Snowstorms to Disrupt US Travel Ahead of Thanksgiving

Just as millions of people across the country prepare to travel for Thanksgiving, A powerful winter storm is set to blast portions of the U.s. with heavy snow, cold temperatures, strong winds and rain.

The second in a pair of storms set to sweep across the U.S. this week, is actually the first widespread winter storm of the season.

While torrential rain is leading to fears of flooding, The first storm system has the potential to produce severe weather, including possible tornadoes, in portions of the southern and central Plains on Sunday and Monday.

The FOX Forecast Center says that since the start of November, 3-12 inches of rain has fallen across the region. The southern Plains has been no stranger to heavy precipitation over the past few weeks.

It has certainly helped the droght situation, but more rain has forecasters concerned that flash flooding could occur.

As people plan on traveling ahead of Thanksgiving, The FOX Forecast Center says that the second storm could have a more widespread impact.

in the Ohio River Valley and Great Lakes region and will rapidly develop as the first storm system exits the U.S. to the north into Canada, A powerful low pressure system is expected.

Bringing the threat of high winds across the region into the eastern U.S. The FOX Forecast Center says that this new low will significantly intensify as it spins over the Great Lakes later this week.

Trailing winds are expected to bring in enough cold air to support a large band of snow somewhere in the Ohio River Valley, As the storm drifts off into the mid-Atlantic and Northeast toward the end of the week.

The coldest air will be on the southern side of the system and blow into the Appalachian Mountains.

by the end of the week into the weekend, It’s that area, the FOX Forecast Center said, that snowfall is possible across portions of the inland Ohio Valley, the northern mid-Atlantic, and the interior Northeast.