Post-Christmas travel will be impacted by snow and ice for the Northeast region of the U.S. as we move into the weekend. AccuWeather's Anna Azallion has more on travel conditions after the holiday.
00:00Snow, freezing rain, sleet, that's the main thing that's going to get in the way of any travel plans Friday.
00:05I know a lot of people heading home after spending Christmas with family, and you might want to rethink your travel plans, but let's dive into the details.
00:14So this all starts in the Northern Plains, the Great Lakes, Thursday night, and then moves into the Northeast as we go through Friday.
00:20So for most of the Northeast, Friday morning is okay, but by the time we get to the afternoon and evening, I mean, road conditions are going to be a mess.
00:28Expect delays at the airports as well.
00:31As far as snow totals, Philadelphia, you're looking at 1 to 3, switching over to sleet towards the end of this Saturday morning.
00:37New York City, you're looking at 3 to 6 inches of snow, and up to 8 inches is not out of the question.
00:43Then there's the ice.
00:44So into the Northeast, further north you go on our ice map, it's mostly sleet, but everybody else, we're talking about freezing rain, and we're looking at tenths of inches of accretion.
00:55Some of you could even see up to half an inch of freezing rain, which goes beyond bad road conditions.
01:00We're talking tree limbs down because of the amount of ice on them, and we're talking power outage as possible.
01:06So of course, we're looking at several of these areas where we're looking at this first including an inch of vision, and it's fairly easy to see people.
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