Several states have issued winter storm warnings and advisories for parts of the Great Lakes, Ohio Valley, Mid-Atlantic and Northeast as an arctic cold front is expected to bring snow squalls, heavy snowfall and gusty winds, creating dangerous travel conditions, the National Weather Service said Wednesday.

Residents of Northeast Ohio hear about lake-effect snow every winter. And those who live in the "snow belt," where it most commonly falls, dig out from under it each year. Winter hasn't even officially begun yet,