As millions of Americans hop in their cars or prepare to fly to their holiday destinations for the festive weekend wintry weather makes its way across the central and eastern United States.
More than 100million people are traveling during the period from Saturday December 23 to Monday, January 1, according to the AAA.
This will be the highest year-end travel volume on record and a 3.1 percent increase in travel volume compared to last year.
And that record number of people could hit major road blocks with areas of rain, ice and snow affecting popular travel routes and heavily populated areas up through Christmas Day.
Snow has already started to fall out West, with Winter Storm Dylan dumping roughly 40 inches in Montana’s Glacier National Park.
Snow is expected to start in the Midwest as Winter Storm Dylan starts to head across the country ahead of the holiday weekend
Dylan is expected to spread its wintry reach into the Great Lakes region and produce a mix of snow and ice in parts of the Northeast in time for the holiday travel
Snow has already started to fall out west, with Winter Storm Dylan dumping roughly 40 inches in Montana’s Glacier National Park
Other spots in Montana, Idaho and Washington state have also reported at least a foot of snow.
Dylan is expected to spread its wintry reach into the Great Lakes region and produce a mix of snow and ice in parts of the Northeast in time for the holiday travel.
Winter weather advisories and storm warnings were posted by the National Weather service between the Great Basin and Rockies to northern New England for the upcoming weekend, according to the Weather Channel.
Snow, sleet and freezing rain are expected to spread form the Great Lakes area towards part of the Northeast and New England.
That storm could also target areas down into the central and southern Appalachians and the Interstate 95 corridor, according to Accuweather forecasts.
The wet weather is expected to continue into Friday night and all of Saturday. The weather is also expected to spread into upstate New York.
Part of the storm will likely bring several inches of snow to the central Rockies and a few inches to the Upper Midwest early on Friday.
Winter weather advisories and storm warnings were posted by the National Weather service between the Great Basin and Rockies to northern New England for the upcoming weekend
The wet weather is expected to continue into Friday night and all of Saturday. The weather is also expected to spread into upstate New York
Part of the storm will likely bring several inches of snow to the central Rockies and a few inches to the Upper Midwest early on Friday
Christmas Eve could still see some precipitation and icy delays in the Midwest and Northwest
By Saturday night the forecast shows more than six inches of snow will have accumulated in parts of northern New England and upstate New York.
In the Boston area on Saturday the only precipitation expected is rain – which shouldn’t impact travel traffic too much.
Light rain and heavy clouds could cause delays in southern states such as Georgia, North Carolina and Tennessee on Friday and Saturday.
Temperatures around the country are expected to rise gradually during the day on Saturday – which could help thaw icy roads and ease the burden on anyone headed home for holidays.
Of those traveling, 97.4million will go by road, 6.4million by plane and 3.6million by trains, buses, rails and cruise ships.
