19 states told to brace for dangerous ice storm, power outages

Rhode Island , Connecticut , Vermont , New York , Massachusetts , Pennsylvania , New Jersey , Virginia , Delaware , Maryland , Ohio , Indiana , Michigan , Illinois , Iowa , Missouri , Kansas and Oklahoma have been placed under Winter Weather Advisories .

Virginia , West Virginia , Pennsylvania and the Baltimore Maryland - Washington DC metro area are under Ice Storm Warnings.

The storm will get underway today , spreading a wintery mix of snow and ice across the Midwest .

By Thursday , the ice threat will expand into parts of the Appalachians , mid-Atlantic and Northeast .

'We are monitoring three potential storms between Feb. 5-11 ,' AccuWeather lead long-range forecaster Paul Pastelok said last month . 'This will be a busy pattern with potential disruptions to travel and business.' Another storm will be close behind this mid-week bout of snow and ice, impacting much of the same area from Friday through the weekend , according to AccuWeather . Specific details on where this weekend storm is expected to hit are still to come, but meteorologists are already predicting more adverse conditions and travel delays..