Your Tuesday travel forecast for Dec. 5

From the Midwest to the Pacific Northwest, AccuWeather's Kevin Coskren explains where the weather could cause travel issues this Tuesday.

Transcript

00:00 All right, we've got a travel forecast here for tomorrow,

00:02 which is going to leave the windy city

00:04 having some problems perhaps,

00:06 especially people that are driving.

00:08 I think the airport's going to be okay,

00:09 but Chicago will have a light wintry mix,

00:12 especially early in the day

00:13 that could bring you some slick roads.

00:15 A coating to an inch of snow is possible.

00:18 Also a departing storm in New England

00:20 is going to get out of the picture.

00:21 So that's improving conditions for you.

00:23 But here in the Northwest,

00:24 we've been talking about the atmospheric river.

00:27 Surges of moisture are going to be coming in there

00:30 through Tuesday, flooding downpours in the city,

00:33 in the foothills.

00:34 It's going to be dangerous

00:35 whether you're traveling by land

00:37 or some of the airports may even have some issues as well.

00:39 So those are the big areas.

00:41 Chicago down into the lower Great Lakes

00:44 and then also up into the Pacific Northwest

00:46 where there'll be some delays here from Seattle to Portland

00:50 and into other portions of Western Oregon.

00:53 By Wednesday, that heavy rain

00:55 will make its way into Northern California.

00:57 Looking at Tuesday across the Great Lakes,

00:59 you've got some issues here around Lake Michigan

01:01 with some rain and snow.

01:02 Again, a coating to an inch of snow is possible

01:05 in Chicago, in Detroit.

01:07 And as we head farther east toward Erie, PA,

01:10 the travel delays will be minor.

01:11 But if you're, again, driving in the morning

01:14 and again in the evening tomorrow,

01:15 there could be some slippery roads

01:17 with some light rain and snow.