MINEOLA, N.Y. (AP) – One of the busiest, most stressful travel days of the year posed special challenges in the crowded Washington-to-Boston corridor as travelers on their way to Thanksgiving celebrations contended with a nor’easter packing rain and snow.
Major Northeast cities were likely to see moderate to heavy rain most of the day on Wednesday, though New York and other places also were gearing up for several inches of snow, National Weather Service meteorologist Bruce Sullivan said.
Higher elevation areas west of the Interstate 95 corridor could see as much as 6 to 12 inches before the nor’easter exits Wednesday night.
“Right now we don’t see snow as a big issue in most of the major cities like Washington, Philadelphia and New York,” Sullivan said. “The snow is really going to have to come down to get any type of accumulation.”
Some travelers did not wait for the precipitation to start before heading for their holiday dinner tables.