ALT High-Impact Winter Storm A large, long-duration winter storm is expected to bring widespread heavy snow, sleet, and freezing rain from the Southern Rockies and Plains into the Mid-South beginning Friday, spreading eastward to the Mid-Atlantic and New England this weekend, with impacts potentially lingering into Monday in New England. Extremely cold air behind the storm will prolong hazardous travel and infrastructure impacts. Heavy Snow Heavy snow is likely across a broad region from the Southern Rockies and Plains through the Mid-Atlantic and into the Northeast. Snowfall totals exceeding 12 inches are becoming more probable in localized areas. Widespread travel disruptions are likely. Damaging Ice Widespread freezing rain and sleet are expected south of the primary snow axis, affecting parts of the Southern Plains, Lower Mississippi Valley, Tennessee Valley, the Southeast, and southern Virginia. Significant and damaging ice accumulations are likely