A new winter forecast from AccuWeather predicts the Midwest and parts of the Great Lakes region could be a bullseye for early winter storms and “multiple blasts of frigid air.”

The forecast also notes the potential for a deep-freeze Polar Vortex, which could bring bitterly cold temperatures to the region.

With temperatures expected to fall below the historical winter average, heating costs could be higher for customers in the Midwest from November through the end of February, the weather agency said.

“It looks to be an intense and stormy winter for certain areas of the country, particularly across the Midwest, Great Lakes, Ohio Valley, Northeast and parts of the mid-Atlantic,” AccuWeather Lead Long-Range Meteorologist Paul Pastelok said in the forecast.

According to AccuWeather’s fore

See Full Page