Northeast Snow Squalls Could Make Travel Dangerous Wednesday, Including In New York, Pennsylvania, New England

This Is Why Snow Squalls Are So Dangerous

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A cold front sweeping across the Northeast on Wednesday will make conditions ripe for snow squalls. These brief, intense bursts of snow can make travel conditions dangerous by dropping visibility and slickening roads in an instant.

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The area with the greatest threat of snow squalls through the rest of today includes northeast Ohio and northern and western Pennsylvania into much of upstate New York and parts of central and southern New England, as shaded in red below.

M​uch of the Northeast will also experience strong winds today, with gusts up to 50 mph possible from Boston to Washington, D.C.

S​now squall warnings are likely to be issued by the National Weather Service in association with these short-lived bursts of heavy snow.

Below is a look at the latest radar in the Northeast showing where snow is falling right now. Any active snow squall warnings will be outlined in pink.

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W​hile snow could be heavy at times, you can see from the image below that snowfall totals aren't expected to be high for most areas. The majority of the region is set to get only a dusting to a few inches.

Cold temperatures will follow the front. Wind chills will dip below zero for much of northern New England and upstate New York on Thursday morning, while the rest of the Northeast and mid-Atlantic will feel like the single digits or teens.

J​ennifer Gray is a weather and climate writer for weather.com. She has been covering some of the world's biggest weather and climate stories for the last two decades.