A powerful winter storm is expected to bring heavy snow to swathes of the U.S. this Thanksgiving holiday week, potentially hampering travel across multiple states, according to forecasters.

The National Weather Service (NWS) said on Tuesday that the system would bring snow, along with gusty to high winds, to parts of the Northern Plains and Upper Midwest, then move across the Great Lakes with heavy lake effect snow Wednesday into Thanksgiving Day.

Winter storm warnings and winter weather advisories from the NWS span much of Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Michigan as of early Wednesday morning.

Lake effect snow warnings have been issued in New York, Pennsylvania, and Ohio.

Blizzard warnings are also in force across parts of Michigan and Wisconsin.

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