An Alberta Clipper system is forecasted to bring snow and cold weather to the Midwest and Northeast this week as folks in states surrounding the Great Lakes continue to clean up from last weekend's snowstorm.

This edition of Weather Tidbits discusses the Alberta Clipper. An Alberta Clipper is a low pressure system that develops near Alberta in central Canada which moves rapidly east and southeast through the Great Lakes and northeast United States.

A clipper system will bring a period of light snow to New Hampshire late Wednesday evening into early Thursday. Just enough snow will fall to result in some slick roads for Thursday morning's commute.

"Options for the storm as it nears the coast range from it evolving into a potent Nor'easter with significant travel disruptions to a weaker storm that simply races out to sea with minimal travel problems,

A lake-effect snowstorm that buried communities from Michigan to New York under feet of snow will start to wind down on Tuesday, but an Alberta Clipper is hot on its heels and is expected to bring snow to at least a dozen states this week.

New York City’s run of mild weather appears to be headed toward an abrupt end thanks to an Alberta Clipper bringing cold weather and possibly snow down from Canada. “Many areas across the Northern Tier will start the month of December with temperatures well below historical averages,