Richmond, VA – Thanksgiving travelers across Virginia could encounter changing weather conditions from November 18–24, with concerns about rain, mountain snow and potentially icy roads as holiday traffic builds along some of the East Coast’s busiest highways.
According to NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center, its November 10 precipitation outlook highlights an increased likelihood of above-normal precipitation across a broad area of the United States from Wednesday, November 18, through Tuesday, November 24. The strongest wetter-than-normal signals are concentrated farther west, so a significant storm affecting Virginia is not yet established.
However, the approaching Thanksgiving travel period makes the potential movement of weather systems toward the Mid-Atlantic important to monitor, particularly along Interstate 81, Interstate 95 and Interstate 64…