Will your Thanksgiving turkey come with a side of snow?

It’s possible, but it’s too soon to tell for sure if Maine will get hit with a blast of wintry weather for the holiday.

Meteorologists are keeping their eyes on a potential storm later in the week, but there is uncertainty in the models for how that weather pattern will play out, according to Jon Palmer, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service office in Gray.

One model suggests a winter storm with several inches of snow in the interior and mountains, and rain at the coast, while the other model shows the weather pattern staying far offshore, with no precipitation on Thanksgiving. It’s also possible there would be a bit of snow Friday and Saturday, Palmer said.

Palmer said people should keep a close eye on the forecast this week, especially if they are traveling for the holiday.

“This week is looking like a potentially very active week,” he said. “I think a lot of people are going to be thinking about the potential Thanksgiving storm, but I would be more focused on what could happen on Tuesday.”

Palmer said a light glaze of freezing rain is possible across interior Maine and New Hampshire, creating conditions that could be extremely dangerous for driving by midday.

Michael Ekster, senior forecaster at the Gray station, said the weather service was more confident by 7 p.m. than earlier Monday that there would be a Thanksgiving snowfall, but he said a more definitive forecast would likely come Tuesday afternoon. He said the coast would likely be “a touch too warm” for snow to accumulate.

The National Weather Service has issued a winter weather advisory for parts of western Maine, including Oxford, Franklin and Somerset counties, that will be in effect from 1 a.m. to 1 p.m. Tuesday.

“Although ice amounts will be light, the freezing rain is expected to fall on cold bare pavement. This will lead to potential for glaze ice formation on untreated roads, leading to extremely dangerous travel conditions,” the advisory says. “Even light snowfall amounts can accumulate on roads and cause dangerous driving conditions due to snow covered roads.”

The forecast for Thursday through the weekend should become much more accurate in the next day or two, Palmer said.

“With Thanksgiving arriving, it’s important for people to stay up to date on the forecast, especially if they’re going to be traveling this week,” he said.

Officials at the Portland International Jetport are keeping an eye on the weather as they prepare for the busiest travel week of the year nationwide.

The jetport is expecting 17% more travelers this week than around last Thanksgiving. That means about 7,000 passengers are expected to pass through the jetport on Sunday.

That’s far less than the 13,000 passengers per day during the peak summer travel season in August, but it will be important for passengers to check for updated flight information, said assistant airport director Zach Sundquist.

“While travel through the Jetport should be pretty easy, the major hubs will all be quite busy, and we are monitoring a few weather systems this week across the country that could lead to some flight interruptions depending on your destination,” he said in a statement.

Any precipitation will be welcome in areas of Maine that have seen abnormally dry conditions.

New England has experienced drought conditions this fall. Most of the region was still abnormally dry or in a moderate, severe or extreme drought as of Thursday, according to the U.S. Drought Monitor.

Roughly 70% of Maine was experiencing drought conditions last Thursday.

Much of northwestern, western, central and southern Maine, including Cumberland County, has been experiencing moderate drought, and much of the rest of the state has been abnormally dry. The southern tip of York County is in a severe drought.

Staff Writer Daniel Kool contributed reporting.