Travel throughout Massachusetts, New England and parts of the East Coast of the United States will be impacted by wet and windy travel during the Thanksgiving week holiday, one of the busiest travel times of the year.Meteorologists are keeping a 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. The system is expected to bring precipitation into the Boston area around sunrise on Wednesday morning and exit toward Wednesday evening.”Timing out that 11 o’clock hour on Tuesday, with some snow mixing in for some higher elevations, especially to the north. Mainly a rainmaker and it is windy too,” StormTeam 5 Meteorologist Kelly Ann Cicalese. “I would say by Wednesday night, though, we dry and all is good for your Thursday travel.” 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.
Travel throughout Massachusetts, New England and parts of the East Coast of the United States will be impacted by wet and windy travel during the Thanksgiving week holiday, one of the busiest travel times of the year.
Meteorologists are keeping a 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.
The system is expected to bring precipitation into the Boston area around sunrise on Wednesday morning and exit toward Wednesday evening.
“Timing out that 11 o’clock hour on Tuesday, with some snow mixing in for some higher elevations, especially to the north. Mainly a rainmaker and it is windy too,” StormTeam 5 Meteorologist Kelly Ann Cicalese. “I would say by Wednesday night, though, we dry and all is good for your Thursday travel.”
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.