Snow and rain are within the forecast for some components of the U.S. as vacationers hit the highway and head to the airport for Thanksgiving.
This is your climate forecast for the vacation week:
Tuesday
Rain is sweeping throughout the East Coast from New York to Alabama on Tuesday morning.
There is a slight probability for freezing rain in southern Vermont and the southern Adirondack Mountains in upstate New York earlier than it warms sufficient to vary to rain mid-day.
The rain will finish in New York Metropolis and the Mid-Atlantic by mid-afternoon. Boston will likely be dry by 7 p.m.
Within the West, 3 to six inches of rain is feasible for the foothills of the southern Sierra Nevada mountain vary by means of Tuesday morning.
Heavy rain can be hitting California’s San Joaquin Valley.
Snow is falling at larger elevations from California to Colorado, with winter storm warnings in impact.
California’s snow will finish Tuesday evening; totals may attain 3 to five ft within the southern Sierra Nevada mountains.
Treacherous journey is predicted in Colorado’s Rocky Mountains as snowfall there continues by means of Wednesday. As much as 3 ft of snow is feasible and avalanche warnings are in place.
Wednesday
The East Coast and West Coast will likely be dry on Wednesday, organising a superb vacation journey day for each coasts.
Interstate 70 would be the hardest-hit by tough climate, with snow within the Colorado Rockies and rain in Kansas, Missouri, Illinois, Indiana, Tennessee, Kentucky and Ohio.
Within the South, temperatures will likely be nicely above common, with highs within the 70s and 80s. Houston might attain a file excessive for the second time this week.
Thanksgiving
Spectators heading to the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade in New York Metropolis ought to carry umbrellas and raincoats, because the parade will likely be wet with temperatures within the 40s. The breeze may attain 10 to fifteen mph.
Rain will likely be falling throughout many of the East Coast Thursday morning, whereas snow hits northern Pennsylvania and upstate New York.
A lot of the Interstate 95 hall will likely be soggy all through the day, particularly north of Philadelphia the place the rain will proceed by means of the afternoon.
In the meantime, temperatures will attain the 70s in Arizona and the 80s in Florida. However highs will solely be within the 30s and 40s within the Midwest.
Friday
On Friday, snow will likely be falling from West Virginia to Pennsylvania to western New York.
Rain will transfer by means of north and central Florida, however it gained’t attain Miami till Saturday morning.
Low temperatures might plunge to the one digits in Minneapolis for the primary time this season Friday or Saturday morning.
Excessive temperatures will solely attain close to freezing in Cincinnati, Ohio, and Omaha, Nebraska. The highs will solely be within the 20s in Chicago.