{"id":317703,"date":"2025-11-28T01:03:11","date_gmt":"2025-11-28T01:03:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/317703\/"},"modified":"2025-11-28T01:03:11","modified_gmt":"2025-11-28T01:03:11","slug":"thanksgiving-travel-forecast-lake-effect-snow-hits-northeast-ohio-with-dangerous-conditions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/317703\/","title":{"rendered":"Thanksgiving travel forecast: Lake-effect snow hits Northeast Ohio with dangerous conditions"},"content":{"rendered":"

CLEVELAND, Ohio \u2014 A powerful lake-effect snowstorm is hitting Northeast Ohio on Thanksgiving, threatening holiday travel with whiteout conditions<\/a>, wind gusts up to 50 mph and more than a foot of snow across the region\u2019s snowbelt.<\/p>\n

Snowfall rates up to 1 inch per hour<\/a> are possible, the National Weather Service said Thursday morning.<\/p>\n

Heavy lake-effect bands fueled by a strong low-pressure system over the northern Great Lakes are dropping 12 to 15 inches of snow in Lake County south of I-90, far eastern Cuyahoga County and northern Geauga County through Friday evening, National Weather Service forecasters say Thursday morning.<\/p>\n

Across the broader snowbelt \u2014 including inland Erie County, Pennsylvania \u2014 totals of 8 to 15 inches are occurring, with some areas potentially exceeding 18 inches.<\/p>\n

\u201cMotorists should use extreme caution,\u201d forecasters write, noting the heaviest and most hazardous conditions are hitting Thursday, coinciding with Thanksgiving travel.<\/p>\n

Wind gusts of 45 to 50 mph along the lakeshore are creating blowing and drifting snow<\/a> through Thursday night, drastically reducing visibility. A Wind Advisory is in effect for parts of Northeast Ohio through late Thursday night.<\/p>\n

A Lake Effect Snow Warning remains in effect through 7 p.m. Friday for Lake, Geauga and eastern Cuyahoga counties, with a Winter Weather Advisory in place for adjacent areas.<\/p>\n

Forecasters say snow bands are pushing inland as winds shift from southwest to a more west-northwest flow later Thursday, spreading scattered snow showers to areas including Cleveland and Youngstown.<\/p>\n

Highs Thursday and Friday reach only the low to mid-30s, with overnight lows in the low to mid-20s. Wind chills fall into the teens at times because of the strong winds. Temperatures along the lakeshore run slightly warmer.<\/p>\n

Areas west and south of the snowbelt remain mostly dry, though scattered lake-effect snow showers from Lake Michigan could briefly reach northwest and central Ohio Thursday into Thursday night. Gusty winds up to 40-45 mph persist across the region.<\/p>\n

Lake-effect snow tapers Friday night as high pressure briefly moves in. But another low-pressure system is expected to bring 1 to 2 inches of snow to much of northern Ohio on Saturday night into Sunday, with up to 4 inches around Toledo. Rain is expected to mix in or take over Sunday as temperatures climb into the upper 30s and low 40s.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"CLEVELAND, Ohio \u2014 A powerful lake-effect snowstorm is hitting Northeast Ohio on Thanksgiving, threatening holiday travel with whiteout…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":317704,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[23,3,21,19,22,20,25,24],"class_list":["post-317703","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-united-states","tag-america","tag-news","tag-united-states","tag-united-states-of-america","tag-unitedstates","tag-unitedstatesofamerica","tag-us","tag-usa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/317703","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=317703"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/317703\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/317704"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=317703"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=317703"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=317703"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}