More wintry weather could complicate travel leading up to the Thanksgiving holiday, according to forecasts across the United States, while a federal agency has issued a warning over air traffic controller shortages.
The National Weather Service (NWS) office in Sacramento, California, issued a winter storm warning for the Sierra Nevada through Tuesday, with heavy snow expected at higher elevations and wind gusts potentially reaching 55 mph. Total snowfall of roughly four feet was forecast, with the heaviest accumulations expected on Monday and Tuesday.
Winter storm warnings and advisories were also in effect in parts of Idaho, Montana, Colorado, Utah, Nevada, upstate New York, Vermont, New Hampshire, Maine, Alaska, and New Mexico, according to an NWS map issued on Monday….