By Alex Sosnowski, Expert Senior Meteorologist
November 18,2014; 9:00PM,EST
Cold air will be less intense and much less widespread across the nation during the week of Thanksgiving, but there will still be a few travel trouble spots.
Arctic cold will release its grip over much of the nation by the time millions hit the roads and the skies during the busiest week for travel of the year.
However, while the warmest weather will be in the traditional areas of Hawaii, South Florida and Southern California, early-week travelers may encounter some weather-related problems departing their location and a few may find some rain when they arrive.
A storm is forecast to bring rain to most areas east of the Mississippi River Sunday into Monday. The rain could be drenching enough at times to slow travel for a time in Chicago, Detroit, Atlanta and the Interstate-95 cities in the Northeast. Where deep snow remains on the ground, near the Great Lakes, urban flooding problems may occur.
According to AccuWeather Chief Meteorologist Elliot Abrams, "Poor visibility in fog may be another element the warmup and rain from the storm brings."
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In the wake of that Sunday to Monday storm, a pocket of chilly air will expand from the northern Plains to the Northeast Monday into Tuesday. The air will be cold enough to bring bands of lake-effect snow and perhaps a pocket of of steady snow centered on Minnesota, Wisconsin and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan.
Farther south and east, an area of rain is forecast to linger from the northeastern Gulf Coast to the southern Atlantic coast Monday into Wednesday.
By the big travel day on Wednesday, the weather pattern across much of the nation is projected to be far less stormy, compared to last weekend's cross-country storm and the Sunday to Monday rainstorm.
There is a chance this rain backs westward at midweek, if an offshore storm ends up strengthening and tracks close to the coast. In this scenario, rain could back to along part of the Interstate-95 corridor on Wednesday. If the storm remains weak, rain will hover right along the coast before being pushed out to sea. In either scenario, rain will affect part of the Florida Peninsula for a time.
By Wednesday, only very spotty lake-effect flurries and snow will occur around the lower Great Lakes.
Much of the area from the Mississippi Valley to the California coast will be free of rain and snow.
A batch of snow accompanied with a push of cold air will begin to move southward over the interior Northwest and northern Rockies on Tuesday and Wednesday. This storm and cold push could bring some travel problems along I-15, I-25 and I-90 in the region from Montana and Wyoming to northern Idaho and eastern Washington.
Rain may slow travel along I-5 from Bellingham, Washington, to Seattle and Portland, Oregon, during Tuesday and Wednesday.
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England have done well to weather the early Scottish storm. Well, rain.
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Thanksgiving Triangle forecast. Sunny High 54 Low 30. Wednesday is
very up in the air though. Possibly rain, particularly early.
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