What are the chances of a white Christmas in Kamloops?

That doesn’t quite break the record of 64 degrees, set in 1893, but it’s still pretty warm for this time of year.

“WSI is forecasting widespread above-normal temperatures across Europe with near or slightly below-normal temperatures confined to the United Kingdom and Scandinavia”.

The mountains, on the other hand, have snow in the forecast every day this week.

In fact, monthly temperatures in Green Bay are on pace to be the warmest since December 2001, Luchs said.

The latest forecast is indicating colder air into Christmas Eve night with a chance of some snow for the Highlands of Scotland and peaks of the northern Pennines – leaving a chilly start to Christmas Day morning. Heavy snow will continue, also, in the Cascades, where snow in the past few weeks has been falling in feet with each new weather system. “Blame it on that Spanish phenomenon El Nino …”

It blamed a powerful jet stream bolstered by what is expected to be one of the strongest El Nino Pacific Ocean warming patterns on record.

But more snow is on the way, according to the National Weather Service. However, now they are calling for higher temperatures in the south. The National Weather Service issued a winter storm warning for the Cascades of King, Lewis, Pierce and Snohomish counties.

Much of the United States will see a “dry” Christmas.

After an unsettled Christmas Eve, Christmas Day will feel a little colder, but with highs of 13C it is going to be about 10C higher than the norm. “But it’s still very mild east of the Rockies”.

Past year the Hat only just squeaked through “technically” having a white Christmas with 3 cm of snow on the ground, said Phillips.

Canadians in many parts of the country dreaming of a white Christmas are in store for some disappointment, Environment Canada warns. “They don’t plan ahead for ice”.

In case there is snow on your way to or from your destination this holiday remember even if you’re stuck behind one, it is illegal to pass a snow plow that is clearing the road at any speed over 60 km/h.

But Ben Mayberry, manager of Play It Again Sports in Jonesboro, said his customers are preparing for the possibility of snow.