Thursday, November 26, 2015

Thanksgiving 2015 Travel Forecast: Snow in the Rockies, Wet and Wintry Plains, and Mostly Calm in the East

November 26,2015
For the millions of travelers hitting the roads and airports for the Thanksgiving holiday weekend, weather conditions across the country will be divided between mostly calm in the East and active weather in the Plains and Rockies.
Quiet weather conditions will rule much of the East Coast through Friday thanks to high pressure. Meanwhile, a southward dip in the jet stream will bring rain, ice and snow to the nation's midsection on Thanksgiving Day.
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Here's the forecast for each day.

"Black Friday," Nov. 27

Possible travel trouble spots: Rain, locally heavy with some embedded thunderstorms, will soak parts of the southern Plains, mid-Mississippi Valley, Ohio Valley and Great Lakes. Light wintry mess of snow, sleet and freezing rain continues from the southern High Plains to the central Plains with a few snow showers across Iowa and perhaps northern Lower Michigan. Quiet weather continues to persist along much of the East Coast, although showers may develop in northern New England and Upstate New York later in the day.
Major airports impacted:
  • Low clouds, rain – Austin, Buffalo, Chicago/Midway, Chicago/O'Hare, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Columbus (Ohio), Dallas/Love, Dallas-Fort Worth, Detroit, Houston/Bush Intercontinental, Houston/Hobby, Indianapolis, Milwaukee, San Antonio, St. Louis
  • Low clouds, light snow – Denver
  • Low clouds, icy conditions – Kansas City
Major highways impacted:
  • Interstate 10 in Texas and New Mexico (rain)
  • Interstate 20 in Texas (rain)
  • Interstate 25 from Denver to Albuquerque (snow showers)
  • Interstate 35 in Texas and southern Oklahoma (rain); northern Oklahoma to Kansas City area (ice)
  • Interstate 40 from eastern New Mexico to western Oklahoma (wintry mix) and from central Oklahoma to western Tennessee (rain)
  • Interstate 44 in Oklahoma and Missouri (rain; becoming icy in southwest Oklahoma)
  • Interstate 55 from Illinois to northern Mississippi (rain)
  • Interstate 64 from St. Louis to central Kentucky (rain)
  • Interstate 65 in Indiana and Kentucky (rain)
  • Interstate 70 from Ohio to Missouri (rain)
  • Interstate 74 from Illinois to Ohio (rain)
  • Interstate 75 from northern Kentucky to central Michigan (rain); northern Michigan (light wintry mix)
  • Interstate 76 in Ohio (rain)
  • Interstate 80 from Illinois to eastern Ohio (rain)
  • Interstate 81 in New York (rain showers)
  • Interstate 90 from Illinois to western New York (rain)
  • Interstate 94 in Michigan (rain)

Black Friday's Forecast

Saturday, Nov. 28

Possible travel trouble spots: Cold front moves into the central Appalachians, Middle Atlantic states and southern New England with a few rain showers. More rain, locally heavy, expected from Texas to the Mid-Mississippi Valley. Some freezing rain and sleet are possible again in parts of the southern and central Plains as arctic air interacts with moisture in an easterly upslope wind flow behind a cold front.
Major airports impacted:
Major highways impacted:
  • Interstate 10 in Texas, southwest Louisiana (rain)
  • Interstate 20 in Texas and Louisiana (rain; possibly icy in parts of west Texas)
  • Interstate 35 in Texas (rain, flood risk); Oklahoma, Kansas and Missouri (ice)
  • Interstate 40 from western Oklahoma (ice); eastern Oklahoma to Middle Tennessee (rain)
  • Interstate 44 in central and southwest Oklahoma (ice); northeast Oklahoma and Missouri (rain)
  • Interstate 55 from central Illinois to northern Mississippi (rain)
  • Interstate 64 from St. Louis area to western Virginia (rain)
  • Interstate 65 in Indiana, Kentucky, Tennessee and northern Alabama (rain)
  • Interstate 70 from Utah to western Kansas (chance of snow showers)
  • Interstate 70 from eastern Kansas to western Maryland (rain; possibly ice eastern Kansas, far western Missouri)
  • Interstate 74 in Indiana and Ohio (rain)
  • Interstate 75 in Kentucky and Ohio (rain showers)
  • Interstate 76 in Ohio and Pennsylvania (rain showers)
  • Interstate 77 in Ohio and West Virginia (rain showers)
  • Interstate 80 in Wyoming (snow showers)
  • Interstate 80 from northeast Ohio to New York City (rain showers)
  • Interstate 81 from Virginia to Pennsylvania (rain showers)
  • Interstate 95 from New York to central Virginia (rain showers possible)

Saturday's Forecast

Sunday, Nov. 29

Possible travel trouble spots: Rain and a few t-storms from the Lower Mississippi Valley to the Ohio Valley and Appalachians. A few showers in South Florida. A few snow showers forecast in the Rockies and northern Plains. Pockets of freezing rain may linger across the southern High Plains. Good travel conditions appear likely in New England, much of the Southeast, and the West (west of the Rockies).
Major airports impacted:
Major highways impacted (partial list):
  • Interstate 10 from south-central Texas to western Louisiana (showers/t-storms possible)
  • Interstate 20 from Atlanta to Dallas-Fort Worth (rain showers)
  • Interstate 25 in northern Wyoming (snow showers)
  • Interstate 35 in Texas and Oklahoma (rain)
  • Interstate 40 from Arkansas to North Carolina (rain showers)
  • Interstate 55 from central Illinois to Mississippi (rain)
  • Interstate 64 entire length from eastern Missouri to southeast Virginia (rain)
  • Interstate 65 from central Illinois to central Alabama (rain)
  • Interstate 70 from central Missouri to Maryland (rain)
  • Interstate 74 in Indiana and Ohio (rain)
  • Interstate 75 from Ohio to northern Georgia (rain)
  • Interstate 76 in Pennsylvania (rain)
  • Interstate 77 from southeast Ohio to North Carolina (rain)
  • Interstate 80 in Utah and Wyoming (snow showers)
  • Interstate 81 from Tennessee to southern Pennsylvania (rain)
  • Interstate 85 from north Georgia to Virginia (rain showers)
  • Interstate 90 in Wyoming and South Dakota (scattered light snow showers)
  • Interstate 95 from northeast North Carolina to central New Jersey (rain showers); south Florida (rain showers)

Sunday's Forecast

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