A storm and the first punch of winterlike chill will combine to cause Thanksgiving travel headaches across the eastern half of the United States as Mother Nature serves up a smorgasbord of sloppy weather.

Millions of people across the central and eastern U.S. could see snow or rain through the Thanksgiving holiday weekend, forecasters said.

The National Weather Service has issued weather warnings across eight states with snow alerts due to lake effects.

Millions of people in the eastern half of the U.S. from the Northeast to the Southeast will see some sort of Thanksgiving Day travel troubles as a high-impact winter storm brings heavy snow, rain and severe weather to the region.