Confidence is growing that a major winter storm will track across the United States this week, developing along a strong arctic front that is expected to deliver the coldest air of the season so far.

Several areas of the United States are under winter weather alerts, including snow, blizzards, and high winds. Here are all the details.

A pair of storm systems sweeping across the country this week will bring snow, ice and thunderstorms, forecasters said.

A potentially disruptive winter storm expected to move across the eastern United States later this week could bring snow to the Appalachians, the Mid-Atlantic and the Northeast, but forecasters warned on Monday that it was too early to know exactly how the complicated system would unfold.

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A blizzard is a couple of giant steps above a winter storm. According to the National Weather Service, a storm officially qualifies as a blizzard when winds reach or exceed 35 mph and when the visibility drops to only a quarter mile or less. These conditions need to stay active for at least 3 hours.

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Winter storms in the North Pacific are moving north, reshaping rainfall, snowpack, and wildfire risk across the western United States.