Wednesday Night's Driving Forecast: Improving. Here's Info If You are Driving, Flying, or Going by Train

If you watch TV news you've heard it a million (perhaps more) times. Wednesday is the busiest travel day of the year. While some news organizations couch it by saying one of the busiest travel days (Sunday might be worse) the bottom line is an awful lot of people are hitting the road Wednesday afternoon and evening.

Going by Car

If you're driving anywhere in the Mid-Atlantic region the outlook for the driving in the hours leading up to Thanksgiving is basically: rainy, but improving.

The National Weather Service forecast calls for rain to taper off later on Wednesday evening in the Tredyffrin-Easttown area.

If you're heading to upstate New York or the mountainous regions of New England, the NWS forecast say be prepared to hit snow. According to the weather service "A total 4 to 8 inches of snow, along with pockets of light freezing rain, is expected to fall by this afternoon across the higher elevations of upstate New York and across Vermont/New Hampshire into Maine, making travel difficult."

Going by Plane

If you're flying the forecast for parts of northern New England is anything but sunny: "Low Ceilings, poor visibility, and gusty winds are expected to cause significant delays to air traffic and affect major airports of the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast today"

If you are flying out of Philadelphia International Airport or going to pick someone up on an arriving flight, you can check the status of your flight on the airpot's website by clicking here.

Going by Train

If you are leaving from Paoli or another station along the Main Line, or going from 30th Street Station give yourself some extra time today. 30th Street is Amtrak's third busiest hub in the country and volume will be extraordinarily high Wednesday and Sunday. You can check the status of any Amtrak train by clicking here for Amtrak's website.

SEPTA regional rail service is also expected to carry heavy volumes of homebound commuters starting earlier than usual today. You can click here for a link to the regional rail website. If you are looking for the Paoli-Thorndale Line schedule for Wednesday or the weekend, click on the PDF in this story.

SEPTA also offers customized twitter feeds that you can sign up for by clicking here. The SEPTA twitter feed updates information on your specific train,bus or trolley route in case there is a service delay or cancellation.

Editor's Note: If you are heading out for the Thanksgiving holiday weekend, let us know how the travel conditions are where you are so that we can let others know too. Whether you're on the turnpikes, rails or airports, tell Patch what you're seeing. Post comments or photos here and follow us on Twitter @tepatch.