A nor'easter could be on the way later this week, bringing rain, gusty winds and a chance of the season's first snow to parts of the Northeast and Great Lakes.

The National Weather Service's Weather Prediction Center (WPC) said it is highly likely that a storm will develop over the Ohio Valley on Wednesday, and could bring thunderstorms and gusty winds from the Midwest to the Ohio and Tennessee Valleys as it moves east. Later, it will shift off the Mid-Atlantic coast and is projected to strengthen Friday.

"Drastically colder air" is also forecast to surge into the ...