A high-impact winter storm packed with heavy snowfall and rain has moved toward the Northeast, causing last-minute travel disruptions as millions of people across the U.S. gather with family and friends for the Thanksgiving holiday .
The storm’s impact is widespread and extends from New England and the Northeast to the Mid-Atlantic and Southeast, where severe weather and possible tornadoes are expected through Thanksgiving Day.
Where is the heaviest snow going to fall on Thanksgiving?
There has been heavy snowfall in the interior parts of the Northeast and the cold weather is expected to continue and snowfall will continue during the day and till Thursday night. This will slow down travel on roads and highways leading up to Thanksgiving Day celebrations.
A video shared from New York shows heavy snow falling from the system on Interstate 90 near the Amsterdam area.
The Fox Forecast Center said the highest snowfall is expected in higher elevations in the interior parts of the Northeast.
It includes the Catskills, Poconos, Adirondacks, and Green and White Mountains.
The highest peaks could see up to a foot of snow, while valley areas will struggle to see more than an inch or two of snow accumulation due to warm surface temperatures.
The snowfall is set to have a major impact on holiday travel, with major highways such as Interstate 90, Interstate 87, Interstate 91 and Interstate 93 experiencing hazardous conditions during the day.
Several inches of snow have already fallen in parts of inland New York and Pennsylvania and more snow will increase as the winter storm continues.
As of Thursday morning, about 4 inches of snow had fallen in Cortez, Pennsylvania, and about 3 inches in LaPorte.
Snow is also accumulating in New York state and some communities have already received more than half a foot of snowfall.
Due to the Thanksgiving winter storm in the Northeast, a Winter Weather Alert has been issued for the entire region.
Winter storm warnings and winter weather advisories are in effect for parts of New York, Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine, and most of them will remain in effect until at least Black Friday.
Due to heavy snowfall in the South, rain fell in the Northeast and areas of New England that are close to the coast, including the I-95 corridor in cities such as Boston, New Haven, Connecticut, New York City and Philadelphia. ,
Rainfall is also beginning to extend as far south as Mid-Atlantic cities like Baltimore and Washington and is expected to impact air travel during the day at some of the nation’s busiest airports.
Parts of the Southeast and Mid-Atlantic are also seeing impacts from the winter storm, but these impacts come as a severe weather threat.
The Fox Forecast Center said a series of storms associated with the winter storm will develop during the day Thursday, and some of them could be severe.
NOAA’s Hurricane Prediction Center (SPC) has highlighted areas from New Orleans and the Gulf Coast to the Southeast where hurricane risk is highest.
As a result, the SPC placed more than 18 million people at a Level 1 out of 5 risk of severe weather on its 5-point severe hurricane risk scale.
The biggest threat will be from storm surges that could produce damaging wind gusts, but there is also a chance that a tornado or two could spawn.
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