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Millions of people headed out Friday with hopes the forecast did not impact their Independence Day travel plans.

More than 47 million Americans are expected to travel for Independence Day weekend, which is expected to recover to pre-pandemic levels.

Air travel is also expected to reach pre-pandemic levels.

Despite the highest gas prices in seven years, more than 90% of holiday travel will be by car this weekend. Nevertheless, travelers at gas stations filled up their tanks.

"I drive every day, so I kind of have to see it as an expense that's nothing I can really do about it," said John Lovett.

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People at the Westchester Airport Friday were racing to take off before the rain.

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Though this morning to check in again with meteorologist Matt Hammer looking outside in Tarrytown, a pretty nice day, Matt. Yeah, it was a gorgeous sunrise this morning and we really had the partly cloudy skies that will just give way to more clouds into the afternoon. So enjoy this image because as we get into the afternoon, it will be mostly cloudy today. So that's the only change really that happens through the day and temperatures will get up to around 50 pretty much everywhere, everywhere as well. But notice that around 12 o'clock, noon time today, a lot of gray, a lot of clouds overall, it's a dry day. If anything, a Sprinkle in spots, especially north of I 84 that's really the worst case scenario though today and it's not that bad. So as we get into this evening, that's when temperatures will start to fall back through the forties. Eventually we'll get some partial clearing after around eight or nine o'clock tonight and there will be even more clearing after midnight for a few hours that will help temperatures to drop back into the lower thirties and it will still be a little bit breezy with winds at around 5 to 15 MPH overnight. And it's early tomorrow morning. So I could easily take temperatures in the low to mid thirties and make them feel like the upper twenties at times into tomorrow morning. Similar day tomorrow, in terms of sky conditions where we start off with breaks of sun, have a nice sunrise and then more clouds will filter it into the afternoon. It will be a colder feel for tomorrow and actually the next couple of days after today thumbs up on the mood casts today. It's a dry day overall, mostly cloudy skies though are moving in into the afternoon with high, close to around 50 degrees before some partial clearing overnight tonight with lows mostly in the lower to middle thirties. Here's a look ahead, increasing clouds after early sun tomorrow and Wednesday same on Thursday too. Next three days after today will be quite chilly in the lower forties. Four temperatures recover nicely Friday and into the weekend, Saturday, the better half of the weekend, partly sunny, 53 more rain showers by Sunday before a dry start to next week with highs in the forties.

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Travelers try to beat the rain as they head out for the Fourth of July weekend