At a Glance

A cold weather pattern will result in two chances for snow during the first half of this week.The first snowmaker is moving through the Northeast on Monday.Another weather system will bring snow and wind to the Rockies, Midwest and Great Lakes into Wednesday.

Two snowmakers will zip across the nation's northern tierduring the first half of this week as a cold weather pattern takes hold to begin April.

The first round of snow will impact parts of the Northeast on Monday. This will be followed by another weather system that willsweep from the northern Rockies into the Midwest and Great Lakes into Wednesday.

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Here's a closer look at what we expect early this week.

Snowmaker No. 1:Monday Morning

A fast-moving weather system will continue to spread snow across the Northeast region on Monday morning.

The snow will affect the Monday morning commute in the Northeast, including around the Philadelphia and New York City metro areas. Snow could be moderate to locally heavy at times for a few hours in the morning.

Most areas from Pennsylvania to coastal southern New England will see 2 to 6 inches of snow, particularly on grassy areas and other elevated surfaces. Roadways could also see slushy accumulations depending on the intensity of the snow, particularly in areas away from the immediate urban centers.

New York City's Central Park had picked up 5.5 inches of snow as of 10 a.m. EDT. That's the heaviest one-day April snowfall there since April 6, 1982 when 9.6 inches was measured.

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By Monday afternoon, much of snow will have ended in the Northeast, and any accumulations will begin to melt as temperatures rise into the 40s.

This same weather system brought ahalf-footor more of snowtoportions of Nebraska, Missouri and Illinois on Sunday.

Thundersnowwas observed in the St. Louis metro area Sunday evening, including at the .

Snowmaker No. 2: Into Wednesday

This snowmaker has been named Winter Storm Wilbur. For full details, .