( CNN ) -- You 've got to give the groundhog credit . He 's getting every last drop out of his forecast of six more weeks of winter . Just as the jonquils and tulips are poking their leaves above ground , a monster of a storm is sweeping across the Midwest , up the Great Lakes and into the Northeast . Look at these snowfall predictions with the official start of spring just over a week away . Chicago-area commuters could be facing up to 8 inches of fresh new snow as they head to work Wednesday . Sorry Cleveland , it looks even worse for you . Close to a foot of snow is possible by the time the storm passes . Blizzard warnings are up for western New York . Up to 18 inches of snow is forecast for Rochester . Winds will gust up to 44 mph . Ready to cry uncle yet ? Burlington , Vermont , is in the cross hairs too . Folks there will see winds up to 32 mph . Snowfall could reach 20 inches before it 's all over . And so it goes , all the way into Maine . People in Bangor can look forward to up to 19 inches of snow before the system exits New England Thursday . Out West , the weather 's warming up , but even that comes with problems . The melt from a heavier-than-normal snowpack has turned into flooding along the Bighorn River in north-central Wyoming , forcing folks from their homes . `` We actually have about 60 residences that we 've evacuated , '' Worland Police Chief Gabe Elliott told CNN affiliate KCWY . `` Probably around 80 people who reside in those residences . '' Police are preparing for the worst , he said . `` The area 's just getting larger and larger and further northbound , '' according to Elliott . `` So it 's definitely expanding as we speak . ''
New York could see up to 20 inches of snow . Blizzards warnings are up for western Chicago . Parts of Midwest could see snowfall reach 8 inches . Warming weather causes flooding out West .