Thanksgiving Day storm snarls travel with snow and rain

Thanksgiving Day question was rocked by some dense rainfall and adjacent snowfall successful immoderate spots, leaving last-minute commuters trapped successful postulation oregon stuck wrong packed airports arsenic the vacation unreserved turned chaotic.

A high-impact wintertime storm moved implicit the northeast aboriginal Thursday, dumping snowfall connected parts of upstate New York and bluish New England, wherever wintertime upwind alerts are successful effect for astir 3 cardinal people.

The city — wherever temperatures are expected to highest successful the precocious 40s — was meanwhile, drenched with rain, arsenic was the remainder of the tristate area.

A balloon floats by on Central Park West during the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade, Thursday, Nov. 28 2024, successful New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)

The relentless precipitation is expected to persist passim the time and into the evening, according to the National Weather Service. And portion the gloomy conditions did not halt the millions of poncho-clad radical from enjoying the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, the aforesaid could not beryllium said for those battling the elements successful a bid to get location successful clip for dinner.

According to formation tracking website FlightAware, much than 700 flights into oregon retired of the United States were delayed connected Thursday and different 420 were canceled. The wintry upwind besides made question messy connected the ground, leaving roads and interstates slick with slush.

Gov. Kathy Hochul urged New Yorkers to usage caution if they’d not yet reached their Thanksgiving Day destination.

“As we stitchery this Thanksgiving, I promote each New Yorkers to remain vigilant, support an oculus connected section upwind updates, and instrumentality precautions portion traveling to articulation household and friends this vacation weekend,” she said successful a statement. “If you are traveling, delight program ahead, and prioritize information — for yourself and others — truthful we tin each bask this vacation with our loved ones safely and comfortably.”

The bedewed upwind is expected travel to an extremity successful New York between 5 and 6 p.m., NWS predicted, lone to beryllium followed up by a frigid blast, which is forecast to chill retired overmuch of the bluish and cardinal U.S.

“The archetypal significant Arctic outbreak of the play arrives successful the bluish Plains connected Thanksgiving,” the National Weather Service’s Weather Prediction Center said. “The acold volition beforehand farther southbound and eastbound done overmuch of the Plains and Midwest connected Friday and instrumentality astir done the weekend.”

Parts of New York State, including Buffalo and Watertown, could besides spot up to 6 to 18 inches of snow and upwind speeds of 35 mph.

A prolonged water effect snowfall lawsuit volition unfold done aboriginal adjacent week. To start, present are the question impacts done Friday. Travel conditions volition worsen Friday nighttime done the play arsenic aggregate feet of water effect snowfall accumulates. #nywx pic.twitter.com/psCkQ2kzbf

— NWS Buffalo (@NWSBUFFALO) November 27, 2024

“Travel volition beryllium precise hard to intolerable wrong the heaviest information of the band,” said the NSW warning. “The hazardous conditions volition interaction the Friday greeting and evening commutes.”

The National Weather Service successful effect has issued a Lake Effect Snow Warning for Oswego, Jefferson, and Lewis counties successful New York starting Friday astatine 7 a.m. until 7 p.m. connected Monday.