November 26, 2014
The busiest travel day of the year (click here) is being snarled by a massive storm system moving up the East Coast and threatening Thanksgiving plans for millions of Americans, reports CBS News correspondent Vicente Arenas
The busiest travel day of the year (click here) is being snarled by a massive storm system moving up the East Coast and threatening Thanksgiving plans for millions of Americans, reports CBS News correspondent Vicente Arenas
"It's gonna get pretty crazy with the weather. It's usually crazy with the holidays anyway, but with the weather, it's gonna be even more crazy," traveler Chris Tieuli said.
Air travel across the country is already seeing an impact from the storm -- nearly 4,000 flights were delayed Tuesday and 138 were cancelled. Airlines are bracing for more of those numbers today as the storm moves into the Northeast.
Nina Francis is trying to fly home to Arizona from New York's La Guardia Airport, but is worried the weather won't cooperate....
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November 26, 2014
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The Weather Channel Current Temperatures
The east coast is going to receive storms, but, they should not feel alone as the rest of the nation has a challenge of frigid temperatures ahead of them, too.
The Weather Channel24 Hour Temperature Change Map
November 26, 2014
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This is a difference temperature map than any other Thanksgiving Day. There are temperature changes in the double digit across of most of the country. It makes for travel concerns.
To realize how strange this is, Florida is bizarre. It is interesting, the more inland on the east coast the colder the temperature change. The Outer Banks of North Carolina and the tip of Florida have warmer air. The Ocean. The oceans don't change temperature as quickly as the air. Where there are communities surrounded by ocean the temperatures show a warmer temperature than average. The warmer ocean effects the immediate air temperatures, but, that warmer air does not radiate inland.
Southern Florida is surrounded on three side by ocean, Gulf and Atlantic. The tip of Florida and the Outer Banks also receive warmer water from the Gulf Stream. These areas that stand in defiance to general trends and understanding are considered micro-environments. They can occur anywhere depending on atmospheric and geological conditions. Cool stuff.
