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Thanksgiving Holiday Travel and Shopping Forecast Webinar

Join AccuWeather meteorologists for a business-focused briefing on the weather expected to shape holiday travel and shopping, and learn how to better plan with more advance notice.

 Wednesday, November 18, 2026 | 1:00 p.m. ET

Weather can influence holiday travel, shopping and the decisions your business makes.

Thanksgiving week brings important decisions about advertising, staffing, deliveries and safety. Join AccuWeather experts for an early look at the holiday travel and shopping forecast and the potential implications for your plans.

Paul Pastelok, AccuWeather's U.S. Lead Long-Range Forecast Expert, Chad Merrill, AccuWeather's Senior Meteorologist and Forecast Expert and Don Coash, Meteorologist and AccuWeather For Business Director of Sales, will discuss the national forecasts, regional travel impacts, shopping conditions and a winter weather forecast update.

AccuWeather's experts will also explore how AccuWeather's more accurate forecasts and warnings, with proven Superior Accuracy™ and often more advance notice, can support better risk, safety and demand planning.

AccuWeather Intelligence For Better Planning and Preparing For the Busiest Travel and Shopping Periods of the Year

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Thanksgiving Travel and Shopping Forecast

Get the most up-to-date forecasts, regional travel impacts and conditions that could shape the holiday shopping.

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Winter Weather Forecast Update

Learn what the forecast experts are watching in the days before and after Thanksgiving, along with an update on winter weather.

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Sales and Operations

Better plan for how weather will impact your operations, risk, safety and demand planning. 

 

Who Should Attend:

  • Retail and consumer goods

  • Transportation and logistics

  • Operations, risk and safety

  • Supply chain and demand planning 

  • Advertisers, agencies and media planners

 

 

Register now to secure your spot. Do you have a question? Submit it in advance and we will have our experts answer it during our Live Q&A. 

 

Featured speakers

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Don Coash

Director of Sales, Meteorologist

Don Coash began his career with AccuWeather as a Storm Warning Meteorologist, providing diverse organizations with strategic consultation and optimizing weather insights to mitigate their weather-related risks. As an AccuWeather For Business expert, he specializes in developing tailored weather risk management solutions for business applications, leveraging the latest, most innovative tools in weather technology.

With over 30 years of experience in meteorology, Don delivers critical weather information to Fortune 500 companies and the military. A retired serviceman with the Air Force and Air National Guard, Don was the Chief of Weather Station operations for the Kansas Air National Guard at the rank of Senior Master Sergeant.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Paul Pastelok

Lead U.S. Long-Range Forecast Expert, AccuWeather

Paul Pastelok has been with AccuWeather for over 30 years. He has worked extensively with a variety of clients in radio and television broadcasting, newspapers, international forecasting, utility and construction companies, and now has a weekly long-range podcast.

Paul leads a team that focuses mainly on energy and retail clients and makes forecasts ranging from short-term to as far out as 12 months. The department has expanded globally and has developed long-range forecasts for Europe, Canada, South America and Asia. Paul also has experience in commodity, transportation, tropical and global drought forecasting.

 

 

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Chad Merrill

Senior Meteorologist, Forecast Expert, AccuWeather

Chad R. Merrill is a Senior Meteorologist at AccuWeather, where he delivers precise city-specific and regional forecasts, produces live and recorded weather updates for radio clients, and writes weather reports for newspapers. With expertise in drought analysis, winter weather, and long-range forecasting, Chad blends operational and broadcast meteorology to provide accurate, engaging weather insights that enhance public understanding and trust in AccuWeather’s forecasting excellence.