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By Bill Deger, Meteorologist

Feb 6, 2012; 5:08 PM ET

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The light snow showers will erupt along a cold front pushing south and east through midweek from the Plains to the Northeast.

As chilly air heads south from Canada, some snow will erupt along the leading push of colder air this week across the Plains and Midwest, and eventually even parts of the Northeast.

Any snow that does fall looks to be rather light and spotty.

The snow will first break out from the Front Range of the Rockies east across the central Plains on Monday night into Tuesday.

At first, rain may be the predominant type of precipitation from Wichita to Kansas City, but eventually as colder air works in, snowflakes will be flying.

Milder temperatures at first will also help to limit any accumulation to just a slushy coating in some areas, mainly on grassy surfaces and certainly not nearly enough to cause major travel problems.

The drier nature of the air arriving behind the front will allow a hasty end to the snow before it even really gets going.

The mid-Mississippi and Ohio valleys, as well as the lower Midwest will be next in line for the bit of snow during late Tuesday and Tuesday night, including in St. Louis, Chicago and Indianapolis.

Some snow will even streak east to West Virginia and western Pennsylvania late Tuesday night.

By Wednesday, the mid-Atlantic and big cities along the I-95 corridor from Washington, D.C., to New York City stand to have some more clouds with light precipitation as the front approaches.

With higher temperatures in this heavily populated zone, rain showers are likely to be the flavor of the day, especially south of the Mason-Dixon Line. However, a few snowflakes can mix in at times.

A more noticeable coating of snow could fall on the northern and western suburbs in the swath from Philadelphia to New York City.

Likewise, all totals for those areas impacted east of the Mississippi will be primarily less than an inch. With an increasing sun angle as we head toward the spring months, any snow accumulation will likely be gone within a day or so.

For snow lovers in the Northeast, it's been a tough winter season. The mere possibility of some light snow should be enough to whet the parched appetites of a few as we head deeper into February.