Accuweather: A blizzard is unfolding near the Colorado/Kansas/Nebraska border Wednesday and will roll northeastward to the Upper Peninsula of Michigan and central Ontario by late Thursday.
Expect delays at airports in the path of the storms and ripple-effect delays in other parts of the nation. The storm will have direct impact on Chicago, Detroit and Minneapolis.
Travel could come to a crawl or even stop for a time on major highways including I-35, I-39, I-43, I-70, I-75, I-80, I-90 and I-196.
Cities in the path of the blizzard include Russell, Kan., Omaha, Neb., Des Moines, Iowa, Green Bay, Wis., and Marquette, Mich. Many of these cities can pick up between six inches to a foot of snow. A narrow swath from northwest Iowa to central Wisconsin could see up to a foot and a half of snow.
This has the potential to be the most significant lake-effect event of the season so far from Lake Superior to lakes Erie and Ontario and potentially cloud be the heaviest lake-effect event of the winter for some locations.