Thanksgiving Weather And Travel Forecast For Augusta, Maine

It's one of the biggest travel days of the year, but it will be made harder with a major winter storm bearing down on Maine.With that in mind, here is a list of resources to help you make safe travel decisions to have a happy Thanksgiving!

The weather forecast for Augusta calls for snow, heavy at times for Wednesday with travel conditions becoming dangerous as the snow accumulates. The National Weather Service's forecast can be found here.

Get any closings here.

Here is the radar image for the area from the National Weather Service as of 10 am. (Click here for the latest radar image.)

The storm is certain to cause flight delays all up and down the East Coast. If you are planning to fly anywhere, you should call your airline to check on flights before leaving.

The Portland Jetport has an easy-to-use online resource to find live arrival and departure information. Find that here. The same information for Boston's Logan Airport can be found here.

If you are driving anywhere this weekend, make sure you leave plenty of time to get to your destination safely. The Maine Turnpike posts travel advisories on its website. The Maine Turnpike Authority even has a series of live traffic cameras on its website so you can see live traffic conditions before leaving.

According to Maine Department of Public Safety Spokesman Steve McCausland, State Police are urging drivers to have themselves and their vehicles ready for the winter season.  The Chief of the State Police, Colonel Robert Williams, said drivers need to be planning ahead for any Thanksgiving-related travel and keeping a close eye on weather forecasts and road conditions.  Williams said, “when the storm hits, the best advice is to slow down.”

Williams said four people were killed during the four-day Thanksgiving weekend last year and five people lost their lives in traffic crashes during the holiday weekend in 2012.  The chief said all nine deaths were attributed to speed or driving too fast for road conditions.

Additional troopers will be working throughout the long weekend looking for aggressive and impaired drivers, and ready to assist motorists as a result of the storm.