[Steve Dallas]

OK...so I'm going to be driving from North Carolina to Seattle, leaving in a few days. I've done cross country trips before, however never really in true winter conditions. I'm an experienced snow driver, and my SUV I'm taking is an Audi and I'll have Pirelli Scorpion Snow tires for the trip.

Here's my question. I basically leave on the 2nd or 3rd and want to e there on or before the 9th. I'll have extra days to take a more southern route through Arizona and California if I really wanted. I'd prefer going more of a northerly route, however I mainly know the West Coast winter issues on I5 and the western rockies, and where things can storm up and get dicey. I've never travelled in the winter through states like South Dakota, Montana, etc...ie; taking I90. Even I70 will be wintry, however I'm really curious how drivable these highways are most of the time.

Also, I really haven't located any weather condition traffic sites that are more nationwide. Most of those are statewide, so it's great for local trips but not long distance ones as far as planning routes in winter. Was curious if any truckers or others had some resources along those lines.