Winter is continuing to rear its ugly head this week, thanks to a potent storm that's forecast to spread a nasty mix of ice and snow.

The Midwest along with many states in the Northeast, will get hit by an ice and snowstorm on Wednesday and Thursday. Here's the forecast for Iowa.

Weather watchers are forecasting a cold, gray week mostly in the 20s with two icy storms — part of a larger system sweeping across the Midwest and Northeast — that will likely create treacherous driving conditions in metro Detroit. But hopefully, forecasters added, they won’t be severe enough to take down powerlines.