Thanksgiving weather live updates: 'Bomb cyclone' and Midwest snow snarl travel for millions

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It’s the perfect recipe for a Thanksgiving travel nightmare. Not one, not two, but three powerful storm systems will make travel difficult to near impossible at times both before and after Thursday’s holiday.

A record-breaking “bomb cyclone” crashed ashore in the Pacific Northwest on Tuesday night, bringing winds gusting over 100 mph and feet of snow in some areas. That storm system will continue to dump snow in the Sierra Nevada while bringing heavy rain, coastal flooding and even isolated thunderstorms to Southern California. It will also spread rain and snow into Utah, Nevada and Colorado.

Meanwhile, a “kitchen sink” storm barreling through the Plains and Upper Midwest has already manifested itself in offering the worst of every season. Tornadoes touched down in Louisiana, while thundersnow and thundersleet rattled Nebraska. This is coming on the heels of Denver’s snowiest day in three years.

The snow is targeting the Great Lakes this hour, as strong winds spread over much of the Mississippi and Ohio valleys. The winds, gusting up to 60 mph at times, threaten to snarl air travel into and out of Chicago’s major hubs at O’Hare and Midway airports.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/transportation/2019/11/27/thanksgiving-travel-weather/?wpisrc=al_news__alert-national&wpmk=1

[912gdm]

1. I worked in the airline industry for about 10 years.

I hated Thanksgiving weekend because every year there is some system that messes with a hub that causes problems.

I feel for these people, but this is nothing new.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

2. I was a ticket agent at National Airport for a full ten years.

Almost every year the weather was bad on at least one side of the holiday. Some years, on both sides. One year weather was good the entire weekend, and we joyfully shell-shocked.

I learned to hate holidays.