These fast-hitting, intense blasts of snow and whipping winds can make for treacherous travel, especially on the highway.

A cold front sweeping across the Northeast on Wednesday will make conditions ripe for snow squalls. These brief, intense bursts of snow can make travel conditions dangerous by dropping visibility and slickening roads in an instant.

The first cold front has prompted a few snow squall warnings in the interior Northeast this Tuesday morning. These warnings, which are issued by the National Weather Service, are typically of short duration (similar to a tornado warning).