Several states across the U.S. will see a white Thanksgiving, with the first arctic blast of the season bringing snowfall.
Weather maps from the National Digital Forecast Database show how many inches of snow will fall hour by hour on the day of Thanksgiving across the country.
An artic blast will plunge temperatures across the northern Plains, while those in the north east are most likely to get a white Thanksgiving.
As the clock strikes midnight to mark Thanksgiving on the East Coast, northern Maine will see have the most new snow, with up to 2.5 inches near the Canadian border.
Though it will still be the night before Thanksgiving in Colorado, it will have the most new snow at 12 a.m. EST, with up to 41 inches of new snow. However, this is around the Rocky Mountains area, near the city of Salida. In neighboring Utah, there will be around 25 inches of new snow near the city of Price, and up to 10 inches of new snow will have fallen in Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming.
Heavy snow fall will continue as the west of the U.S. brings in Thanksgiving.
At 6 a.m. EST, the heaviest snow will continue to be concentrated in Colorado and Utah, as well as the Sierra Nevada mountains in California seeing up to 39 inches.
Northern Montana will be turning white, along with North Dakota next door, each seeing a few inches of snow.
Meanwhile, as the East Coast wakes up, northern Maine will see the most new snow, with areas close to the Canadian bordering getting almost five inches.
Areas of New York State near Old Forge in the North East will also wake up to a few inches of snow on Thanksgiving.
Parts of Indiana including Lafayette, Kokomo and Muncie will have a light dusting of up to 0.4 inches at 6 a.m. EST, with similar levels in parts of neighboring Ohio and up to 0.8 inches in parts of Illinois near the Indiana border.
By midday on Thanksgiving, almost the entire state of New York will be see new snow. The deepest will be around New Forge, while communities around the border with Pennsylvania will all get a couple of inches.
The snowy patch continues over the border into north eastern Pennsylvania, with up to three inches near Williamsport.
The northern tips of Michigan are some of the other north eastern areas likely to see three or four inches of new snow at 12 p.m. EST.
While the mountainous areas of Colorado and Utah will still be seeing most of the new snowfall, with areas seeing 20 inches.
As the East Coast enjoys Thanksgiving meals, New York and Maine will still be the states getting the most new snow in the region.
Northern Michigan and Montana also remain heavy on the new snow map.
The stretch of blue indicating new snow stretches from Maine west over into Illinois, where the light blue indicates a lighter snowfall of less than an inch.
The mountainous areas of the west will continue to dominate the heavier snow fall, with large parts of Oregon seeing more light new snow of less than an inch.
As the East Coast sees out Thanksgiving, Maine and New York State will be seeing the most parts of their states turn pink on the map with heavy snow fall.
Northern Michigan is another hotspot for seeing up to five inches into Friday.
Closing out Thanksgiving in the west, the mountain areas in Colorado are again seeing the heaviest amount of new snow.
The lighter snowfall at the top of the U.S. stretching along Montana and North Dakota will also stretch into Minnesota, with large parts of the state seeing a light covering of less than an inch.
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