Cuyahoga County tied with two other counties for the highest snowfall in Northeast Ohio from Sunday night to Monday morning.

Sunshine has been building in from west to east which will lend to a quieter afternoon and evening. Clear skies initially will take temperatures from the upper teens and low 20s today to the low to mid teens tonight. Clouds will start to build after midnight ahead of an incoming clipper system Thursday.

National Weather Service Cleveland predicts snow and slick conditions in Northeast Ohio, with lake-effect accumulations and an arctic front approaching.

CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) - For the rest of this afternoon and evening, expect scattered, lake-effect snow showers. These move in a north-south or even northeast-southwest direction. Temperatures stay in the mid to upper 20s, but a stiff north wind between 10 and 20 mph will put wind chills in the teens.

With a winter weather advisory in effect for parts of Northeast Ohio, the Ohio Department of Transportation is urging residents to delay unnecessary travel.

Here's your full Power of 5 Weather Forecast for Cleveland, Akron, Mansfield, Sandusky, Ashtabula, and Northeast Ohio.

While ice coverage has been increasing across the Great Lakes over the past couple of weeks (28% for Lake Erie), it's not so much as to damped the lake-effect snow machine. Together with a quick-moving Clipper system, snowfall has been spreading across the Northeast through the day Thursday.

The National Weather Service in Cleveland forecast calls for 6 inches to 14 inches of snow in various parts of Erie County through early Thursday.

A lake-effect snow warning is in place in Erie County, and Crawford, Warren, Chautauqua and Ashtabula counties also are under warnings or advisories.

An EXTREME COLD WATCH will be in effect for all of Northeast Ohio from Sunday night through Wednesday morning.

Scattered lake effect snow showers are possible Sunday. Less than 1 inch of accumulation is expected for most of NE Indiana and NW Ohio. Dangerously cold air arrives Sunday night

A polar vortex is slated to sweep most of the continental US bringing winter storm warnings and a hazardous freeze to millions.