Multiple rounds of wintry weather will march across the United States this week, with one storm expected to bring heavy snow to the Mid-Atlantic, from Washington, D.C., to New York, while another just behind it affects a stretch from Kansas City to Chicago.

• The first storm is expected to bring the bulk of the winter weather across Kentucky, Virginia, Maryland, southern Pennsylvania and New Jersey from Tuesday into Wednesday.
• The second storm will bring the heaviest snow, from the Plains to the Midwest, affecting cities like Kansas City and Chicago from Tuesday into Wednesday. St. Louis is expected be on the edge of the heaviest snow and may see some wintry mix.
• As the second storm leaves the Midwest and approaches the East Coast late Wednesday, snow may turn to more of a wintry mix in places in the Mid-Atlantic from Wednesday night into Thursday morning.
• A wintry mix could lead to icy conditions across the Southern Appalachians during both events.

Similar storm systems last week brought a mix of winter weather across some of the same regions where snow is expected this week. Fresh snow coated much of the Northeast this past weekend, including New York City. While these winter storms are typical and not overly robust, they could still cause some risk on the roads and potential power outages and could make commuting inconvenient this week, whether trudging through the cities on foot or driving in.

The snowfall in New York over the weekend brought the city’s seasonal total to over 10 inches, which means Central Park has recorded more snowfall this winter than in the past two seasons combined. The trend is likely to continue this week, with potentially more snow Tuesday into Wednesday, depending on the exact paths the next couple of storms take.

As the first system moves eastward Tuesday into Wednesday morning, it will drop a layer of snow across Kentucky and Virginia. Snow will then sneak up into the more populated Mid-Atlantic cities, especially into Washington, D.C., and Philadelphia where three to six inches of snow is likely. Accumulation could trend lower — each city is likely to get about two inches — or could trend slightly higher, maxing out at a possible eight inches.

The high point of the blanket of snow will reach into the New York metropolitan area, especially into New York City and Long Island, where around two inches of snow is possible. The high-end probability for New York is seven inches, but the low end is less than an inch, depending on how high north or far south the storm system tracks.

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