Two winter storm systems are on the way this week, both bringing the potential for accumulating snow and major travel problems. The first big one will hit Chicago on Wednesday. Widespread accumulating snow is expected in the late morning and lasting through the afternoon and evening.

A winter storm watch is usually issued when a storm system is one to two days from starting. This long lead time is used to help you get ready if you have to make travel or work changes. Eventually as the storm gets closer, the winter storm watch either turns to a winter storm warning or a winter weather advisory.

Just as one winter storm that brought snow and ice exits the Northeast, a new winter storm is expected to slam similar areas over the weekend.

New Jersey is bracing for a pair of winter storms this week, with the southern part of the state expected to be hit hardest. But every area of the state will likely see some snow.

Heavy snow, freezing rain and temperatures as much as 35 degrees below seasonal averages are set to hit large parts of the United States as a string of storms confirm that winter is far from over.

A procession of winter storms is forecast to bring snow, sleet, ice and potentially flood-inducing rain to sprawling bands of the U.S. this week.

Roads remain hazardous across the state Sunday morning as New Jersey's latest winter storm winds down. The next storm is days away.