Here, rain and snow could disrupt Thanksgiving travel
A pre-Thanksgiving storm that could bring severe thunderstorms, gusty winds, heavy rain and snow early this week as it moves from the central to eastern United States could disrupt holiday travel, forecasters said.
“A powerful upper-level trough” moving across the western United States will send a wave of “severe weather rapidly from west to east” in the coming days, the National Weather Service Prediction Center in Maryland said. said Sunday.
As the system moves toward the Lower Mississippi Valley, there could be an increased risk of severe weather that could produce damaging winds, large hail and tornadoes, the Weather Service said.
There is a chance for widespread showers and thunderstorms across the Midwest, Ohio Valley and Tennessee Valley on Tuesday before moving into the Northeast.
New York Governor Kathy Hochul urged caution ahead of Thanksgiving as “extreme winter weather” was expected to impact holiday travel plans in Western New York and the North Country.
“We are preparing for the worst-case scenario and warning motorists, homeowners and people traveling locally and outside the region now to change their travel plans,” she said on Friday.
She warned travelers to make Wednesday their main travel day.
“You’re either stuck at home and can’t travel, or worst case scenario, you’re stuck on one of the roads or on the New York State Thruway,” she said.
The Weather Service office in Upton, NY, said Sunday that the system would bring rain and wind, but no snow was forecast.
“Thanksgiving will be mostly sunny, with highs in the mid-40s,” the office said.
High temperatures on Monday and Tuesday will remain below average from southern New England to the Mid-Atlantic, with temperatures in the 30s and 40s for New England and 50 degrees in the Mid-Atlantic, according to the Weather Service.
The weather service in Boston warned on Sunday of the potential for “some front-end snow at high elevations” beginning Tuesday evening and Wednesday for southern New England, but added that “quiet and cooler weather” was expected for Thanksgiving and into the holiday weekend.