Traveling soon? Here are maps you need to reduce travel woes

Travel delays are possible across the South through this weekend, so if you are hitting the roads or the skies, you should watch the forecast closely.

A cold front brings showers and thunderstorms the eastern half of the U.S. and could cause some delays in Dallas, Atlanta, Tampa and DC airports while dampening driving and other outdoor plans in dozens of cities across the South.

See our maps below to see which days will be the worst on your route.

Elsewhere, pack the shorts and t-shirts if you’re traveling to Los Angeles, Reno, Las Vegas or Portland through this weekend. The west faces a return of triple-digit temps with an October heat wave.

C​urrent weather

Radar

Satellite

C​urrent winds at cruising altitude

Flyers will generally travel faster eastward with the jet stream and slower flying westward against strong headwinds. The jet stream is shown by the ribbons of faster-moving air shaded in purples, pinks and whites on the map below.

Running temperatures

N​ear-term forecast on the roads

Current weather alerts

F​orecast weather

B​elow are the forecast weather conditions and high temperatures over the next six days.

R​ain forecast