a chance that the areas of snow and/or ice may be further south compared to what we see through this week.

-Check back to Weather.com and the Weather Channel app throughout this week for more details about the forecast through this weekend and beyond.

Chris Dolce Has been a senior digital meteorologist at Weather.com for almost 15 years after the beginning of his career with the Weather Channel in the early 2000s.