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The National
Weather Service said it expected a strong winter storm to drop
heavy snow - as many as 15 inches (38 cm) in parts of the
Dakotas - across the northern plains on Christmas day, as well
as rain or even freezing rain as far east as Wisconsin.
The service warned that the freezing weather would make ground
travel near impossible in spots and could hamper the plans of
some of the 94 million Americans who, according to American
Automobile Association, were expected to travel by vehicle over
the holiday season.
"Holiday travel will likely be poor across much of the
northern-tier states," the weather service's Weather Prediction
Center said. The weather service also warned of dense fog for
large swaths of the country's southern and central regions,
bringing further difficulty to drivers.
For travelers making their holiday treks by air, flight tracking
website flightaware.com was reporting only a few dozen flight
cancellations or airport delays across the country as of early
on Christmas morning.
(Reporting by Curtis Skinner in San Francisco; Editing by Hugh
Lawson)
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