Should I Drive Now or Wait?
TripCaptain checks the weather along your actual route across four departure windows — now, in two hours, in four hours, and tomorrow morning — and gives you a single verdict. Free decision tool, no installs, 30-second answer.
How the decision works
We compute a Hazard Score™ from 0 to 100 (higher is safer) for each candidate departure. The score combines all 13 hazard types we detect — black ice, fog, heavy snow, freezing rain, thunderstorms, flooding, dust storms, smoke, tornadoes, squalls, extreme heat, high wind, and fatigue — weighted by severity and adjusted for your vehicle.
When to actually wait
Most weather is not a reason to delay a trip. Wait for: an active winter storm on your route, black ice in the pre-dawn hours, sustained crosswinds over 50 km/h if you are towing a trailer, dense fog with visibility under 200 m, or a severe thunderstorm or tornado watch directly on your route. Everything else, drive.