Holiday Travel Weather

Here is a roundup of weather for the next three days at a number of places where you may or may not be traveling to for Thanksgiving. Also check out the section at the bottom which outlines some areas of the worst weather conditions.

NEW ORLEANS: Fair dry weather for the remainder of today. High 78. Scattered showers will start tonight with low about 62. For Wednesday, mostly cloudy with scattered showers and thunderstorms, increasing in the afternoon. High 78. Those showers and storms will become numerous Wednesday night. For Thanksgiving Day, some morning showers ending by afternoon. Breezy and cooler. High about 65. On Thanksgiving night, it may drop as low as 38 degrees.

ORLANDO: Mostly clear tonight. Low 62. Dry weather continues Wednesday and Wednesday night. High about 82. For Thanksgiving Day, clouds increase with a good chance of showers and maybe some thunderstorms. High near 80. Those showers will continue Thursday night and Friday.

ALABAMA/NW FLORIDA COAST: A few morning showers Wednesday becoming more numerous in the afternoon, along with some thunderstorms. High 75. Those will continue Wednesday night. For Thanksgiving Day, morning showers will thin out or completely end by afternoon followed by breezy and cooler weather. High 72. It should drop to 45 Thanksgiving night. Friday…mostly sunny, breezy and a lot cooler. High near 62. If you are planning to stay for the weekend, it looks wet. A good chance of showers and thunderstorms starting at some point on Saturday and continuing into Sunday. The low and high on Saturday about 45/60.

GATLINBURG/GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK: Fair tonight. Low in the 40s. A few afternoon showers Wednesday, but those will become more numerous late Wednesday night along with some thunderstorms. High Wednesday mostly in the 60s. For Thanksgiving Day, colder with numerous showers and thunderstorms with temperatures falling into the 40s and even in the 30s in the mountains. Friday should be dry, but cold with lows 25 to 35 with the coldest temperatures in the high country and highs 38 to 46.

ATLANTA: Mostly sunny Wednesday, but a slight chance of showers in the afternoon. High 72. Showers, along with some thunderstorms, will become numerous late Wednesday night. High Wednesday 72. For Thanksgiving Day, numerous morning showers thinning out greatly by afternoon. High 62. Friday, mostly sunny and cool. Low 37. High 58.

WASHINGTON, DC: Partly sunny, mild and dry Wednesday. High 72. Thanksgiving Day…cloudy with a chance of rain. High 68. Colder at night with low 38. Friday, mostly sunshine. High about 48. The next rain for the nation’s Capitol will be about Sunday and increasing Sunday night.

NEW YORK CITY: Mostly cloudy tonight with patchy fog. Low 45. Dry, but mostly cloudy, Wednesday. High 55. Scattered showers will start Wednesday night. Thanksgiving Day…cloudy. Some morning showers, but rain increasing in the afternoon. High in the low 60s. Colder Thanksgiving night with rain ending. Low 38. Mostly sunshine on Friday, breezy and much cooler. High near 44.

CHICAGO: Widespread rain tonight. A cold rain with a low of about 42. Rain will continue Wednesday becoming mixed with snow by late afternoon. Little or no accumulation. It will be breezy and much colder. Wednesday is going to be a day when the thermometer gets confused and goes the wrong way on the interstate. The warmest part of Wednesday will be in the morning with about 45 and dropping into the 30s during the afternoon with wind gusts up to 30 mph. Light rain and snow mixed is expected Wednesday evening, then all snow after midnight with snow accumulating about 1 inch. It will be blustery and cold with low Wednesday night near freezing and north wind up to 30 mph. For Thanksgiving Day, mostly cloudy with occasional snow showers. High only about 35 with wind gusts to 30 mph. Dry weather is expected Friday, Saturday and Sunday, but continued cold all through the weekend.

ST. LOUIS: Some scattered showers and thunderstorms will start after dark. They should become more numerous after midnight with an overnight low of 52. For Wednesday, turning cooler, but occasional rain and some thunderstorms will continue mostly during the morning and the early afternoon. The rain will increase again by late afternoon and continue Wednesday night as it turns much colder. The rain should become mixed with sleet Wednesday evening and changing to snow later in the evening and flurries continuing after midnight. The low Wednesday night about 31. Thanksgiving Day…colder. Clouds decrease by afternoon, but still some morning flurries. High about 39. Friday and on through the weekend should be dry, but cold. Lows about 28 and highs about 45.

DALLAS/FT. WORTH: Dry weather this afternoon and tonight with south winds up to 35 mph. High near 80. Low tonight 65. Wednesday…cloudy with scattered showers and thunderstorms, brrezy and cooler. Temperatures falling to near 55 in the afternoon with rather brisk winds. Mostly cloudy and much colder Wednesday night. Windy with a low near 39. For Thanksgiving Day, sunshine, cooler, breezy. High 52. Some light rain will arrive on Friday with a better chance Friday night and especially Saturday. It will be a cold rain with high only about 48 Saturday. The rain will continue Saturday night and taper off Sunday.

DENVER: Temperatures will fall into the 30s this afternoon. Much colder tonight with some snow starting in the evening and increasing after midnight. 1 to 3 inches accumulation expected tonight with a low near 18. Wednesday the snow will continue during the morning and decrease some in the afternoon. An additional 1 to 2 inches expected, which means the total from this system should be 2 to 5 inches. Low Wednesday night about 12. For Thanksgiving Day, partly sunny but dry. Temperatures below freezing all day with a high near 30 and the low Thanksgiving night about 12.

LAS VEGAS: Near record high temperatures this afternoon with a high near 76. Sunny and cooler Wednesday with a high of 65. Thanksgiving Day should be mostly sunshine with a low of 42 and a high of 62. No rain is in the forecast for Las Vegas all the way through next Monday, but some nights will be chilly in the upper 30s with highs on most days in the lower 60s.

SAN FRANCISCO: Mostly sunny Wednesday. High 63. Clear Wednesday night. Low 38 to 43. Thanksgiving Day should be sunshine with high 63 to 65. No rain in the forecast for San Francisco all the way through Monday.

YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK: Much colder today with 3 to 8 inches of snow accumulating. High 17 to 23. Snow showers will continue tonight with lows in the single digits. A few snow showers Wednesday with highs 16 to 22. Thanksgiving Day should be partly sunny, but there will be some patchy, frozen fog in the morning. Low near zero and the high for Thanksgiving 20 to 26.

AREAS WITH SIGNIFICANT WEATHER PROBLEMS

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS: The Storm Prediction Center has outlined the following areas for a Slight Risk of severe weather Wednesday and Wednesday night.
Most of Kentucky
All of Tennessee except the extreme east
Extreme East Arkansas
NE corner of Louisiana
North and Central Alabama as far south as the Montgomery area

WINTRY WEATHER PROBLEMS: Snow Advisories continue for parts of Western Massachusetts, Eastern New York, almost all of Vermont and the southern half of Maine. Snow Advisories also for NW South Dakota, extreme NE Wyoming, NW Wyoming (including Yellowstone National Park) and SW Montana.

USA TEMPERATURE EXTREMES: Hottest yesterday 91 at East Mesa, Arizona (Phoenix area). Low this morning 5 at Havre, Montana. Coldest in Alaska was 19 below zero at Kaltag.

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