Massachusetts Thanksgiving week travel may be impacted by East Coast storm
Updated: 10:41 PM EST Nov 16, 2023
NOPE, NO ONE GOT TO 70. BUT WITH THAT SUNSHINE BOY, IT FELT NICE. BUT TOMORROW IS THE LAST OF THE WARM DAYS. AND THEN SATURDAY IS THE TRANSITION DAY. COMES WITH A LITTLE BIT OF RAIN. A LOT OF CLOUDS. AND THEN WE BOTTOM OUT ON MONDAY AND START TO REBOUND QUICKLY AS WE HEAD TOWARDS NEXT WEEK. NEXT WEDNESDAY, WE COULD ACTUALLY HAVE SOME RAIN COMING IN. IT’S GOING TO BE WARM ENOUGH FOR THAT. THAT NO RAIN RIGHT NOW. THE RAIN IS WAY DOWN HERE TO THE SOUTH. AND THIS IS A SYSTEM THAT’S KIND OF WORKING ITS WAY UP. EARLIER THIS WEEK, IT LOOKED LIKE THIS SYSTEM, INSTEAD OF TRACKING OFFSHORE, WOULD COME RIGHT OVER THE TOP OF US. AND IF IT DID THAT, WE’D BE TALKING ABOUT A NOR’EASTER WITH SOME HEAVY RAIN AND ALL OF THAT GOING ON. THAT’S WHY I KEPT SAYING, WAIT, BECAUSE WE’VE GOT TO BE PATIENT WITH SOME OF THESE STORMS, ESPECIALLY AS WE GET NEW DATA COMING IN. AND THE NEW DATA SAYS THIS THING IS GOING TO BE PUSHING OFFSHORE. SO WE’LL GET MAYBE A FEW SHOWERS OUT OF IT FRIDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY SATURDAY. BUT I THINK AS FAR AS THE PARADE IS CONCERNED, JUST KIND OF OVERCAST. NOW, ONCE THIS GOES BY, IT’S A BIG ONE. SO IT WILL PULL IN THIS COLD AIR RIGHT OUT OF CANADA. SO EVEN THOUGH YOU SEE MILD AIR OUT TO THE WEST, WE’RE GOING TO TAP THIS AIR COMING IN FROM CANADA, COLD AND WINDY ON SUNDAY. BUT HERE’S THE RAIN CHANCES. YOU’LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS AS WE TALK ABOUT TOMORROW NIGHT. THERE’S GONNA BE SOME SCATTERED SHOWERS. BUT NOTICE WHERE IT’S FOCUSING SOUTH EASTON PART OF THE STATE. AND THIS IS TOMORROW NIGHT AROUND 10:00. WE’RE SEEING SOME OF THIS ACTIVITY. BUT LOOK AT THE TEMPERATURES. THEY’RE SO WARM. NO ONE’S TALKING ABOUT SNOW. IT’S ALL A RAIN EVENT. AND THEN WE’LL KEEP THAT THREAT OF SHOWERS GOING THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS AND THEN WE’LL. CLEAR THE THING OUT OF HERE. AND THERE MIGHT EVEN BE A LITTLE SUNSHINE AS WE HEAD FOR LATE INTO THE DAY ON SATURDAY. THE SCATTERED SHOWERS THAT ARE OUT HERE TO THE WEST TRY TO WORK THEIR WAY EASTWARD. THIS IS 10:00 SATURDAY MORNING. THAT’S WHY I SAY THERE MIGHT BE A FEW SPRINKLES AROUND FOR THE PARADE. BUT AS FAR AS BIG RAIN EVENTS, NO. AND BY THE TIME WE GET TO ABOUT 2:00 IN THE AFTERNOON, THE WIND CHANGES DIRECTION, PICKS UP SPEED, DRIVES THIS DRY AIR IN HERE AND KICKS US ALL OUT OF HERE, WHICH MEANS WE END THE DAY WITH A LITTLE BIT OF SUNSHINE. BUT THE TEMPERATURES WILL BE FALLING DURING THE AFTERNOON. IT’LL BE WARMER IN THE MORNING THAN IT WILL BE IN THE AFTERNOON AS WE TALK ABOUT SATURDAY. SO RAINFALL POTENTIAL NOT MUCH, 2/10 OF AN INCH OF RAIN. THAT’S ABOUT IT OUT TO THE WEST, MAYBE A 10TH OF AN INCH OF RAIN. THAT’S REALLY LIGHT STUFF. SO NOTHING TO GET TOO WORRIED ABOUT THERE. THE WINDS, THEY’LL BE OFF THE OCEAN MOST OF SATURDAY MORNING AND THEN SATURDAY AFTERNOON, THEY KIND OF CHANGE DIRECTIONS, COME FROM THE NORTH AND PICK UP INTENSITY AND THAT THEN CHANNELS ALL THAT COLD AIR IN HERE. SATURDAY NIGHT, IT GETS WINDY SUNDAY, IT’S WINDY. AND IT’S COLD AIR MOVING IN. SO WHEN I PUT THAT ALL TOGETHER, THERE MIGHT BE A FEW SHOWERS AROUND PRE PARADE, YOU KNOW A FEW SPOTS HERE OR THERE. BUT TEMPERATURE WISE IT’S 54 DEGREES. AND THEN AS THE PARADE BEGINS, SHOULD BE JUST KIND OF CLOUDY BUT MILD. IT’S ALMOST AS WARM AS IT WAS LAST YEAR. BUT LAST YEAR WE HAD THE SUN. THIS YEAR WE HAVE THE CLOUDS AND AS I MENTIONED, THE WINDS ARE NOT REALLY THAT STRONG. THEY’RE COMING IN AT ABOUT 10 TO 15 MILES AN HOUR. SO AS YOU LOOK AT THE WEEKEND, YOUR SATURDAY, SOME MORNING SHOWERS AND THEN BREEZY CONDITIONS, YOUR SUNDAY COLD AND WINDY AND HIGH OF ONLY ABOUT 