A significant winter storm will move from the Southwest to portions of the Rockies to the Plains from Monday through Tuesday. As it does, it will bring strong winds and heavy snow from the southern Rockies to the Central Plains. In higher elevations, 1 to 2 feet of snow is expected, with locally higher amounts possible.
This low pressure system will move across the southwestern U.S. tonight, reaching the Four Corners region by early Monday morning. The atmosphere will cool as the upper-level disturbances moves into the region, which will rapidly lower snow levels, resulting in widespread and potentially heavy snowfall across the Four Corners region and the central Rockies tonight.
Snowfall amounts exceeding one foot are possible at higher elevations of the Colorado Rockies, Wasatch, and the Mogollon Rim, with some areas possibly exceeding two feet. The system will begin to move into the plains on Monday, with widespread snow expected to spread across the central plains by Monday afternoon.
Snow will spread into portions of the Upper Midwest Monday night, and into the Upper Great Lakes on Tuesday.
Heavy snow will be possible from the central High Plains to the Upper Midwest through Tuesday. Snowfall amounts in excess of one foot are possible across portions of the central High Plains, with lighter amounts of 4 to 8 inches possible across the Upper Midwest through Tuesday afternoon.
Additionally, (there is) the potential for wind gusts in excess of 40 mph for some areas of the Midwest, which could result in blizzard conditions.
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