Posted on 11/25/2013 7:49:08 PM PST by metmom
Quartz meteorologist Eric Holthaus answered your questions about the Thanksgiving Eve storm, how it will affect holiday travel, and more. The video above is an archive of the chat. His original piece is below.
It looks increasingly certain that a major storm will hit the eastern half of the United States on the day before Thanksgiving, the busiest travel day of the year.
But here’s the twist: Don’t expect a white Thanksgiving in New York, Boston, or other big cities. Along the coast, the tempest will manifest itself more like a tropical storm than a snowy nor’easter. That means a deluge of heavy rain and sustained high winds—terrible travel conditions, by any definition.
In fact, a three- to four-inch blast of chilly rain is now expected across a broad swath of the southern and eastern US, including the major travel hubs of Dallas, Houston, Atlanta, Charlotte, DC, Philadelphia, New York, and Boston. If you plan to venture outside, this storm will likely find you.
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We’ve got freezing rain and icing conditions on the roads in the Austin TX area. Not fit for man nor beast out there!
“Your Tauntaun will freeze before you reach the first marker.”
I live in lake effect snow country and am no stranger to either lake-effect or nor-easters. We get one from one direction and the other from the other direction.
So snow doesn’t faze me.
Ice, on the other hand........
Safe to say, I’m glad I’m all stocked up for a while.
I am not where I want to be supply-wise for the winter, but I can get through this without blinking. Or at least not running to the store in a panic as if it’s TEOTWAWKI.
(You’d think people born and raised in NYS (snow country) would know better by the time they’re adults. Watch the weather forecast and keep an eye on your pantry and fridge.)
You’ve been here for winter?
Weather on its way.
It IS fun to laugh at all the idiots.
Makes me wonder what conditions are going to be for the Macy’s T-Day Parade. Santa might just need to be wearing a rain slicker over his red suit.
When I was doing a google search for information on the storm, there were some links to that.
Here’s one.
Approaching Nor’Easter Threatens Holiday Travel, Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade
FOTFLOL!!!!!
I am not going anywhere.
I bet metmom knows how to cut open a Wampa shelter inside of it and then turn it into an elegant and delicious breakfast the next morning!
No kidding. This storm started out here in California last Friday where we got quite a dumping of snow, before moving east and it was no big deal for us here in snow country.
I spent two weeks in DC during the winter but it wasn’t snowing then. I left just before a snowstorm showed up and closed DC down. But it was plenty cold for me.
I think (and hope) that Thanksgiving day will be OK. My daughter & family have to drive up to NJ from MD, but I’m telling her to just leave Thursday morning. NO WAY is she to drive here in some big old storm. Worse comes to worst we’ll have Thanksgiving on Friday, that’s what I figure.
LOL! If I see you in the check out line at Wally World, then I’ll buy you a pumpkin pie in the spirit of Thanksgiving. :)
If you see me in a checkout line a Wally World with a storm coming we will both be wanting some cold so skip the pie and bring on the ice cream!
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