A second winter storm in as many days will slam parts of the Midwest before rolling toward the East Coast. Major travel disruptions are likely.

Around 2:30 p.m., some snow was showing up on weather radar in the Garden State, but a dry layer of air in the lower atmosphere was causing the snow to evaporate before reaching the ground. That’s a phenomenon known as virga. Shortly before 4 p.m., light snow was reported in parts of Cape May County, including Wildwood and Cape May.

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.

The FOX Forecast Center is tracking the development of several winter storms that are expected to sweep across the U.S. this week, putting tens of millions of people in about 40 states on alert for snow,

Some areas of the Garden State are under winter storm warnings, and others are under winter weather advisories with varying amounts of snow expected late Tuesday and early Wednesday.

The mid-Atlantic and Ohio Valley are preparing for an onslaught of snow and ice from a series of winter storms that are sweeping across the nation this week and into the weekend.