Unwanted Sides Of Rain, Cold And Snow Could Complicate Thanksgiving Travel

In Chicago, the Kennedy Expressway is clogged with cars as rush-hour commuters and Thanksgiving holiday travelers mix on Wednesday — one of the busiest travel days of the year.

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This Thanksgiving, bitter — possibly record — cold could be served up alongside slices of turkey in the eastern U.S., while snow the day before could complicate travel on one of the busiest travel days of the year. Farther west, rain in the forecast could be disastrous for a region already devastated by wildfires.

A cold front moving through the Northeast on Wednesday was spreading some light snow in New England and the northern Mid-Atlantic, said David Roth, forecaster with the National Weather Service’s Weather Prediction Center.

“It really doesn’t take all that much to become a problem on the roadways,” Roth tells NPR.