patel, flying to california flight! 2 ((animated graphic)) today is the busiest travel day on the roads and skies this holiday season. nats (crowd/bag pop) and it s not off to a great start with one to three-hour flight delays. in new york. new jersey. and philadelphia. uh no! delayed. 3 this southwest airlines flight was forced to return to oakland for an emergency landing. after the plane suffering a mechanical problem circled for nearly four hours. ((interplay: tvu kgo plane)) sot ashley stasio, traveler // 57:09 - :15 // the plane was just thumping and thumping and was going very slow. because they were trying to get the landing gear up and it nats (quick plow) with snow falling at an inch per hour in parts of oregon. nats oh my god! 80 mile per hour winds. leaving damage in southern california. (pic cleared by melissa griffin)) and this tornado touching down. destroying several homes in mississippi. ((new wx gfx)) 68 million americans are in this
in effect for this afternoon until 6:00 here, morris county, sussex, hunterdon, monmouth, ocean. as you see that fog is just kind of all over the place and reducing visibilities in a lot of spots. the rain i m talking about is coming up from the southwest. it will be pushing here. see this big batch to the south. that really gets going this evening through the evening commute. rainfall amounts so far, there s been a trace in the park, not much. we are going to be looking at record high temperatures tomorrow, and we possibly could have a record high temperature on christmas day. we ll talk about that too in your accuweather forecast coming up in just a moment. back to you. thank you. as bill mentioned, the fog is having a real impact on the airports in our area. eyewitness news reporter michelle charlesworth is at laguardia air and continues our coverage. a lot of folks behind you michelle. oh, yeah. thanks liz. bill was talking about it s fog by out here. there s drizzle.
delays really close to the tri- state area and down toward philly. rainfall amounts haven t been that great yet. they are going to go up in a hurry as we close in on an inch of rain by later tonight. you see the yellows moving in to places like newark and teterboro parts of holmdel and also long island as well. there s another batch down to the south. here s what you need to know. this heavy rain will go at times until about 10:00 tonight. then tough travel with street flooding and low visibility all evening long. we re still on track for the big 70s and potentially the all time high of 75 degrees in 1998. it is going to be a very warm christmas eve and record breaking no doubt about that. much more on the updated seven day accuweather forecast. that s coming up in a few minutes. david, liz back to you for now. the fog is not only delaying flights it s also led to a number of cancellations. late this afternoon flight aware says there were 47 cancellations and 193 delays at
set back in 1998. meanwhile it is a driving rain out here. looks like the heaviest rain half hour. thanks for the confirmation. he said, it s raining. sade, rob, back to you. thank you lee. get back inside and dry o. we re going to check with lee in a few minutes. now we want to go to michelle from laguardia. reporter: a lot of delays. nice to be dry inside but a two to two and a half hour delay here at la guard i can t. people are lined up all the way down, probably 10 lines. the lines are moving. a lot of people working those lines, but folks are in very good spirits. i have to say they expected with the weather and the fact this is a holiday travel day, one of the most busy of the year that they would see these delays. this is definitely the day as we look at the de par taurus departures get out of dodge. we wish you a merry christmas reporter: these are the busiest days of the year for travel. laguardia did not disappoint. long lines were moving. are you delayed?
that s yi think you will see a resurgence that will take us until 10:00 with more drenching downpours, and finally tapering at 11:00 and midnight. rain heavy at times through 10, low visibility overnight but we are still on track part of this is associated with a warm front coming through. that all-time high of 75 back in 1998, that is in jeopardy. we will look at that. we ll look at a very up and down seven-day accuweather forecast with even a wintry mix in the forecast. that s all coming up. bill, liz, back to you. the roller coaster. now to that breaking news. you don t have to be a football fan to understand the importance of this story. the one-game suspension of odell beckham junior upheld tonight. beckham was appealing the action for his violent behavior sun dying gains an opponent. he will not play this sunday, crucial game for the team but a very big lesson. rob nelson is at nfl bill. as you said it just became official just in the last few minutes. the one-game