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Record warmth, but snow is coming

The heat extends more than 1,500 miles, from South Florida northward to eastern Canada, and is being described on social media – in non-technical terminology – as a “blowtorch” weather pattern.

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If Frank Loesser were writing his classic Christmas tune today instead of in 1944, he might have called it “Baby, It’s (Not So) Cold Outside”, given the record warm temperatures.

The average high temperature for Christmas here is 72 degrees. “The previous record for December was 45.4, which was set in 1971”.

I wish I could carry the “quiet” weather into Christmas Day but a surge of deep tropical moisture will move out of the Gulf leading to increasing rain chances. Thursday’s temperatures may not match the record but they are guaranteed to make you break a sweat. Grand Rapids also set a record high on Wednesday. At this point, leaning toward the more northerly idea…allowing for temperatures to once again approach/break record levels.

The National Weather Service expects that temperatures will remain above normal going into New Year’s Day.

The warmth is expected to be especially pronounced in the Mid-Atlantic states, where records began toppling shortly after midnight last night. “That will continue, although we will have slightly more seasonal temperatures Friday and into the weekend”.

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This air mass is bringing jacket-free weather to areas that are normally preparing for a white Christmas this time of year. Not only that, but the amount by which the monthly average temperature exceeded the typical reading was the second-highest temperature departure from average of any month on record. Churches are packed Christmas and Easter.

Warm and breezy with a chance for storms Wednesday