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White Christmas just a dream this year
According to an observation of The Weather Service smartphone application on Monday, as high as an 80-percent of rain/snow mix was anticipated to be seen on Sunday, with an anticipated one-to-three inches of snow expected through Sunday night.
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And more is on the way. “We’ve never been in a position before where the only Christmas weather bets worth offering are those based on record warm temperatures and that says it all”.
The last white Christmas was in 2013 when the temperatures reached a high of 3 C and there were flurries and 6 cm of snow on the ground, said Carter.
Pearce said the province is in a calm weather pattern for the next few days and the next storm is expected December 27 or 28.
Snow showers were likely over the pass through Thursday, but there is only a slight chance of snow showers Christmas Day, should the forecast hold.
But more snow is on the way, according to the National Weather Service.
Forecasting snow in the Seattle area is hard because it requires a cloud cover that often has the effect of holding in a blanket of warm air.
Officially, a white Christmas occurs when there’s an inch of snow on the ground, Emanuel said. And even if there is snow later this week, it probably will be mixed with rain.
The forecast high temperature for Little Rock on Friday is 67 degrees, which is well above normal for this time of year, but still short of the 73 record Christmas Day high temperature recorded in 1942.
Some parts of the country will see a bit of the white stuff this year, Phillips said.
“We are expecting a very, very warm period for Christmas”, he said.
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In Quebec City, where there’s usually a 98 per cent chance of snowy landscape on Christmas, residents this year will have a green Christmas. Typically, El Nino winters are a result of the appearance of unusually warm water in the Pacific Ocean. And in that 119-year span, there has been at least a trace of snow on the ground on Christmas Day a total of 58 times. The Preston area and the rest of western Franklin County are under a winter weather advisory calling for up to five inches of snow. This past winter, he said, January was cold and February even colder. “It’s not looking too good”.