Snow threatens weekend travel around Chicago, Detroit and Pittsburgh

A fresh layer of snow will make for challenging travel, shopping and putting up outdoor holiday decorations across parts of the Plains and Midwest over the weekend.

Snow will once again set the holiday mood this weekend for approximately 60 million people from the Plains to the Midwest, accumulating several inches and causing slippery travel, AccuWeather meteorologists say.

The snow will affect the major Midwest airport hubs of Chicago, Detroit and Minneapolis.

A swath of accumulating snow, ranging from 1-3 inches, will extend from Montana to Iowa during the day on Saturday and then farther to the east over portions of the Great Lakes and Ohio Valley from Saturday night to Sunday…

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