Rain showers will begin this afternoon but quickly change to snow showers, with total accumulations between 2 and 5 inches expected across Northeast Ohio on Wednesday afternoon going into Thursday.

Thursday morning lows are forecast to fall into the single digits, with wind chills ranging from zero to 10 below zero.

On Wednesday at 2:10 a.m. a winter weather advisory was released by the National Weather Service valid from 11 a.m. until Friday 1 a.m. for McKean County.

Winter takes hold of the region tomorrow, and we have heavy lake effect snow in the forecast for parts of Northwest Indiana.

The next round of winter weather is on the way for the U.S., impacting at least 25 states and potentially causing snow showers as far south as North Carolina and Tennessee.

On Wednesday at 12:23 a.m. the National Weather Service released a winter weather advisory valid from 5 p.m. until Thursday 5 p.m. for Westmoreland Ridges and Fayette Ridges.

The FOX Forecast Center is tracking the next potential winter storm that could bring a swath of snow across the eastern half of the U.S., including the Tennessee River Valley, the Carolinas, and even the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast sometime midweek.