The same storm that will unload 1-2 feet of snow on the Rockies into Friday will pivot across the Plains and the Midwest with winterlike travel conditions in store for a 1,200-mile-long swath of the central United States this weekend, AccuWeather meteorologists warn. The season's first widespread and significant lake-effect snow will follow the storm early next week. Even though the storm will be at its peak whilst over the Rockies, it will manage to pull in some moisture from the Gulf of Mexico