Overview
- AAA projects roughly 82 million people traveling at least 50 miles for the holiday, with INRIX identifying Tuesday and Wednesday afternoons as the worst road times and mornings as the best windows.
- The FAA expects more than 360,000 flights over the period, including over 52,000 on Tuesday, as the TSA prepares to screen nearly 18 million passengers this week.
- Forecasts highlight two storm systems likely to disrupt early-to-midweek travel, with heavy rain from Texas into the Southeast and a midweek push of colder air bringing snow potential in the Upper Midwest.
- A strong atmospheric river is forecast to drench the Pacific Northwest with torrential rain, coastal wind and mountain snow, most directly affecting Washington and Oregon with higher terrain impacts in Idaho and Montana.
- Weather-related delays are possible at major hubs including Atlanta, Charlotte, New York, Boston, Philadelphia, Chicago and Minneapolis, with forecasters noting ongoing uncertainty for late-week snow in the Northeast.