Various severe weather conditions are being forecasted to affect the entire U.S. from coast to coast within the next week.

Two major storms have caught the attention of meteorologists. The first storm will affect areas from the Midwest to the Northeast through Wednesday. The second storm will affect areas from the West Coast to the Northeast until Friday. Weather alerts have gone into effect for 41 states that include major rainfall, snowfall and ice warnings.

"A pair of cross-country storms will take different tracks and bring a variety of impacts ranging from snow, ice and rain from the central United States to the East as the week progresses-- and both are likely to cause their share of major travel disruptions," AccuWeather meteorologists warn.

"We have twin storms this week," AccuWeather Chief On-Air Meteorologist Bernie Rayno said. "They are not identical, but more like fraternal twins."

The National Weather Service said in a report on Tuesday that the first storm is expected to be a “significant winter storm impacting areas of the Great Lakes into the Northeast into Wednesday morning.”

“Risk of excessive rainfall and severe thunderstorms increasing from the Lower Mississippi to Tennessee/Ohio Valleys into Wednesday,” it added.

The National Weather Service said the second storm will first bring rain and ice to the West Coast. The rain is being welcomed through the West Coast, which has been experiencing a dry period over the last several weeks.

“Meanwhile, an upper-level low over the Pacific Northwest moves southward to the Great Basin/Southern California by Wednesday morning, then moves eastward to the Southern Rockies by Thursday,” the service said in the report.

“The system will produce snow that moves east of the Rockies into parts of the Central/Southern High Plains, Midwest, and northern Mid-Atlantic states Wednesday into Thursday, with a glaze of freezing rain/ice expected for portions of the Southern Plains/Mid-Mississippi Valley and portions of the Ohio Valley and the central Mid-Atlantic states,” it added.