Stormy weather to blanket the Eastern half of the U.S. and Pacific Northwest this weekend

This year's Christmas travel season has the potential to turn into a nightmare for Americans and more particularly those traveling into and out of the Eastern United States. Travelers and commuters coming into and out of the Eastern US are expected to be slammed with rain, fog, flooding and even possibly downed trees during the busiest travel day of the year on Thursday, with 110million people traveling by air, trains, and automobiles This year’s Christmas travel season could be a messy one - especially if you’re in the Eastern United States. Significant rain showers and winds are forecast to affect the eastern Great Lakes region, the Ohio Valley, and the Southeast By Saturday, the system will have moved further toward eastern Canada. Remnants of the system will result in rain in New England and Upstate New York The storm system will slowly make its way from the Southeast United States toward Eastern Canada as the weekend approaches On Sunday, the Eastern half of the U.S. will be mostly dry, as will the Great Plains, Midwest, and Southwest. But the Northwest is likely to see heavy precipitation, as are parts of the Ohio Valley On Monday, while most of the Eastern half of the US dries out, the Northwest is expected to get hit with rains Christmas day is expected to be moderate throughout most of the US, with rain and snow hitting the Northwest A white Christmas: Snowfall is expected to at least dust parts of the US on Tuesday Airline delays in the East are likely due to episodes of fog and a low cloud ceiling.