A Late-winter Snowstorm Is about to Hit the Great Lakes, the Midwest and the Plains

A sprawling and powerful late-winter storm is about to blast the northern Plains, Midwest and Great Lakes into southeastern Canada. It is expected to bring heavy snow measured in feet, plus high wind that will lower visibility while buffeting a large region with a risk for damage and power outages.

On its cold side to the north and west of the track, the storm is expected to drop a zone of 12 to 36 inches of snowfall from the eastern Dakotas through the north-central Great Lakes and into Ontario province.

According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) winter storm severity index, about 16 million people, mostly in a stretch noted above, can expect moderate to locally extreme winter weather impacts.

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