48 DEGREES. ALL RIGHT. HERE’S THE WAY IT LOOKS THEN OVER THE NEXT SEVEN DAYS, TOMORROW, LET’S ENJOY THAT LITTLE BIT OF EARLY FALL WEATHER AND THEN A LOT OF CLOUDS ON SATURDAY. BUT REALLY NOT THAT MUCH RAIN, BUT THE SHOWERS THAT DO HAPPEN WILL BE DURING THE MORNING. AND AS WE HEAD THROUGH THE AFTERNOON, THE WIND PICKS UP AND SUNDAY IS KIND OF COLD AND BREEZY AT THIS POINT. WE’LL COOL THE TEMPERATURES DOWN AS WE HEAD FOR MONDAY AND TUESDAY. NOW, THIS IS THE NEXT BIG THING COMING AT US AND THAT’S GOING TO BE WEDNESDAY. HUGE, HUGE TRAVEL DAY. WE’VE GOT RAIN COMING ALL THE WAY UP THE EAST COAST. SO IT MEANS D.C., PHILLY, NEW YORK, ALL HAVING RAIN ON WEDNESDAY. ANYTIME THAT HAPPENS, YOU KNOW, AIR TRAVEL IS GOING TO BE SLOWED DOWN. SO DO KEEP THAT IN MIND. IT SHOULD CLEAR,
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Massachusetts Thanksgiving week travel may be impacted by East Coast storm
Updated: 10:41 PM EST Nov 16, 2023
Massachusetts, New England and parts of the East Coast of the United States could have Thanksgiving week holiday travel impacted by heavy rain during one of the busiest travel times of the year.Meteorologists are keeping close watch on the timing of a system that is expected to develop over the mid-Atlantic states and move up the coast toward Boston and New England.”Anytime you have a storm along the I-95 corridor, the back-ups in one airport can be felt all along the eastern seaboard,” StormTeam 5 meteorologist Mike Wankum said. “This storm has the potential to impact a lot of travelers on one of the busiest travel days of the year.”Wankum said the timing of the system would bring rain into the Boston area around sunrise on Wednesday morning and exit toward Wednesday evening. The rain would start Tuesday afternoon in Washington, D.C., and progress northward toward New York City later in the day on Tuesday. AAA expects over 55 million travelers will head 50 miles or more from home over the five-day Thanksgiving holiday travel period.INRIX, a provider of transportation data and insights, expects Wednesday to be the busiest day on the roads during the Thanksgiving holiday travel period, with the worst travel time between 2 p.m. and 6 p.m. “It looks warm, so snow will not be a factor,” Wankum said. “Winds will likely crank up on Wednesday night.”
Massachusetts, New England and parts of the East Coast of the United States could have Thanksgiving week holiday travel impacted by heavy rain during one of the busiest travel times of the year.
Meteorologists are keeping close watch on the timing of a system that is expected to develop over the mid-Atlantic states and move up the coast toward Boston and New England.
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“Anytime you have a storm along the I-95 corridor, the back-ups in one airport can be felt all along the eastern seaboard,” StormTeam 5 meteorologist Mike Wankum said. “This storm has the potential to impact a lot of travelers on one of the busiest travel days of the year.”
Wankum said the timing of the system would bring rain into the Boston area around sunrise on Wednesday morning and exit toward Wednesday evening.
The rain would start Tuesday afternoon in Washington, D.C., and progress northward toward New York City later in the day on Tuesday.
AAA expects over 55 million travelers will head 50 miles or more from home over the five-day Thanksgiving holiday travel period.
INRIX, a provider of transportation data and insights, expects Wednesday to be the busiest day on the roads during the Thanksgiving holiday travel period, with the worst travel time between 2 p.m. and 6 p.m.
“It looks warm, so snow will not be a factor,” Wankum said. “Winds will likely crank up on Wednesday night.”