The models have been consistent on bring a major storm system across the plains and midwest this week. A low pressure is expected to develop in the southern Rockies and then move northward out across the plains. It's expected to rapidly deepen, or bomb, as it moves into Canada. Some models are taking t under 970 mb - this could be the equivalent of a Category 2 hurricane over open ocean. Hurricane force winds certainly aren't expected over land, however it will definitely be windy across the Midwest as this storm ramps up. Heavy snows across Rockies and western plains is expected... and severe thunderstorms are possible across the south and midwest.