Here is a cross section across the Midwest. The cold front is on the left, the warm sector is in the middle, and the warm front is on the right. The black lines represent potential temperatures and you can see a little higher slope of the frontal surfaces with the cold front. Colors are frontogenesis. You can see the 0 degrees C isotherms (purple dotted lines) near the ground on both sides.
It's a pretty good weather day in Ohio, with completely sunny skies in the state. There are only easterly winds in Ohio at this time. In the late fall, easterly winds typically go with clouds, below normal temperatures, or rain.
My area has been slow to get into the wind gusts. I just went jogging with a temperature of 70 degrees, fading sunshine, and wind gusts only up to about 15 to 20mph occasionally. There were groups of leaves blowing down the street. I wouldn't go jogging with 35-40 gusts, it's to much.
The fateful day of November 10th, 1975 compared to the upcoming weather situation on Saturday. The Edmund Fitzgerald Storm went from 1000mb near Wichita, Kansas to 984mb in Lake Superior in 24 hours. Our current weather situation will have a low of 1004-1006mb near Wichita, Kansas moving toward 987mb to near La Crosse Wisconsin within 24 hours, and then moving to Lake Superior as shown.