Land Rovers in heavy snow in Vermont
As one of busiest travel periods of 2024 draws to a close – the U.S. Transportation Security Administration said that it expects some 40 million people between December 19 and January 2, 2024 to traverse its portholes – a series of major storms is expected to affect travel in the western and southern United States.
The National Weather Service said in an early Friday morning statement that the center of the nation will see dense fog, while there will be severe thunderstorms across the South, and a parade of Pacific Storms will continue in the west.
“[A] Series of Pacific storms will continue to significantly impact portions of the West through this last weekend of 2024,” the NWA said. “Strong winds, high surf, heavy lower elevation rain and heavy mountain snow [are] expected.”
“Across the Plains, low visibility and dense fog will make for travel difficulties as warmer air lifts north,” the agency added. “This will fuel severe thunderstorms across several southern states on Saturday.”
As of Friday at 1:30 p.m., 98 flights had been cancelled within, into, and out of the United States, and an additional 3,677 had been delayed. On Thursday, those figures were 791 and 1,198 respectively.
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