If you’re dreaming of a white Christmas, you’d best break out the suntan lotion because that is as close as we will get this year.
Christmas Eve is expected to feature some clouds as a weak upper level system slides just to our north. No rain is expected, and skies will clear late Christmas Eve. Highs on Wednesday will soar into the mid/upper-60s across the region.
Santa will have nothing but clear skies to contend with as he makes his way through the area overnight. On top of that, he’ll have to shed the coat or he might get pretty warm. Lows will only bottom out around 50º, much warmer than he is used to at the North Pole.
Christmas Day will feel more like spring than winter. Highs will reach 70º in spots with most of the region topping out between 67º and 71º.
It won’t just be warm here locally, a large ridge will bring well above average temperatures even into the midwest. Highs on Christmas Day will be above freezing for nearly the entire country, although the northern third will remain quite chilly.
