US weather alert, Nov. 28 -- A major winter storm will affect the northern Plains and the Midwest on Friday and bringing with it bring moderate to heavy accumulation of snow and gusty winds which will create dangerous conditions to travel in the interior Northeast due to low visibility and slippery roads.

According to the National Weather Service, NWS, the portions of north central and northwest Illinois and east central, northeast, and southeast Iowa are likely to see snow accumulations around 10 to 14 inches and winds could gust gust to 25mph.

A wintry pattern will bring well below average, chilly temperatures to much of the eastern and central US heading into the weekend.

The forecasters warmed that toads, and especially bridges and...