Millions of 4th of July travelers face potential storm-related delays across US

Eastern storms footwear disconnected July 4th vacation question week

A grounds 61.6 cardinal radical are expected to question for the July 4th holiday, according to AAA. FOX Weather Correspondent Robert Ray reports from the roadworthy connected his mode to New Orleans. Storms are forecast crossed aggregate interstates successful the Southeast aboriginal this week. 

MIAMI – Fourth of July travelers are successful for postulation and formation delays this week arsenic a cold front pushing crossed the U.S. is forecast to bring storms to the eastbound fractional of the country, which could culminate successful a washout connected July Fourth for the Southeast.

AAA is predicting a record-breaking 72.2 cardinal Americans volition travel for the holiday, owed successful portion to America's day falling connected a Friday this year, creating a three-day weekend. 

The FOX Forecast Center is tracking unsettled upwind up of a acold beforehand moving crossed the state aboriginal this week. For those hoping to get an aboriginal commencement connected the celebration, question disruptions are imaginable aboriginal this week from the Ohio Valley to the Southeast. 

Fourth of July week upwind setup aboriginal successful the week.

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On Monday, arsenic the acold beforehand sags crossed New England, immoderate stronger thunderstorms are imaginable crossed large cities from Tampa successful Florida to Cleveland successful Ohio to Pittsburgh successful Pennsylvania. These storms could origin ripple-effect delays crossed the state for hose travelers. 

By Tuesday, the pugnacious question conditions volition widen to the Northeast formation hubs arsenic storms occurrence on the Interstate 95 corridor. Thunderstorms could interaction question up and down this region, including cities specified arsenic New York, Boston, Washington, Baltimore, Atlanta and Tallahassee, Florida.

On Wednesday, things adust retired for the Northeast, Midwest and bluish Plains, but the Southeast continues to look tempest chances. Stormy conditions are imaginable on the coastal Carolinas done Georgia, with expanding thunderstorm enactment crossed Florida arsenic tropical moisture contributes to the drenching this week. 

The National Hurricane Center tagged an area to ticker disconnected the Southeast coast aboriginal this week, with immoderate imaginable improvement heading into the vacation weekend. Regardless of immoderate development, tropical downpours are apt for Florida. 

For the vacation itself, stormy conditions volition stay for the Southeast, particularly successful Florida. In the Southwest, monsoon moisture and tropical moisture volition lend to tempest chances for the Four Corners region. 

Meanwhile, the West Coast, Ohio Valley, mid-Atlantic and Northeast look to person the champion forecast for Fourth of July celebrations. 

Cities including Columbus, Ohio, St. Louis and Chicago person favorable conditions for Independence Day. 

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