Some wintery weather has the potential to make this year’s Thanksgiving travel difficult and dangerous.
The National Weather Service has posted a Winter Storm Watch which will remain in effect from Wednesday morning through late Wednesday night.
“We believe there is definitely going to be some snow,” says Accuweather Senior Meteorologist Bob Larson. “The question is how much.”
Exactly how much snow the area will see will depend on the exact path of the storm. However, since the storm is so large – impacting most of the East Coast – Larson has little doubt that State College will see somewhere between two to four inches of snow.
Larson says areas of the East Coast that don’t see snowfall will still be on the receiving end of rain and winds, which may delay flights on Wednesday. The snowfall will also impact ground travel on a day where roads are already busy.
“I think this is going to lead to some holiday travel headaches all across the Mideast and Atlantic region,” Larson says.
The snowfall will likely begin before noon on Wednesday, stopping sometime before midnight. Larson says that snow probably won’t begin piling up on the roads until later in the evening, which is when travel will begin to get more dangerous.
Larson advises holiday travelers that Northeast Pennsylvania up through New York and interior New England will see the brunt of the storm with a predicted six to ten inches of snow, making travel in this direction particularly dicey.
This storm will come only days after a warm spell that may break a record that’s over a century old. Monday saw temperatures in the mid-60s, with an “unofficial high” of 66. Larson says that if this temperature matches up with Penn State’s official report, Monday will break the 64 degree record high for November 20, set all the way back in 1896.
Temperatures will sink into the 30s by Thanksgiving, which is closer to the average for this time of the year.
“Last week we saw high temperatures in the 20s and lows in the teens,” Larson says. “We’re not looking at anything that fierce this week, but it will be cold enough to cause problems.”
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