9 states from Virginia to Maine are underneath snow alerts on Christmas Eve morning as a band of snow strikes via the Northeast, bringing treacherous driving circumstances.
A white Christmas?
The Nationwide Climate Service considers it a white Christmas if there’s 1 inch or extra of snow on the bottom at 7 a.m. on Christmas morning.
New York Metropolis might see its first white Christmas in 15 years. One inch of snow fell in Central Park on Christmas Eve morning, but it surely’s not clear if it’ll soften earlier than Christmas Day.
Different cities which have likelihood for a white Christmas are: Minneapolis; Inexperienced Bay, Wisconsin; Boston; Buffalo, New York; and Burlington, Vermont.
This climate map reveals the place one inch or extra of snow is forecast.
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Christmas Eve forecast
On Christmas Eve morning, the heaviest snow is hitting upstate New York and northern New England the place regionally greater than 1 foot of snow is feasible.
A coating to 1 inch of snow is feasible alongside Interstate 95 hall from Washington, D.C., to Boston on Tuesday morning.
Folks make their manner via the Boston Public Backyard following a snowstorm, Dec. 21, 2024, in Boston.
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Folks stroll via Central Park as snow falls in New York Metropolis on Dec. 21, 2024.
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A winter climate advisory has been issued for DC and Philadelphia because of the harmful mixture of a glaze of ice with a possible coating of snow.
This climate map reveals ice and snow alerts within the northeast for Tuesday, Dec. 24, 2024.
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By Tuesday afternoon, the snow will finish and the solar will come out within the Northeast, ushering in a dry Christmas Eve night time and Christmas Day morning.
In the meantime, a robust storm system within the Pacific Ocean is producing excessive waves which are solely seen each few years on the West Coast.
Waves might attain 60 ft in Northern California and southern Oregon and will attain 25 ft in Southern California on Tuesday morning.
This handout image courtesy of Nazar Mishchuck reveals a part of the collapsed pier of the Santa Cruz Wharf at a seashore, Dec. 23, 2024, in Santa Cruz, Calif.
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This storm is bringing gusty winds, heavy rain and thunderstorms with lightning to Northern California, together with the San Francisco Bay space.
Among the rain might attain Southern California, together with Los Angeles, by the night.
Christmas Day forecast
On Christmas Day, temperatures will attain 35 levels in New York Metropolis, 39 levels in Chicago, 53 in Raleigh, North Carolina, and 59 in Memphis, Tennessee.
Temperatures can be barely beneath regular within the Northeast and barely above regular within the Midwest.
Showers and thunderstorms are within the forecast for Christmas Day from Texas to Mississippi to Tennessee.
This climate map reveals the forecast for Christmas Day, Dec. 25, 2024.
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Six to 12 inches of snow is forecast for the upper elevations within the Rocky Mountains, from Taos, New Mexico, to Huge Sky, Montana.
It will be a wet Christmas afternoon in Oregon and Washington, with snow within the Cascade mountain vary.
