Syracuse, N.Y. -- Heavy lake effect snow and strong winds could make for hazardous driving during the Thanksgiving Day travel period in Upstate New York.

Cold winds from the west are expected to blow across the Great Lakes Wednesday night through Friday, generating lake effect snow and leading to low visibility on the roads.

The National Weather Service has already issued winter storm watches for counties at the east ends of Lake Erie and Lake Ontario. More than a dozen counties from Western New York to the Mohawk Valley are under a lesser hazardous weather outlook alert.

“Whiteout conditions are possible and may make travel treacherous and potentially life-threatening,“ said the winter storm watch. “Plan on slippery road conditions. The hazardous conditions could impact the busy Than

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