Midwest storm likely to cause wind damage, severe weather and snow

(KXAN) — A storm system slamming the West Coast Tuesday will move across the Rockies overnight and into the Great Plains by Wednesday.As it does so, the low pressure will strengthen in the lee of the Rocky Mountains and move towards states like Kansas, Nebraska and Iowa. A strong ridge of high pressure of the Southeast will cause a tight pressure gradient between the two systems.Wind is produced by differences in pressure. And in this case, when the two systems causing the differences in p