Forecasters see mostly smooth sailing into Thanksgiving. That's good news for people like Latasha Abney, who joined the more than 43 million Americans expected by AAA to travel over the Thanksgiving holiday weekend. Wish the forecasters were wrong all the time :)" Will winds whip parade balloons? Though the worst of the storm has passed, winds could still pose a problem. The forecast has left up in the air the fate of the balloons in Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade.