Your Saturday travel outlook for Dec. 23

AccuWeather

Rain and snow could cause travel issues in a variety of places across the U.S. this Saturday. AccuWeather's Kevin Coskren has the details.

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00:00 Well, speaking of hitting the airwaves,

00:01 how about checking out the US flight

00:04 cancellation forecast exclusively

00:05 from Accuweather and for each of

00:07 the next five days through the

00:08 holiday weekend into next week,

00:10 we've got 100 or less cancellations

00:12 that are forecast now that may seem

00:14 like a lot, but consider that in

00:16 the middle of summer when we have

00:17 a lot of thunderstorms, this number

00:19 is routinely as high as 300 to 400.

00:21 So in the winter season,

00:23 if you don't have any really big storms

00:25 going in any of the really big cities,

00:27 usually you're between 50 and 100,

00:29 and that's what we are moving forward.

00:31 And now here's your Saturday travel

00:33 outlook across the lower 48.

00:34 You see the areas of concern here.

00:36 We've got some rain here in the Ohio

00:38 Valley to the Great Lakes snow north

00:40 of the border and also into the West.

00:42 That's where we have big problems

00:44 up in the morning.

00:45 Phoenix will have some flooding,

00:46 which is could be going on tonight,

00:48 and then we have some morning

00:50 fog in Minneapolis.

00:50 Morning rain in Chicago showers in

00:52 Dallas which will give you some delays.

00:54 The rain will become heavier in

00:56 Dallas on Saturday night into Sunday,

00:58 though, and Denver you'll have rain

00:59 during the day on Saturday with

01:01 highs in the 50s and then you'll

01:03 turn colder and it'll turn into snow

01:05 into the end of the weekend.

01:06 Couple of inches of snow for you.

01:08 So here's a closer look at the Southwest,

01:10 which is an area we've been dealing

01:12 with a lot for tough weather lately.

01:14 We're going to have rain early

01:16 in the morning here in Phoenix.

01:18 There could be some flooding concerns there,

01:20 and then that storm system presses east.

01:22 Rain in Denver during the day.

01:23 Snow into Saturday night and

01:25 Sunday in the Mile High City.

01:26 High tomorrow in the I-5 corridor cities.

01:28 Some snow in Helena coding to an inch for

01:31 you but more in the mountains Salt Lake City.

01:33 You've got a wintry mix as you

01:35 head toward the central plains.

01:37 We have some rain here across

01:38 Nebraska with a little bit of snow

01:40 onto the front range of the mountains.

01:43 And then as we look at areas farther

01:45 South, some rain will turn heavier

01:47 as we head into Saturday night.

01:50 Michelle.

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