ST. LOUIS (KMOX) - The busiest travel days of the year – the weekend before Thanksgiving through the weekend after – is expected to be threatened with at least three storms of note that can cause travel delays. This includes a potential for heavy snow and winterlike travel conditions with substantial delays in St. Louis and Midwest, according to AccuWeather.com.
More than 55 million travelers have plans to venture at least 50 miles away from home from the Friday before Thanksgiving to the Sunday after Thanksgiving, according to the American Automobile Association (AAA). The holiday travel volume is expected to be second-highest behind 2005 since tracking began in 2000, AAA said.
An active storm track is forecast to bring a wintry mix this weekend to the Midwest and Northeast, prior to a more significant and potentially very disruptive storm for the central U.S. during the peak of the Thanksgiving travel time.
Rain and a couple of thunderstorms are likely to extend from parts of the Midwest to the entire East Coast this weekend, which can lead to airline delays at some of the major hubs from Atlanta to Cincinnati, Pittsburgh, Washington, D.C., Philadelphia and eventually New York City and Boston.
Should the storm develop to its maximum intensity, blizzard conditions may unfold over part of the Upper Midwest with strong winds and low visibility.
So, not only may there be normal heavy holiday traffic on the roads and at the airports, a storm may really throw a wrench into plans during the day and night before Thanksgiving over the Central and Eastern states.