National Weather Service alerts span the Panhandle to the Upper Midwest Saturday, with heavy snow and slick travel forecast.

A cold front moving through the Pacific Northwest will bring increasing showers Monday morning and afternoon, with dropping snow levels expected to create travel impacts at higher elevations through Tuesday.

Weather officials forecast a possible record-breaking winter storm for northern Michigan and the Upper Peninsula this weekend, March 14-15.

A massive snowstorm was expected to move into Minnesota late Saturday and early Sunday, and parts of the state — including the Twin Cities — could receive more than a foot of snow by the end of the weekend.