New Delhi, Feb. 15 -- A significant winter storm could bring widespread disruptions from the southern Plains to the Interstate 95 corridor in the Northeast next week, according to AccuWeather meteorologists. If the system reaches its full potential, it may deliver the biggest snowfall of the season for millions.

"The brewing snowstorm will have two key pieces associated with it," said AccuWeather Chief Meteorologist Jonathon Porter. "Those being a fresh injection of Arctic air and the fact that it will be the caboose in the long train of February storms as the last storm in a series is often the strongest."

A frigid Arctic air mass from Canada will spread across the Plains, Midwest, and Northeast, setting the stage for lake-effect snow ...