Brutal cold will open the door for a winter storm to take a somewhat unusual track through the South and create treacherous travel conditions.

A winter weather system moving through the Gulf States will bring light snow to parts of Missouri and Illinois on Friday, though the system is expected to have minimal impact compared to recent storms. Brutal cold will open the door for a winter storm to take a somewhat unusual track through the South and create treacherous travel conditions.

National Weather Service meteorologists predicted wintry precipitation across the southern Plains region starting Wednesday night, with snow likely in Texas, Oklahoma and Arkansas. Farther south, snow could transition to sleet and freezing rain,

At least some areas of light snow, sleet and freezing rain or drizzle may develop in the Southern Plains Wednesday night. Parts of northern Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, southern Kansas and southwestern Missouri are forecast to see snow. A band of sleet and freezing rain may stretch from central Texas into northern Louisiana and southern Arkansas.

A winter storm warning for Atlantic, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester, Salem and southeast Burlington runs until 1 a.m. Tuesday. The National Weather Service’s forecast calls for snow to end around 1 a.m. Tuesday in the Atlantic City area and an hour later in Cape May County.

Another winter storm is brewing and expected to bring snow, ice and freezing rain to many areas in the East and South. Some power outages and travel disruptions are possible, but for many in the South,

The National Weather Service warns that more winter weather is on the way for portions of Texas into the Lower Mississippi Valley and mid-south, bringing light snow Wednesday before a more significant storm on Thursday into Friday.

With the Midwest and mid-Alantic still digging out from a major winter storm, another one is forecast to sweep across the South and eastern United States this week, bringing snow, sleet and freezing rain from Texas through the Carolinas.