Live updates: Thanksgiving holiday travel kicks off

A potent winter storm will impact pre-Thanksgiving travel for much of the northern tier of the US today and tomorrow.

More than 10 million people in at least nine states from Montana to New York have winter alerts posted for the storm system.

Upper Midwest: Cold rain will change over to snow across the Upper Midwest later today as the storm cranks into gear.

The heaviest snow will fall from the eastern Dakotas through northern Wisconsin and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, with totals expected to climb over one foot in some locations.

Rain will change over to snow late this evening in Minneapolis-St.
Paul, where 4 to 8 inches of snow will pile up by tomorrow morning. It will be the Twin Cities’ first accumulating snowfall of the season.

Great Lakes: Much of the eastern Great Lakes will see poor travel conditions because of the winter storm on Wednesday. Rain in the eastern Great Lakes will change over to lake-effect snow by late Wednesday and continue through Thanksgiving.

Ohio Valley: Rain can be expected for those traveling across the Ohio Valley on Tuesday as a separate storm system that brought severe weather to the South on Monday pushes north and east. Thankfully, the storms will have lost much of their intensity and will just bring some nuisance wet weather to Ohio Valley and Appalachia.

Northeast: Rain and low clouds could impact air travel across the busy Northeast airports starting Tuesday afternoon and evening with a few issues lingering into Wednesday morning.

The West: The next storm system moving into the area will bring a steady, cold rain to Seattle and Portland, Oregon, today that will last into tomorrow, but the rest of the West Coast looks to stay clear of any weather-related travel disruptions.