Another round of heavy rain Tuesday night could bring more flooding

Typically, on Christmas Day in Topeka, our average high is near 40 degrees with an average low around 21 degrees.

Meanwhile, widespread rainfall is forecast from the Gulf Coast and Mid-Atlantic. The previous Christmas Eve warm weather record in London was 12.8. That would break the record for December 24, which is 72 degrees set in 1984, according to weather service records. Temperatures will rise Wednesday night, with many of us waking up to temperatures in the 60s Thursday morning.

Daytime temperatures late Christmas Eve and Christmas across the Inland Empire are expected to be in the low 50s, dropping into the 40s and even upper 30s at night in some areas, the NWS reported. In fact, I think we may blow some records out of the water by about 10 degrees… incredible! A few showers could try to sneak in closer to the evening. And as far as having snow on the ground for Christmas Day (in Ohio), it happens about one in every three years. Highs today range from the upper 50s to the middle 60s.

The rest of next week looks mainly quiet as we turn cooler then colder as we prepare to ring in 2016. There is a small chance a tornado could develop as well, so we’ll be watching each storm closely.

Meanwhile, skies will remain fairly unsettled, with showers possible for both Saturday and Sunday. The Met Office’s south west summary reads for Christmas Eve reads: “Today: Heavy rain, accompanied by gusty winds, will clear to the east this morning”.

Monday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 37. “We don’t know that kind of thing until a day out of the storm”, Coyle said.

Dan Zarrow is the Chief Meteorologist for Townsquare Media New Jersey.

The Met office states; “From late November to Boxing Day 2010 the United Kingdom experienced two spells of severe winter weather with very low temperatures and significant snowfalls”.