“And the good news is…” the wettest day of the holiday week will end up being Tuesday, with its rain being accompanied by gusty winds peaking over the Chautauqua Ridge and southwest Erie County. The only frozen precipitation could be found over higher terrain well southeast of Buffalo, and even that would be brief before turning over to plain rain:
Bit of a wintry mix over the higher terrain well to the SE of the metro area to start the wettest day of the week. The mix will turn to rain by late morning. pic.twitter.com/J9A4qu63Ns
— Don Paul (@donpaulbitsosun) November 21, 2023
That inclemency out of the way, we can look ahead to the biggest travel day, Wednesday. Nationally, of major airline hubs, only Boston seems to be at some risk for morning delays due to rain and gusty winds. This steady rain will already will have already moved away from NYC and middle Atlantic airports early in the day.
There will be a low risk of a few severe thunderstorms near the North Carolina coast, well away from hubs at Charlotte and Raleigh. Other than that, air travel will be in rather good shape across the rest of the lower 48 hubs. Problems associated with convection and the turbulence it produces will not be a problem except possibly near the southeast coastline away from the hubs, in this extended forecast from the Aviation Weather Center.
Locally, scattered showers Wednesday morning may provide some gloom, but have no delay potential at the Buffalo airport or cause problems on the roads.
The showers will thin out for the afternoon, though the gray sky will hold. The high temp will be seasonable, in the mid-upper 40s with a northwest breeze picking up to 12-18 mph putting a bite in the air.
Thanksgiving Day may start with a drab sky for the Turkey Trot, though nothing will be falling from the clouds. Wednesday night clouds will provide insulation, allowing morning lows to drop only to the upper 30s at dawn and the low 40s for the…
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