Traffic, weather in NC if you’re driving home after Thanksgiving

It’s the Sunday after Thanksgiving, a.ok.a. the largest journey day of the yr. In case you haven’t already left your vacation vacation spot to get again house, we’ve some visitors and climate updates for you.

Right here’s what to find out about driving in North Carolina on Sunday, Nov. 27:

Sunday after Thanksgiving NC visitors

Try DriveNC.gov earlier than you head out for real-time street updates, like building delays and automobile crashes.

As of 11 a.m. Sunday, DriveNC had a full-state alert for “heavy congestion attributable to vacation journey.”

Sunday after Thanksgiving NC climate

Anticipate a wet Sunday with remoted possibilities of storms and tornadoes. However Nick Luchetti, meteorologist at Raleigh’s Nationwide Climate Service, doesn’t suppose that’s trigger to remain off the street.

Flash flooding shouldn’t be anticipated, although this climate can result in diminished visibility.

“The likelihood is low, however there may be considerably of an opportunity,” Luchetti mentioned. “That’ll largely be east and south of Raleigh later this afternoon, between 1 and 4 p.m.

“The prospect of this hitting precisely the place you’re driving is slim, however you will get heavier rain with these climate occasions that may scale back visibility and make it harder to drive.”

There is perhaps heavier downpours alongside I-95 in that timeframe, he added. In case you’re driving on this climate, right here’s what you must do:

• Before everything, decelerate.

• Flip in your fog lights.

• Go away additional house between your automobile and the one in entrance of you.

• Pull off the street and await the heavy rain to move if that makes you’re feeling extra protected.

This story was initially revealed November 27, 2022 11:17 AM.

Kimberly Cataudella (she/her) is a service journalism reporter for The Information & Observer.