Providence, Rhode Island to Hickory, North Carolina
Late night planning for our day and a half road trip from New England to North Carolina. It cover 821 miles at the snails pace of 59.5mph, which will get us 476 miles on the first day, leaving the rest for a shorter second day. Let's pick up stakes and drive through some megaplexes, OK?
DAY ONE
An occluded front will sweep out of New England by the time we leave, allowing an unexpectedly dry day as we leave town. We shouldn't have any issues, actually, as we make our way south out of town and through the New York area. We'll pass south through Harrisburg and south into Middletown, Virginia with few issues. There could be some chunky looking clouds as we end the day, but we'll end up problem free.
DAY TWO
As we continue south into Virginia and eventually into North Carolina, the threat for thunderstorms will increase as the day goes on. By Roanoke, we'll be dodging showers and storms. Nothing strong in terms of hail or wind, and storms won't last much longer than 15 minutes at a time since we'll be driving through them, but we may have to concern ourselves with heavy rain and some frequent lightning as we hone in on Hickory, but as long as we have some good Aquatreads, I think we'll be OK.
