CLEVELAND, Ohio – Holiday travelers take heed. A winter storm watch has been issued for parts of northern Ohio beginning Thanksgiving morning and extending through Friday evening. The areas within the watch include Lake, Geauga and Ashtabula counties.

Much of the Northeast faces a burst of winter hazards as colder air arrives behind a midweek storm. Fast-hitting snow squalls could pop up with little warning, dropping visibility to near zero and creating slick roads in minutes.

Two storm systems are forecast to bring rain, snow and powerful winds to various parts of the U.S. this week, in the days leading up to Thanksgiving.

The National Weather Service in Cleveland has issued a Winter Storm Watch for Lake, Geauga and Ashtabula counties for Thursday and Friday. Significant snowfall is likely.

GEAUGA COUNTY, Ohio — Lake effect snow is set to impact portions of Northeast Ohio just in time for the Thanksgiving holiday this week, which is why the National Weather Service in Cleveland has issued a Winter Storm Watch for the following counties from Thursday morning through Friday evening:

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A cold blast has gripped the Northeast, and meteorologists say it could be a sign of what’s to come. The FOX Weather Forecast Center reports that conditions are lining up for a potential polar vortex winter,

Two winter systems are coming together across the northern U.S. this week, bringing the potential for heavy snow and strong winds across the Great Lakes and Northeast.

The roads in Northeast Iowa are expected to become slick and snowy this week as the first winter storm of the season approaches.

Thanksgiving travel could be snarled across the Great Lakes Snowbelts, as the FOX Forecast Center tracks what it expects to be the most significant lake-effect snow event of the season thus far beginning Wednesday and lasting through Thanksgiving Day and into Black Friday.