By Alex Sosnowski – AccuWeather

A blast of arctic air will be accompanied by flurries and even a localized wall of snow in some communities in the Northeast and parts of the Midwest at the start of the Valentine’s Day weekend.

Motorists on area highways such as interstates 70, 79, 80, 81 and 90 should be on the lookout for rapidly changing weather conditions from Friday afternoon into Saturday morning. The combination of a weak Alberta Clipper storm and an arctic cold front will cause the snow showers to erupt well away from the Great Lakes.

According to AccuWeather Chief Meteorologist Elliot Abrams, while some communities may receive little or no accumulation from the event, a small number of places hundreds of miles from the Great Lakes can be hit by a heavy snow squall.

Continue reading at AccuWeather: Sudden Snow To Quickly Slick Roads, Create Whiteouts From Ohio To New York And Maine

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