potential for heavy snowfall. meteorologist pedram javaheri has the latest. pedram. >> good morning, isa. happy february. conditions across the u.s. starting off as you expected in february, cold temperatures, wintry mix and mountain snow to be had. also watching the winter weather alerts over an expansive area spanning 1500 miles or so from texas to the great lakes region to western areas. this is in advance of a pending system over the next 36 to 48 hours that has the potential to bring down light to moderate snowfall. areas of missouri, illinois, indiana and ohio, higher pockets of a foot of snow possible across the region. we have the mixed bag. we have the rain and snow south of the snow zone there's potential for ice to begin to accumulate going in from that period of wednesday to thursday. the ice secretions going to