While the map won’t tell you the best recommended route, it can help with knowing exactly what to bring on the trip. This could also be helpful in determining the region you want to drive through during which time rather than inputting random routes and hoping for the best. The Stamen Design blog post also shows a few prototype photos of the map, including a forecast of the entire country to show full weather patterns. However, since weather predictions are not made for more than a week at a time, things can be a bit limited in that regard.ĭevelopers have also added a Yelp API to help road trippers plan for restaurant suggestions in the neighborhood so all that’s left to the traveler is their hotel accommodations. You can also go into the details of each city to note what day and time you plan to leave to get the most accurate forecast. Click the plus bubble to add stops and the app will generate the predicted weather of that general location. To get started, simply type in your starting and ending cities. “This will give you a sense for whether it’s going to be rainy or sunny when you plan to be in the middle of Nebraska.” “So let’s say you’re driving from New York to San Francisco, and you’re trying to decide whether to go straight across or loop up or down a bit,” the Stamen Design blog post reads. The road trip planner can be especially helpful if there are several different routes you can take from one city to another. In collaboration with Stamen Design, the road trip planner will show you the weather forecast for each stop you make along the drive to help you prepare or choose a new route entirely.

Instead of rolling with the punches, you can now attempt to make plan B if you get hit with bad weather by making use of a new The Weather Channel travel planner.

While you can map out exactly where you’ll eat and stay and what to go see, plans can change if you come across unexpected weather.

Road trips are one of the ultimate summer activities, but it takes a lot of planning especially if you aim to head across the country.

Weather underground radar map