RESOURCES TO MAKE
YOUR TRAVEL DAY EASIER:

Weather:

Home or Destination: To select city, click "Settings" in lower left of window. For your day of travel, you may wish to have this set on your destination so you can check it quickly before leaving home.

Return link to "Travel Information"

Traffic (incl. 5 day Weather forecast):
             

  

 

Note: When you press Go, this particular link (to Traffic) will take you out of this site.
To return: hit your "back space" or "back-arrow".

Additional Information:

• Directions / Maps (+ traffic, traffic cameras):

• Weather Warnings:

(Can also be seen on the national map using the weather widget in the BROADBAND VERSION of this page - see above)

National Weather Service -

National map that can be enlarged to focus on the area you will be traveling into, for conditions and forecasts

Tropical Storm/Hurricane Advisories: Once you are on the NWS site above, click on "Details..." for the storm you are interested in above the map.

• Official U.S. Time in the different time zones

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TRAVEL BY AIR:

• Airport Impact Forecast Maps for:
• • for current airport delays &
  • airports expected to be impacted by weather
  • or for more detailed Flight Delay information go to the FAA Air Traffic Control System Command Center. (Information on this site is not flight specific but indicates general airport conditions)

• Business Travel Weather Tools for:
• • Weather at the Airport
  • Flight Status

• Airport Security Checkpoint Wait Times: TSA (Transportation Security Administration)

• Prohibited Items for Air Travel (TSA)

• Wi-Fi
• • Find Airports with Wi-Fi
  • JiWire Global Wi-Fi Finder - Search JiWire's registry of 689,787 free and pay Wi-Fi locations in 143 countries.
    
  • JiWire Global Wi-Fi Finder Apps:

- for Android 
- for iPhone

• Inexpensive gadgets to help you find the location with the best Wi-Fi signal strength. Click Here, go to middle of page to: "Internet - Wi-Fi Finders"

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TRAVEL BY CAR: (autotouring)

• Road Conditions:
• • Border Wait Times (for re-entering northern or southern U.S. borders)

• • U.S. National Traffic and Road Closure Information - U.S. Dept. of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration
    
• • Traveler Information Telephone Number = 511
  • • or use the Traffic Line = 1-866-MY-TRAFC (1-866-698-7232) Tell them your city and your road and they'll tell you what the traffic is like.
      
• • State Departments of Transportation

 

• Weather from Your Car
• • Go to The Weather Channel for smartphones apps, mobile web or tablet apps

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