Name: Whose road travel Christmas week could be slowed by weather?
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Description: For those of you hitting the highways to see family or friends this Christmas week, the weather may have plans to impede your progress. The West in particular will see days of inclement weather, especially along Interstate 5 from Seattle to San Diego. The Northeast will see a separate storm that could cause some delays on Interstates 95 and 90.

For those of you hitting the highways to see family or friends this Christmas week, the weather may have plans to impede your progress. The West in particular will see days of inclement weather, especially along Interstate 5 from Seattle to San Diego. The Northeast will see a separate storm that could cause some delays on Interstates 95 and 90.

Weather forecasts indicate that road travel during Christmas week in the United States could be affected by adverse conditions in several regions. The worst travel times are expected to be between 1 PM and 7 PM on both December 21st and 22nd, with early morning hours recommended for safer travel.

Rain and wintry mixes are anticipated along major corridors such as I-10, I-55, I-90, and I-70, especially impacting the West, South, and Northeast. Cities like Chicago are expected to remain clear, while the Northeast may see slippery conditions from freezing rain and snow, and the South will experience unseasonably warm temperatures on Christmas Day.

Whose road travel Christmas week could be slowed by weather?

Sunday, December 21st worst time to travel is going to be 1 PM to 7 PM. Put that in there to think about that 1 PM to 17 PM and the best time to travel before 11 o'clock in the morning. So again, the early bird definitely gonna be getting the worm as we go towards tomorrow again. If you're gonna be hitting the road, we're gonna be dealing with some nasty weather back off towards the west there. Once again, we have to watch this 55 quarter that I 10 quarter as well down off towards the south here elsewhere. Chicago, you're looking pretty good. Plenty of sunshine coming in across the area. But then Monday, December 22nd worst time to travel 1 PM to 7 PM. Best time to travel will be before 10 a.m. And on your Monday, this is what we're working with. Still, the same place is going to be dealing with plenty of rain coming in across the area back down off towards that I 10 quarter once again, 55. But the East Coast, you're looking pretty good until we head to your Tuesday. This is what we could be dealing with a little bit of a mix happening across this area with the watch that 90 quarter 70 quarter out there as well. In New York, we could be dealing with some snow, some rain coming in across the area, and then we focus in across the northeast here on your Tuesday. And once again, this is where we're gonna be watching this area here, where we could see the pink. That's where it's gonna be really slippery out there dealing with some of that freezing rain, plain snow all the way up towards Bangor around Burlington as well with those temperatures in the twenties as we head towards Christmas Eve. Yes, again, back off towards the West Coast. We're gonna be dealing with a mess there, but we're gonna be quite warm across the south here. Dallas coming at 81 degrees as we head towards Christmas Day. Atlanta, you're gonna be at 74

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