NEBRASKA CITY- There’s snow place like home as the Midwest is in the midst of its second winter storm of the year. 

Regions of southwest Nebraska and the vast majority of the Des Moines, Iowa, area are set to receive anywhere from five to eight inches of snow in the next 48 hours as winter storm Ivy moves through the Midwest.

According to meteorologists at the Weather Channel, this storm will bring a wintry mix of sleet, freezing rain and snowfall to Nebraska, Iowa and northwest Missouri throughout the day and potentially later this week as well with a second storm.

All of Nebraska and Iowa have issued winter weather advisory warnings for their respective states, with the Omaha and Des Moines areas in a winter storm warning until 6 a.m. tomorrow. 

Northwest Missouri, however, will see a more mild outcome from winter storm Ivy in terms of snow accumulation. Although some parts of northwest Missouri through Kansas City, Mo. are in a winter storm warning, those areas are expected to see only one to three inches of snow, according to the weather channel radar. Those regions of Missouri, as well as the northern-most border between Mo. and Iowa, will be receiving the greatest probability of ice accumulation. Those areas have the highest probability of receiving 0.10” of ice, which could make road conditions and travel much more difficult.

The second storm rolling through the Midwest will be more reduced in size as of now, but there is still potential for snowfall and wintry mix. The storm is projected to reach Iowa, Missouri and overlap into southwestern parts of Nebraska on Thursday (New Year’s Eve).

Nebraska and northwest Missouri are experiencing miniscule power outages, just three total for Nebraska (one in Sarpy county and two in Cheyenne county), and zero for northwest Missouri.

Iowa, however, is receiving the brunt of the power outages, with 103 total. Pottawattamie reporting a state-high 45 customers with power outages.