Chances of white Christmas not good, weather service says

Coral’s John Hill added: “Normally we see a flurry of bets on snow on Christmas Day at this time of the year, this time around everybody wants to back it being the hottest Christmas ever”.

Warm rains and “tropical” weather will put a damper on winter activities, but Phillips says a light snow could come around December 27 or 28.

Wednesday is supposed to be the warmest day this week, with high temperatures in the mid-60s. The average daytime high for the Christmas Day is about -7 C, but this year it will be -16 C. A winter storm warning remains in effect until 4 a.m. Tuesday.

There was actually snow on the ground, quite a lot of it. Your jackets were done up a little tighter, toques pulled down a little lower, and your auto may have idled a little longer in the morning before hopping in for a cold ride to work.

While he couldn’t predict when Ottawa will get a big dump of snow, his sense is it will happen in the New Year, as temperatures start to normalize to below zero.

If you were looking forward to the possibility of a White Christmas here in northeast Kansas, you’ll have to wait another year. On three other occasions, snow had fallen before and remained on the ground for the holiday. There is no correlation established between El Nino winters and precipitation, though, so snowfall remains up in the air, anyone’s guess.

In the Glasgow area in eastern Montana, 41 of the past 61 Christmases have been white, or 67 percent, said Ted Jamba, a Weather Service meteorologist there.

Temperatures will turn colder following the rain, but there’s no snow in the forecast for Christmas Eve on Thursday or Christmas Day on Friday.

Instead of snuggling up for a picturesque, snowy Christmas, the U.K.is more likely to be battered by wind and rain from a pair of storms, the second of which will bear down on Christmas Eve, AccuWeather reports.

How often do we have a white Christmas? “I’m sure the kids will forget all about the snow when they’re opening up all their presents in a few days”.

As for the snow shovels and ice scrapers already out: “We’re OK”.