Another powerful storm system is expected to sweep across a wide swath of the United States, bringing heavy rain to Southern California, heavy snow to parts of the West and Midwest and more snow and freezing rain to the Northeast and New England.

The second in a parade of powerful winter storms this week promises to bring a swath of high-impact winter weather from the Plains and Midwest to the Great Lakes and Northeast starting Wednesday.

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.