Your weather forecast for the trip home from Thanksgiving

Weather will cause a few headaches for travelers returning home Saturday and Sunday from their Thanksgiving feasts.

If you're heading back later Saturday, the main problems will be rain and snow in the Northeast and in the West.

On Sunday, portions of the central U.S. will see a soaking rain while snow will blanket the Rockies.

Saturday travel

In the East on Saturday, rain and higher-elevation snow showers are likely across New England, the eastern Great Lakes and northern Appalachians, the Weather Channel said. Heavy snow is expected to whiten much of Maine, especially from Saturday night into early Sunday morning.

Rain and mountain snow will continue to fall in the West throughout the day Saturday from Washington state through southern California, according to the Weather Channel. This will hinder travel in many mountain passes in the Cascades and Sierra.

Sunday travel

After a dry Sunday morning, a storm forming over the center of the country will spark areas of rain over much of Iowa, Nebraska, Kansas and Missouri, according to AccuWeather.

Travel conditions early Sunday should not be much of a problem in the Plains, but travel delays will likely increase by the end of the day, AccuWeather meteorologist Kyle Brown said. The afternoon rain could include some heavy thunderstorms, bringing the threat for localized flash flooding on this busy travel day.

In the West, snow will fall over much of the mountain West, particularly in the Rockies, according to the Weather Channel. This will lead to "treacherous" driving conditions, AccuWeather said.

Snow will fall across the central Rockies, where 2-6 inches will be widespread in Wyoming and Colorado, while higher elevations could get closer to a foot of snow, Brown said.

Good news for travelers in the East on Sunday, as a dry day is forecast for much of the Interstate 95 corridor in the mid-Atlantic and Northeast, AccuWeather said. But a few spotty snow showers could linger over upstate New York and northern New England.

The Southeast will continue to be bone-dry Sunday, though some much-needed rain is forecast for early next week across this drought-plagued region, the National Weather Service said.