Several storms will sweep across the center of the country over the coming days, bringing wintry weather from Iowa to Texas.
After dumping inches of snow in across the Great Basin and the Rockies, a storm will move across the Plains late Monday and into Tuesday.
“As the storm moves eastward into Tuesday, it will lose much of its intensity,” said AccuWeather Senior Meteorologist Eric Leister.
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While low temperatures Monday night across the central Plains are forecast to be mainly in the teens, and then only in the 20s during the day Tuesday, high snowfall totals are not expected.
Most locations from North Platte, Nebraska and Colby, Kansas, on east are likely to accumulate less than 3 inches.
“By the time that storm reaches Iowa and northern Missouri, there may be snow falling from the sky, but no more than a thin coating is expected,” Leister added.
The central Plains to the Great Lakes is not the only area that may experience snow for the first half of the week.
The northern side of the same storm that will spark severe weather across the Gulf Coast, will also hold back across the center of the country just enough to interact with some cooler air moving into the Plains.
The snow will begin in New Mexico and western parts of Texas on Tuesday night before spreading eastward through Wednesday.
“Several inches of snow is possible in a swath from northern Texas to southwestern Missouri,” said AccuWeather Meteorologist Adam Sadvary.
A few isolated spots could end up with half a dozen inches of snow before the storm exits the region on Wednesday.
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Temperatures will likely be marginally low enough on the southern fringe of the snow, which may allow sleet and freezing rain to mix in with any snowflakes.
“The wintry precipitation accumulating on roadways will likely bring complications for travelers along Interstates 20, 35, 40 and 44, especially during the morning commute,” added Sadvary.
The snow may also lead to school delays or closures on Wednesday.
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Following both of these storms, chilly air will become entrenched in the Plains. Low temperatures early Thursday morning will be in the teens from the North Dakota-Canada border down into Oklahoma and the northern Texas Panhandle. Elsewhere, lows will be in the 20s.
Temperatures are expected to rebound into the 40s and 50s across central Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas and Kansas on Thursday, but hold in the 20s and 30s for Iowa and Missouri. In these areas, any snowpack will likely linger longer.
The same storm bringing snow to the southern Plains is expected to continue moving east, and could impact the Eastern Seaboard late in the week.
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