Winter Storm Iliana draws snow and ice from Mid -West to Northeast, including Chicago

A widespread winter storm will continue to pull snow and ice from parts of the midwest to the big lakes and northeast into Thursday.

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

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Iliana’s latest status

Snowfall is currently ongoing from the large lakes to the northeast, as seen in the radar snapshot below. Frising rain affects Appalachians from Virginia to Pennsylvania.

The highest snowfall in total until Wednesday night was 11 inches in Lowden, Iowa. Parts of Kansas, Nebraska and Iowa had seen 3 to 6 inches of snow. Parts of Denver and Kansas City Metro areas picked up lighter snowfall, generally less than 4 inches. Des Moines has seen 4-7 inches, while Milwaukee has seen more than 7 inches.

National Weather Service has released various winter weather warnings for snow and ice from this storm from the midwest to the big lakes, Appalachians and Northeast. These areas could see dangerous journeys, with the worst conditions expected in areas during winter storm warnings (darker blue below).

Here is a look at what to expect from Iliana as well as a short head that is up on a third winter storm that follows in its wake late this week this week in the weekend.

StormTiming

– to Thursday: The storm ends in the northeast. Snow and Gusty Vind continue Wednesday night in Chicago, Milwaukee and Detroit, but will subside with Thursday. Much of northern New York and northern New England will continue to see snow, but some areas may change to a mixture of snow, gossip and freezing rain. Boston and New York City could see a wintry mix before switching to rain.

How much snow, ice

– In the big lakes we expect this to be a modest blizzard with most snowfall plots less than 6 inches. However, some higher quantities are possible near the shore of Lake Michigan in southeastern Wisconsin and Lake Huron in the thumb of the lower Michigan, where cold winds over the lakes could improve snowfall speeds. Chicago could see its heaviest blizzard so far this season If it tops 2.9 inches in O’Hare Airport.

-In the northeast everywhere from 5 to 12 inches of snow, it is possible in parts of Upstate New York and northern New England. A little accumulation is expected elsewhere in the region.

-The most significant glaze that can damage trees and power lines is possible in the central Appalachers. This could pile on the glaze from the winter storm Harlow in some areas, including around Roanoke, Virginia.

Another winter storm in the pipeline

If that wasn’t enough, forecasts a strong Pacific storm to land in California and wave into Mountain West late this week. Winter Storm Jett is expected to be another significant winter storm in the plains, the Midwest and the northeast this weekend.

(Full forecast: Winter storm Jett to cross the country?

This storm could also twist more heavy rain in the south and even some serious 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 at Weather.com for almost 15 years after the beginning of his career with the Weather Channel in the early 2000s.