There will be a chance of showers and thunderstorms ahead of the cold front from Texas to the Great Lakes on Thanksgiving Day. Dry weather will hang around for Wednesday so no rain or snow to worry about in the Mitten as you hit the roads.
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Later in the week, a cold front will be followed Friday by snow and ice in western Kansas, western Oklahoma, and the Texas Panhandle, Weather.com reported. The National Weather Service said the snow would continue in IL and in on Saturday and move into MI.
Wednesday night, skies will be cloudy with a low of 51. The rain sticks around through the afternoon before beginning to taper off Friday evening.
In the basin, however, “turkey day and Friday should be mostly clear across the region”, according to the service. We’re not talking about a huge ice storm, but travel might get a bit tricky for the bargain grabbers/holidays shoppers into the wee morning hours of Black Friday. Ast winds are expected to become strong through the Columbia Gorge, with gusty winds possibly affecting the Portland area by Thanksgiving Day and continuing through the holiday weekend.
High pressure drifted nearly overhead during the night and early morning, allowing temperatures to fall to near freezing under calm winds.
Be ready for wintry weather conditions during your travels around metro Denver on Thanksgiving. San Francisco will be a little warmer with lows approaching the 40-degree mark.
Rain will fall from northern New England to the Ohio Valley on Friday morning before advancing across much of the Northeast during the afternoon. Shower chance rise from 30% Monday to 40% Tuesday. In an update Tuesday morning, the NWS said the storm would impact Thanksgiving travel Wednesday, the most traveled of the year.
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Central USA: Though the weather should be mainly calm on Tuesday for most of the central US, the weather will go downhill on Wednesday.
