From snow in the Upper Midwest to severe storms in the Southeast to returning rain in the Pacific Northwest, weather could cause widespread travel problems in the U.S. on Dec. 9.
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00:00 looking ahead to the travel forecast
00:01 for your Saturday and we've got some
00:03 problems in the Pacific Northwest.
00:05 Another big storm is coming in.
00:06 There will be some minor delays there
00:08 in Seattle and also Portland.
00:11 Meantime, some snow in the upper Midwest,
00:13 some minor delays, Minneapolis,
00:15 a little bit showery in Chicago
00:17 in the morning and here into Dallas.
00:20 Minor delays in the afternoon
00:21 with increasing winds.
00:23 Atlanta also has rain,
00:24 so a lot of these airports could have
00:26 some problems here on Saturday in
00:28 the Northwest. Our next big storm is
00:30 set to move in as we head into Saturday
00:32 and it will impact the two big cities
00:34 up there, Seattle and Portland.
00:35 There'll be some snow in the mountains
00:37 and there could be some issues at the
00:39 passes before warmer air moves in later
00:41 in the weekend. So your Saturday
00:42 forecast in the Southwest.
00:43 We don't have any delays in Los Angeles,
00:46 but if you're traveling around
00:47 LA in the outskirts,
00:48 there could be some pretty strong
00:50 winds with a Santa Ana wind
00:51 event developing there.
00:52 Meantime, if you look in the upper Midwest,
00:54 we do have some minor delays between
00:56 Omaha with strong winds to Minneapolis
00:58 with some light snow and also breezy
01:00 conditions. There could be some blowing
01:02 snow up here in Bismarck, North Dakota.
01:04 There's snow already on the ground there
01:06 and it will be pretty windy for the
01:08 first half of the weekend. Farther South,
01:10 we're going to go for major delays
01:12 here on Little Rock, Arkansas.
01:14 We know they're going to be right in
01:16 the thick of the greatest threat area.
01:18 For severe thunderstorms in the
01:20 afternoon evening and also down to
01:21 Houston, New Orleans will see some
01:23 showers during the day, but a better
01:25 chance for storms on Saturday night.
01:27 In the Big Easy across the Southeast,
01:29 we got major delays there for
01:31 Nashville with thunderstorms moving
01:32 in later in the day into the evening
01:34 and minor delays in the Atlanta.
01:36 Also across the Ohio Valley.
01:38 It's pretty stormy there folks,
01:39 so there'll be some delays
01:40 there with the heavy rain.