Dreaming of a white Christmas? Keep dreaming

It’s back to rain until flakes possibly arrive Christmas Eve night.

“It’s a super El Nino, because it is oversized, and super hot, with water temperatures that are more than three degrees warmer than normal”, Phillips said.

On Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, the snow level will be from surface level to 500 feet. “Definitely in the past, what we’ve seen from El Niño has hinted that we would have a warmer than normal December”.

With rain and unseasonably warm temperatures in the forecast for this week, the odds of having a white Christmas on Friday are “lower than average”, according to the National Weather Service.

Hashem said the Department of Public Works has more than 17,000 tons of salt and about 290 drivers and personnel ready to take care of Indy’s roadways in the event of snow.

It certainly looks like this year will be another snowless one, with no snow in the forecast through Christmas Day. Snow Report indicates that approximately half of Canadians will see a white Christmas (snow cover of two centimetres or more on Christmas morning at 7:00 a.m.), while above seasonal conditions will contribute to a green Christmas for others.

The deepest snow on Christmas in the Twin Cities was 20 inches in 1983, which had a high temperature of 1 degree, the state climatology group said.

In all, snow on Christmas has occurred only a dozen times in 140 years, according to the NWS website.

Clark said the warmest Christmas on record was in 1982 when temperatures reached 64 degrees.

“It’s going to stay dry, the amount of snow is going to stay low, but at least the snow that is here is not going to go away until Christmas”, said Coldwells. The last time snow was on the ground for Christmas was 2008.

Courtnee McPherson, who said she’s visiting her parents in MI, said she’s disappointed there won’t be any snow on the ground. “I’d keep the lawn mowers handy over the snow shovels”.