Northeast blasted by snow, rain as airports face Thanksgiving travel delays

On November 22, 2024By Littum

As Thanksgiving travelers hit the road, a potent winter storm system across the Northeast could potentially cause travel delays and disruptions.

NEW YORK – When Thanksgiving travelers hit the road, a potent winter storm system across the Northeast could potentially cause travel delays and disruptions.

Low pressure will spin over the region into Saturday, resulting in significant rain and snow for millions of people.

Snow is felt overnight in Moscow, Pennsylvania, making roads treacherous for drivers.

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Greater Binghamton Airport in Johnson City, New York is closed due to worsening winter weather. Delays and cancellations have been reported at other major airport hubs in New York, Boston and Washington.

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Most of the New England and parts of the Northeast are likely to see only beneficial rain from this event due to warm air flowing in from the Atlantic Ocean. The higher elevations and locations directly below the cold upper level low pressure system will see heavy snow.

Fort Blackmore, Virginia received 5-8 inches of snow overnight and more is on the way.

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Winter storm warnings remain in effect for areas of West Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania and New York, while parts of Tennessee, North Carolina and Kentucky is also under alert for winter weather.

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Northeast Pennsylvania and Catskills of New York expected to see the heaviest accumulations, with up to a foot accumulating by the second half of the weekend.

This graphic shows the expected snow totals in the mid-Atlantic and Northeast.
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The FOX Forecast Center said heavy snow is falling in the Allegheny Mountains West Virginia, Maryland and Pennsylvania, for residents over 1,000 feet in elevation.

Only dusting to a few centimeters is possible across lower elevations where air and soil temperatures are warmer.

Expected rainfall amounts in the Northeast and New England should remain in the 1-2 inch range, although locally higher amounts of 2-3 inches or more are possible in some areas.

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The precipitation expected to help ease some of the record drought conditions and reduce forest fire threat that has plagued the region. More than 7 inches of snow have been reported in the area surrounding the deadly Jennings Creek fire smoldering along the New Jersey-New York border, the FOX Forecast Center said.

Behind this storm system, the coldest air of the season will flow south out of Canada in the days after Thanksgiving and into early December. Much of the country will experience below-average temperatures as travelers head home, the FOX Forecast Center said.

Across the northern plains, low temperatures could drop below -10 degrees in some of these areas, with even lower wind chills.