More than 122 million Americans are expected to travel at least 50 miles for Christmas and New Year's holidays this year.

Lake effect snow, intense rain and chilly temperatures dominate the forecasts for different parts of the U.S., before and after the new year arrives.

A wild winter storm is bringing strong winds, heavy snow and frigid temperatures to the Great Lakes and Northeast

As for the rest of New Year’s Day and into Friday, Jan. 2, AccuWeather reports that “persistent lake-effect snow and another clipper storm will produce 12-24 inches of accumulation downwind of the Great Lakes, with locally higher amounts in upstate New York.”

The National Weather Service has issued various alerts as some parts of Northeast Ohio brace for more than a foot of snow in the forecast.

An updated snow squall warning was issued by the National Weather Service on Thursday at 2:45 a.m. in effect until 3:30 a.m. for Lackawanna, Luzerne, Pike and Wayne counties.

Snow storms dumped snow on both ends of the country, but how much fell varied widely. Maps show snow totals across USA.

A bomb-cyclone dumped snow on the midwest through the northeast over the weekend, and as of Monday, 32 million are under winter weather alerts across the upper midwest, northeast and New England. Blizzard warnings are still in effect for the upper peninsula of Michigan.